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All right, everybody another 
week here on unleashed. 

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Hopefully you guys had an 
outstanding weekend and and and 

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obviously a sad, a very sad day,
a sad day, but but a celebration

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as well as John Sterling as as 
as pretty much all of you know 

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by now, John Sterling, the 
amazing all time voice of the 

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New York Yankees passed away 
earlier this morning at the age 

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of 87. 
You know, and it's it's these 

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shows are really, I've always 
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challenging for me because it's 
like the one thing that you 

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can't you can't practice. 
You know what I mean? 

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I don't care how many shows 
you've done. 

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I don't care what you studied in
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I don't care, you know, how good
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many times you've done this. 
You know, you can prepare to 

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talk about a series, which we 
definitely will mix Sixers. 

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Obviously, you know, I've got a 
reaction on what the Yankees 

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decided to do with Anthony 
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times like this where you know, 
you're, you're really, it's, 

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it's just, it's always hard for 
me. 

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I, I'm just going to be very 
honest with you. 

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It's, I always find this very 
challenging. 

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And what I just try to do is you
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Now it, it's not tragic because 
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and you know that that's a, 
that's a pretty amazing run. 

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That is a pretty amazing run. 5 
World Series titles, 7 pennants,

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you know, and I, I had this with
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up and my, the Met fans had this
with Ralph Kiner. 

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Obviously, Mike Bream. 
You, you just grow, you grow so 

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attached to, to being in the 
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of some of these men and women. 
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you feel that you know them 
better than than you know, some,

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some friends. 
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always there. 
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in, even in college when I was 
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play Summer Games or in high 
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the Bronx to play for my club 
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Like I couldn't wait to just get
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and hear what John had to say 
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what, what adventure was John 
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And, you know, John was the best
in the sense that he didn't 

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really care what people thought 
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You know, he was absolutely 
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And I mean that in the in the 
highest compliment, in the 

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highest order, You know, he was 
incredibly unpredictable. 

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He was zany. 
He had his critics. 

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But you know, to me, and there 
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alone. 
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what percentage I don't know, 
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percentage of Yankee fans that, 
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took issues a bit strong, but 
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little a little tired of some of
the missed calls. 

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You know, it is hot kind of 
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It is high. 
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at the track or if it or if it's
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And my my thought process on 
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You know, to me, it is the 
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And then when you're doing a 
radio game, you know, you you've

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you've got to have the nuts in 
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And but John was so far behind 
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Like to me, to me, it didn't 
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and it was caught or he called 
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off the wall. 
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up in that because quite 
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his voice so much. 
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listening to the guy. 
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this is amazing, Jay, we'll play
this for you in a minute. 

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I got a little everybody's got a
John Sterling story. 

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I mean, everybody, I remember 
seeing John and he was having a 

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good night. 
I'll leave it at that. 

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At at Michael Kay's wedding, I 
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I don't know if I went outside 
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I went outside for a minute and 
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John was having John was having 
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But the most recent, maybe I saw
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the most recent encounter that I
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about, I don't know, I'd say 
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maybe 3 or 4 years ago. 
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winter. 
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obviously WFAN, the home of the 
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And John was coming in, you 
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whether it was commercials for 
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John Sterling. 
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know, like that kind of stuff, 
all the stuff that you hear on 

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the radio in between games or, 
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you of a Yankee game that night,
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opponent. 
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came in, I think it was a 
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and he said hi to me and Tiki 
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John, how you doing, buddy? 
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Haven't seen you in a while. 
Just the guy. 

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I mean, he, he just cracked me 
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And so anyway, after the show, 
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our show, after our show, I 
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me. 
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I don't know. 
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I wanted to kind of talk a 
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was wrestling with this. 
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to do this? 
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I don't. 
I mean, the guy's got so much 

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work to do. 
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Does he really want to do this? 
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course I asked him. 
I said, hey, John, I said, do me

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a favor. 
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would always love to have as as 
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fan of yours, a big supporter of
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by no means no pressure, not a 
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But is there any way that you 
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on the spot Yankee call with 
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And he's like, and I'm sure that
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to do that because he wasn't 
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And and I was searching through 
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when I got the new one. 
We got the news about John and I

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said Jay, we got to play this. 
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He didn't have anything written 
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It was on the spot and it 
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Go ahead, Jared. 
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count is 2 and one, the wind and
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in the air to deep left. 
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That is far that is gone. 
Brandon Tierney. 

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The Brandon fandom erupts. 
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And I'm going to have that one 
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And I remember I gave him a 
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I'm like, that's so awesome. 
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John, and there are a lot of 
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also a lot of people that are 
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this. 
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And I, and I really mean this, 
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he really. 
And I don't profess to know John

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incredibly well. 
I don't, but John was one of 

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those people that had the unique
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I mean, just really the innate 
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special and to make you feel 
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So it's obviously a sad day 
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us, but it's really a day of 
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This guy was the absolute best. 
I mean, going back to burn baby 

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burn. 
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all the Jeter calls the five 
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It was just, you know, it was it
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And I know that that probably 
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little corny, but really John 
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And that really the first person
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news was Susan and and I sent 
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I mean, she's got to be 
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there are there are certain 
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whether you're doing a show 
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day-to-day Daily Show, like on 
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another station or you're 
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And there are certain people who
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You know, they kind of fake it 
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And you wouldn't necessarily be 
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avid listener because they're 
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they like they loved each other.
That was genuine. 

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There was death there. 
That was real. 

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So to me, every time the John 
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around or, you know, being a 
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it. 
Like I couldn't get enough for 

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that. 
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and see, this is one of the keys
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To me, and, and I've said this 
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speck in the universe in terms 
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I mean, that's not what I'm 
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But one thing that we share, 
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my job seriously. 
I take my content seriously. 

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I don't take myself very 
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I, I try not to now. 
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I would take myself a little bit
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to as I've gotten older. 
Let things slide. 

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Learn how to laugh at yourself, 
have a little more fun, you 

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know, put your hair down, stuff 
like that. 

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John was, I mean, he was Exhibit
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seriously. 
Number 1, he never missed a day.

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So when he started his first 
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were awful. 
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This is you getting into like 
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Green, you get into Stump 
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They were basically unwatchable.
Not for me because I mean, I had

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to watch Donnie's 4 bats 
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And that was on the TV. 
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jumped in the car and, and yeah,
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At that point, I don't even 
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No, I was still 15 or 16 out of 
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So my dad would put the games on
and I'm like, man, this guy's, 

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this guy's kind of, this guy's 
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This guy's kind of unique. 
And that is the wind started 

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stacking and the moment started 
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It was just this grand 
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that I don't think John ever 
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And it goes back to what I said 
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Like he took his job so 
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and tie, always pocket square, 
always Natalie attired. 

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And and I know he missed a 
couple of games in 89, I believe

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his sister passed away and he 
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And then he had a run of 30 
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game. 
And you could say, well, you're 

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the voice of the Yankees. 
Why would you want to miss game?

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I I get that it's an incredibly 
fun job and of course he's 

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getting paid well for it, but 
it's still the grind, you know, 

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especially all the travel and 
getting in late and then getting

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up early day game. 
And the older you get, you know,

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the more challenging that 
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And I'll give you a good example
like I've done now almost a 

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decade with mink and mink is is 
not old, but you know, Mink's 

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not a spring chicken. 
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that, you know, John, John Minko
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So St. 
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Saint John's playing at the 
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I'll get there five, you know, 
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game and go home after a brief 
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John will be there. 
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11 in the morning to do the 
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And you know that that's a long 
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you know, 20-30, forty years 
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And and I've always marvelled 
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and his passion for that. 
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when you play 162 just had that 
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know, like the the IT it's funny
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was basically 30 something years
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I mean, that's a lot of years. 
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when I was young. 
But I can honestly say, and Phil

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Rizzuto always reminded me of my
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I vote. 
I'm sorry about that. 

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I've always said that always 
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grandfather. 
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The cannoli reference is just 
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But I I had I had more of a 
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You know that that's crazy when 
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I fell in love with baseball, it
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almost all of those Mattyly 
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Of course, wild card a few wild 
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But you know, John Sterling, 
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the, the breath of of air and 
the scope of of length that this

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man had. 
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fall asleep to Yankee games, 
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going into the 90s and I would I
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I would piss off my one of my 
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I'm like, I got to fall asleep 
to the come on lowered. 

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I'm like, no, Yankees are 
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He was a Yankee fan too. 
He's like B, can you lower the 

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radio? 
No, all right, I'll lower the 

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tick, but it's staying on. 
And then you know, my my college

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girlfriend, I would make her 
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She's like, do we really have to
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Yes, we do. 
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first pitch is 1005 S. 
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I I wasn't stunned because you 
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I know he had a heart attack. 
He's had some other health 

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issues and he's pretty much been
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and it but this is really just 
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I'm really happy the Yankees are
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One of those rare wrap around 4 
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see what they do from, you know,
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call after call in that stadium.
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him like they just don't make 
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make him like John for a lot of 
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Number one, just the length of 
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say it's without precedent 
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did Dodger Games longer, but I 
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it's almost 4 decades worth of 
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got to be consistent, you've got
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aligned with the organization, 
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that are tough enough to get. 
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know, I, I think the other 
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somebody like John again. 
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the Business Today. 
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coming up today and and he was 
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I don't mean by copying John, 
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know, go launching into song mid
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referencing Broadway shows or 
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shows like that young Brett 
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destroyed. 
Oh, who is this guy? 

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What is this? 
This isn't the way it's supposed

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to be. 
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media, which impacted a massive 
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or like film and, and kinder and
those other ones, right, The, 

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the ability to never really care
or maybe the well, it is an 

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ability, it's a talent. 
When you don't really care what 

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people think, that's a talent. 
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I'm envious of that. 
I don't really care that much 

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what people think, but I 
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does because John just kept 
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And you know, if you remember 
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Raisman, Mushnick, I think 
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post Bob. 
I haven't seen Bob write a, a 

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column for the news in probably 
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So hopefully Bob Raisman is 
healthy. 

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I, I, I don't know, but I mean, 
those guys would destroy John 

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Sterling. 
This isn't the way it's supposed

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to be. 
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Why? 
Because he's having fun and 

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because he's a little goofy and 
a little zany. 

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Everybody needed to get her. 
I really thought not just, you 

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know, not just Bob, but I 
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off their high horse, relax, 
unloosen the belt a little bit, 

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get the stick out of your ass 
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guy John Sterling was a gift. 
He was a gift from the baseball 

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New York sporting God. 
So rest in peace. 

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Jay, do you have the, the tweet 
that I put up there this morning

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at the OK, there you go. 
You know, it's easier for me to 

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write this stuff than it is to, 
to express, you know, sadness 

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and, and, and also you don't 
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know, the, the amazing 
accomplishment. 

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So John Sterling kept baseball 
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It's the first thing that hit 
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John Sterling kept baseball fun 
and an incredibly mundane game 

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where you play every night and 
the pace isn't like the NBA or 

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like hockey. 
And it's not once a week like 

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the NFL. 
John Sterling kept baseball fun.

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He was zany, he was goofy and 
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And he loved being the summer in
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many of us for so many years. 
one-of-a-kind. 

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Rest in peace to a true New York
sporting legend. 

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So we celebrate, we remember. 
And he's going to be incredibly 

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missed, man. 
But I'm so happy that I had that

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little snippet, you know, 9 or 
10 seconds video that my that my

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kids will have forever and then 
I will have forever when when 

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John just, you know, riffed it 
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did that home run call. 
So, yeah. 

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And you know, it's it's it's 
definitely sad, Jay. 

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Now you're younger, OK Were you 
of the mindset, you know, you 

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went to Syracuse, you've got 
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studied what you studied? 
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somebody like John Sterling was 
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Or did you appreciate what he 
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No, I think it's fun. 
I think anytime a broadcaster 

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can put their own flair on 
something, you know, make it a 

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little zany, make it a little 
eclectic, make it fun. 

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I think that's what fans are 
begging for. 

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I think that's what fans are 
looking for, Somebody to, you 

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know, to bring their own 
personality to a game. 

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I don't need someone who's just 
calling a game straight as it 

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is. 
I want it to be fun. 

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I want you to, you know, bring 
your own flair to it. 

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So no, I always love that stuff.
The best thing too. 

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I I figured that you would say 
that good. 

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The best thing about John, aside
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I mean, think about think about 
the think about what he carved 

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out. 
You know, Marv, Marv Albert, 

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yes, you know, Mike Breen, you 
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the double bang. 
Now the Celtics won't be getting

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any bang. 
Well, they they got banged out. 

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We'll be getting some Knicks and
some Sixers bangs and some other

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bangs and we'll get to that 
coming up a little bit. 

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We'll give J Rod a chance to 
jump on the couch. 

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I know he's, I know he's 
terribly upset with what 

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happened with his Boston 
Celtics. 

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And I'll give you a Nick Sixers 
preview. 

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We get to a bunch of stuff, 
obviously starting with John, 

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but think about all of the catch
phrases that this man has. 

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I mean, such a yeah, such a 
simple thing. 

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The Yankees win and you're 
driving around. 

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I don't care if you're on the 
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I don't care if you're out East.
I don't care if you're up in 

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Connecticut. 
You're driving around. 

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You know, Mariano with the 
here's the pitch struck him out.

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And then just, you know what's 
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The Yank. 
It's so simple, but boy, did it 

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resonate. 
The Yankees win, the Yankees 

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win. 
You bet your ass the Yankees 

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won. 
That's right. 

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Put it in the books, punctuate 
it, stack it and sealed it away 

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is yet another win and this man 
was just in the middle of 

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absolutely everything like the 
only thing that I not regrets 

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the wrong word. 
So, as I've told you, I was 

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there in in 96 when the Yankees 
won the World Series. 

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Charlie Hayes the pop up and 
this came up the other day. 

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I couldn't see because I was 
behind home plate top top deck 

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and not even the front row way 
behind. 

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So I'm just relying on the 
ambiance and the reaction 

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because when it when it goes up 
and I was a tough at bat to a 

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lot of foul balls as that thing 
goes towards the third base 

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dugout. 
I'm you know, I'm leaning and 

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I'm jumping over. 
I can't see and I wish like and 

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I went to a lot of games back 
then. 

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I went to all the Mattingly's 
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The two of them Mattingly's home
playoff games against Seattle in

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95. 
I went to other games, other 

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World Series wins, 9892 
thousand. 

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I was actually working in Las 
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went back a lot and the only 
thing that I didn't have now I 

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had 55 at that point, 55,000 
maniacal Yankee fans around me, 

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which was great, but I wish I 
wish that I could have heard 

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John with those calls. 
Now, of course I got them in 

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hindsight, you get the 
highlights. 

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You hear them. 
You know when they when they 

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play them on the morning, on the
morning shows, but being in the 

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car, it's like to me creating 
it's and it's, it's not easy to 

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do all right. 
There's a lot of people, there's

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a lot of people. 
I mean, hell, there's people 

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right now who just graduating 
college who don't have big 

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network jobs yet and and might 
not ever, but they can get in 

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front of a mic And you know, 
here's the pitch, brown ball, 

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the short up the middle. 
Wow, what a stab over the first 

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got him by 1/2 a step. 
Anybody can do that. 

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You know, rebounded by Mitch 
over to Brunson. 

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Brunson two on one left side, 
Josh Hart up and it's going to 

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foul. 
Anybody could. 

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And I I don't even really do 
play by play. 

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And I just did it without even 
thinking about what I was going 

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to say. 
It's easy to do that. 

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That's not really that hard to 
do. 

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What's almost impossible to do 
is to connect to the heart and 

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the sporting soul of somebody, 
especially the Yankee fans and 

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all of that, and what that 
encompasses and the depth and 

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the expectations and all the 
history to be able to do that 

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and to be able to be so 
theatrical in the process, but 

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yet in the same vein, be able to
laugh at yourself. 

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Like I heard so many times, John
say, oh, Susan, I really messed 

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that one up, huh? 
Like, the guy had no problem, 

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you know, embracing a mistake. 
So I, I thought that John always

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came across as #1 always 
prepared, always excited, and 

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that's what I look for. 
You guys know my style and 

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that's why I like, you know, I 
love Mike and Chris's dynamic 

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like so many people my age. 
Because you just didn't know the

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show would start at one O 3. 
Good afternoon, everybody. 

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Like you just get this loose 
lunatic launching into into this

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crazy mode and then he got Mike 
parachuting in with the 

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knowledge and then you get them 
arguing, then you get them 

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having a coach on and then they 
tag team on the coach and they 

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destroy him or whatever they 
might be destroying together or 

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going against each other. 
Like I love that stuff. 

441
00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:38,760
I love the energy and I'm all 
about presentation and to meet 

442
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:44,160
John Sterling just in terms of 
packaging everything that I look

443
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:45,480
for. 
And I know that he was 

444
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,240
technically flawed. 
I know that and I don't care. 

445
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,720
That's not the point, but what 
I'm looking for. 

446
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,520
All right, I'm driving, I'm 
stuck in traffic. 

447
00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,160
I've had a rough day, whatever 
it might be. 

448
00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,560
Boom, Yankee game on that guy. 
Always. 

449
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:04,800
He always gave us his best 
always and it's deeply 

450
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,200
appreciated. 
He's going to be deeply missed 

451
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,880
and and a man I'd love to see 
the Yankees win the World Series

452
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,160
for him this year. 
How awesome would that be? 

453
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,720
I'll tell you what the way they 
look, it's not that far fetched 

454
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,000
like it's been in some other 
seasons. 

455
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,560
All right, let let me get to 
some other stuff. 

456
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,400
Obviously John Sterling 
tributes, whether it's the chat,

457
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:23,680
whether it's the calls, get him 
up. 

458
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:28,160
We've got 3 burning questions. 
Nick Sixers preview, give AJ Rod

459
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:32,240
a chance to, you know, you know,
little cathartic moment for Oh 

460
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,000
my God, Jay as the Celtics are 
done. 

461
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,360
Rest in peace, John Sterling, my
favorite sports announcer ever. 

462
00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:40,160
He made radio baseball 
listenable. 

463
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,280
Yeah, for a kid growing up with 
ADHD. 

464
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,680
Interesting. 
That's very interesting at 

465
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:45,760
beater car. 
Yeah. 

466
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,480
I mean, to me, that's the thing 
too. 

467
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,680
Like John's like the fluctuate. 
That's the other thing too. 

468
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:55,120
So again, that what I did what I
did before, you know, left side 

469
00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:57,280
layup, it's good foul, whatever,
3 pointer. 

470
00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,920
No good like that. 
That that's the easy stuff of 

471
00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:06,320
calling a game, but connecting 
the dots and, and being, being 

472
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,480
unpredictable, laced with 
zaniness. 

473
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,800
You know, I, I, I don't know 
about ADHD and I don't, I don't,

474
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,720
I've got a lot of things. 
I don't have that. 

475
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,040
But I know it's, it's an 
affliction and I know that it's,

476
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:20,880
it's, it's an issue, especially 
for a lot of kids. 

477
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,000
So I mean, I talk about a great 
compliment, you know, where you 

478
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,200
know your brain and it there's a
lot of noise and a lot of lot of

479
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,000
things got a lot of clutter. 
And John was able to unclutter 

480
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,520
it, so to speak. 
And then just I mean, it's like 

481
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,480
he would just hit a blender, you
know, put put a bunch of 

482
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,720
baseball stuff in the blender, 
hit a button and then 30 seconds

483
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,240
later or 25 seconds later, I 
mean, it would be this beautiful

484
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,720
mixture of everything, 
everything that's good in the 

485
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,680
game. 
And you knew that he was a good 

486
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,560
hearted person. 
I'm not going to name babes, I 

487
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,640
would never do that. 
But I can promise you there are 

488
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,000
some broadcasters that you 
listen to that really just 

489
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,320
aren't that friendly off the 
air. 

490
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,520
They might present themselves as
friendly. 

491
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,520
They might present themselves a 
certain way when the cameras are

492
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,520
on. 
When those cameras are off or 

493
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:11,040
when the game is over, they 
really don't have much interest 

494
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:16,080
talking to you. 
I feel like John always was able

495
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:20,120
to thread the needle of of 
catering to the demands. 

496
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,160
You know, Takis, Aaron Judge or 
I get it, or a Rod or Jeter, but

497
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,720
in his own way. 
You know, it in, in a weird way,

498
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,080
on some level, he he exceeds 
those players because he was 

499
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,120
here so much longer. 
You know what I mean? 

500
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,480
You're not going to RIP down, 
you're not going to say, all 

501
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,400
right, Babe Ruth, you know, Joe 
DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Mickey 

502
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,640
Mantle, John Sterling, Derek. 
I don't, I don't mean that, but 

503
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,960
I just mean the connection. 
Think about this. 

504
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,920
We watched Derek Jeter for 30 
years. 

505
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,680
Pardon me, 20 years. 
We watched a Rod for what, 1314 

506
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,080
years here we watched Donnie for
1314 years here we watched MO 

507
00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,080
for about 20. 
We've listened to John for 36 

508
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,720
years. 
And that is just, that's a 

509
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,360
connection and that's a, there's
a depth to that connection that 

510
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,760
you cannot replicate and you 
cannot recreate. 

511
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,920
And I think Dave Sims is great. 
You know, when others have 

512
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,480
filled in, whether it's 
Emmanuel, Barb, I filled in 

513
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:17,680
twice. 
I mean, I was just doing the 

514
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,400
color. 
But like the fill in, play by 

515
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,360
play guys immensely get Ricky 
Ricardo. 

516
00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,800
I think Ricky's actually got a 
lot of John Sterling in them, 

517
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,120
which one of the reasons I love 
listening to Ricky. 

518
00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,440
I think he's great. 
And I know that they were 

519
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,120
really, really good friends. 
So you know, there's going to 

520
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,440
eventually be, hopefully Dave 
does this for a long, long time,

521
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,240
hopefully gets a couple of 
championships. 

522
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,360
Whomever is up next after Dave, 
they will be great in their own 

523
00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:45,560
way, hopefully, and they will 
carve out their own legacy in 

524
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,960
their own path. 
But there's one John Sterling, 

525
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,520
let's not get it twisted. 
There's one and there's never 

526
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,400
going to be another one. 
So rest in peace to John. 

527
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,240
All right. 
Now, I talked about this with 

528
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,840
Michael Kay last week. 
I've talked about this for a 

529
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,960
while. 
We finally got the answer with 

530
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,520
Anthony Volpe. 
And it's exactly what I thought 

531
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,080
they were going to do. 
And it's exactly what I thought 

532
00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:09,000
that they should do. 
All right, this was very easy to

533
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,160
read. 
Now, the only reason it wasn't 

534
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,160
easy to read is because there 
were some of you, which of which

535
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,600
I get that weren't fully sure 
that the Yankees were more 

536
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,240
ruthless. 
And that's the word that Michael

537
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,400
used when he when he joined me 
last. 

538
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,320
And by the way, Joe Benigo will 
join me on Wednesday. 

539
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,040
I meant to say that at the top 
of the show. 

540
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,520
So we got Joe B coming up on 
Wednesday and Michael's 

541
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,160
interview was phenomenal. 
The numbers were great, the 

542
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,280
content was awesome. 
You guys really enjoyed it. 

543
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,160
And Michael used the word 
ruthless. 

544
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,880
Now, I didn't use the word 
ruthless prior to having him on,

545
00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:40,120
but I thought I certainly 
acknowledge that things seem a 

546
00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:43,400
little different this year, 
whether is less tolerant or more

547
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,280
cutthroat or whatever other spin
off of the word ruthless that 

548
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,040
you were sending them, whatever 
that you want to use, that's 

549
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,960
what the Yankees have exhibited 
so far. 

550
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,800
OK, Louis Hill, you've been 
inconsistent. 

551
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,880
Your V Low's been up and down. 
Your secondary stuff is hit or 

552
00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,880
miss. 
You have one big game, then you 

553
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,040
get shellacked. 
We can't have it get to the 

554
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,480
minors. 
OK, Ryan McMahon, you're hitting

555
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,640
and now he's starting to hit a 
little bit, but hit No 92. 

556
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,480
And even though you're a lefty 
hitter and this team's got a 

557
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,320
righty pitcher going, guess 
what? 

558
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,120
We're going against the data. 
We're going against the the 

559
00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:17,560
numbers. 
You're sitting and Rosario, who 

560
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,000
is a righty who hits lefty is 
going to play third even though 

561
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,760
everything else says that. 
You know what we would have done

562
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,560
last year? 
Keep running you out there. 

563
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,880
All right, Grisham, he does not 
bat lead off every single game. 

564
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,640
Thankfully, now he does against 
righties. 

565
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,080
But you've seen him. 
I think he hit 91 point over the

566
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,800
weekend, right? 
So you're seeing some, I think 

567
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,280
you're seeing a bit of an 
evolution in terms of how the 

568
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,040
Yankees are approaching this 
year. 

569
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,840
And it's about damn time because
Aaron Judge is not 25. 

570
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,240
We're 27. 
He's 34. 

571
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,120
He's having a really good year. 
Again, he's got a running and 

572
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,760
I'll get to this coming up in in
3 burning questions, a little 

573
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,640
Rice Judge and a little Soto 
Judge kind of comparison. 

574
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:58,840
We'll get to that coming up in a
bit. 

575
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,760
But he's got his running mate 
right now. 

576
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,320
Ben Rice is top three, top 4IN 
MVP. 

577
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,280
He's a lot to be an All Star and
he's a middle of the order 

578
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:07,800
thumper and it's real. 
All right. 

579
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,840
Yankees pitching is off the 
charts amazing, and it's only 

580
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,080
going to get better when some of
the guys in the rotation go to 

581
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,520
the bullpen and the guys who are
hurt get back and they, you 

582
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,160
know, they resume their starting
duty like Garrett Cole and 

583
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,160
Carlos Rodon. 
Rodon's closer than Garrett 

584
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:24,840
Cole. 
So there's a lot of things to 

585
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:29,000
like about this team. 
What would have changed for me 

586
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,120
and for many of you, it wouldn't
have changed the record, but it 

587
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,200
would have changed the belief, 
the conviction in the Yankees 

588
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,480
willingness to do whatever it 
takes to win this year. 

589
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,320
Hey, we drafted Anthony Volpe a 
couple of years ago at Adele 

590
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,320
Barton, which is about 15 miles 
from where I am right now. 

591
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,640
New Jersey star, star. 
They played with a lighter, as 

592
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,480
many of you know, lighter went 
to Vanderbilt. 

593
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,280
Anthony got drafted by the 
Yankees. 

594
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,080
That's all he wanted to do was 
be a Yankee. 

595
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,200
And then will you get trapped by
the Yankees And there's and it's

596
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,400
first round status, you go to 
the Yankees. 

597
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,440
So he went to the minors. 
Obviously COVID was was an 

598
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,160
issue, like many young players, 
you know, his his his 

599
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,880
development was maybe stagnated 
a little bit. 

600
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,240
But I also think that 
philosophically, what the 

601
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,120
Yankees were maybe not forcing 
him to do, but certainly 

602
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,440
teaching and and leading him to 
do in terms of, you know, 

603
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,880
traject, you know, just up. 
I'm not going to get into the 

604
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,720
the nuts and bolts of the swing.
We just know he has not been 

605
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,040
good enough. 
All right, And we also know that

606
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,840
the Yankees have ridden them out
there too many times where he 

607
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,760
hasn't deserved it, where 
they're running them out there. 

608
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,400
You know, one for 1913 
strikeouts, booting some balls, 

609
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,440
a complete non entity at the 
plate. 

610
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,280
You know, you look up it's O2, 
non productive, unproductive at 

611
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,360
bats, not on base a lot, average
is low, OPS is horrendous. 

612
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,000
Nothing really reflective of a 
first round talent. 

613
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,320
And even if you were a tenth 
round talent, if you're playing 

614
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,120
shortstop for the Yankees and 
you're in the mix to win a World

615
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,600
Series, you can't have that. 
And if they do allow that to 

616
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,800
happen, well then, as they have,
as they did last year and even 

617
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,040
prior years to a lesser extent, 
they were telling you without 

618
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,960
telling you that we are, we are 
going to be stubborn. 

619
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,280
And even if it's to the 
detriment of the team. 

620
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,440
So we needed to see this. 
We needed to see this. 

621
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,240
And it was a layup. 
Like if the Yankees did anything

622
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,840
other than what they did 
yesterday, the Yankees would be 

623
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,800
crushed and I would be crushing 
them. 

624
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,840
Not the way they're playing, but
it it would, it would kind of 

625
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,240
usurp some of the enthusiasm, at
least for me, and some of the 

626
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:32,920
belief that this version of the 
of the Yankees is different than

627
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,400
previous versions, not just in 
terms of talent, but in terms of

628
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,840
mindset, in terms of mantra, in 
terms of organizational 

629
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,520
philosophy. 
It is about time. 

630
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,760
Now, here's what's going to 
happen. 

631
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,960
All right, Caballero, All right.
He's been by these. 

632
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:53,040
Remember 3/16, 3:20 or so, the 
last 15 games, 1314 steals, 

633
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,760
couple of home runs, great 
defense that that has surprised 

634
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,440
me. 
I mean, first of all, it 

635
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,360
surprised me that he's hitting 
316 over this stretch of games. 

636
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,800
I, I, I really never perceived 
him to be that guy. 

637
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,640
But his defense, you know, if 
you believe about, if you 

638
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,720
believe in outs above 
replacement, all that stuff. 

639
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,880
And I also like to just kind of 
look, I'm like, it looks pretty 

640
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,120
good. 
And then I'll use the numbers to

641
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:17,640
either reinforce or maybe, you 
know, reposition a thought that 

642
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,040
I have about a player, which is 
why last year, just a quick Side

643
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:25,880
Story or side reference. 
Last year when Ben Rice was 

644
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,600
hitting the ball on the screws 
early with not a, with not a lot

645
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,040
of luck, and Aaron Boone was 
telling all you guys this, I'm 

646
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,800
like, and let me just let let me
let me see for myself if what 

647
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:40,280
Aaron Boone is saying is lining 
up with the deeper analytics. 

648
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,040
And that's, you know, that's 
when I would really dive deeply 

649
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,160
into Savant and fan graphs and 
some other stuff. 

650
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,600
I'm like, yeah, he's right. 
And if you believe in that 

651
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,680
stuff, like if you hit the ball 
hard and you hit the ball 

652
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,920
consistently and all the other 
numbers line up, it really 

653
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,440
shouldn't matter too much what 
the numbers are currently 

654
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,840
because generally hitting the 
ball hard is a foreshadow of 

655
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,240
better things to come. 
It called bad luck. 

656
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,520
It's called the, it's called 
Major League Baseball. 

657
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,800
It's called an incredibly high 
rate of failure. 

658
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,520
It is what it is. 
So the numbers on Rice were what

659
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,680
they were and look at rice now 
and the numbers on Volpe have 

660
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,040
always been what they were and 
we'll see what they are once he 

661
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,880
gets back. 
The numbers on Caballero, like 

662
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,280
when they got him. 
I'm like spark plug, you know, a

663
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:27,400
little bit of a dirtbag in terms
of just like a nasty in a good 

664
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,000
way, the kind of guy that you 
want to play with, talk a little

665
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,200
smack. 
Uniforms always dirty. 

666
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,120
Obviously an elite base dealer, 
great positional versatility. 

667
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,080
Like there were a lot of things 
that I liked about the pickup. 

668
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,160
Now, I would be less than 
truthful. 

669
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,400
I said to you that I envisioned 
this. 

670
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,280
I still think he's playing over 
his head, I think. 

671
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,440
And eventually I think there's 
going to be a bit of a, you 

672
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,880
know, a regression to his 
statistical mean. 

673
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,000
But until that happens, you had 
to reward him. 

674
00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,040
It's about messaging not just 
for Caballero, but also for 

675
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,400
Volpe. 
Further, further incentive to, 

676
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,400
hey, this is a little different,
buddy. 

677
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,880
We love you, we believe in you, 
but now you've got to earn it. 

678
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,480
We're not just writing your name
out there because we drafted you

679
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:12,960
in the first round a couple of 
years ago. 

680
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,040
We've got a guy night to night 
who's playing better than you've

681
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,080
played maybe, you know, outside 
of a couple of spurts here and 

682
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,080
there, most of your Yankee 
career. 

683
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:22,360
And I'm going to ride him out 
there. 

684
00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:26,560
And listen, Volpe's a terrific 
person, raised the right way, a 

685
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,320
grinder, a worker. 
So he gets this. 

686
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,400
I'm sure he handled this well. 
And it buys you a little bit of 

687
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:33,639
time. 
It buys you time. 

688
00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:35,760
First of all, it's not like 
Volpe's been ripping up AA 

689
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,920
pitching. 
He's sitting, he's hitting 250 

690
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,440
on the button. 
You know, he's 11 for 44. 

691
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:44,760
He's played twelve games. 
And I've seen, I've seen a lot 

692
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:49,600
of his defensive highlights and 
it would be contrasted like with

693
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:53,400
with Lombard when he was a AA 
before he got the call to AAA. 

694
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:55,760
And I'm like, it's just it's 
night and day. 

695
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,400
I mean, Lombard off 1 foot 
throwing peas across the 

696
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,840
diamond. 
And Volpe's throws, even when he

697
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,880
can kind of set his feet a 
little bit, are still losing 

698
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,120
some steam and kind of going 
almost down toward the first 

699
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,360
baseman. 
Like everybody sees that. 

700
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:13,440
All right, So now the only 
thing, and this is going to be 

701
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,960
trickier to navigate. 
All right, so the 30 day rehab 

702
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,640
assignment is obviously over 
now. 

703
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:20,840
That's why they had to designate
him. 

704
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,720
Either you're coming back to the
big league team or we're going 

705
00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:26,840
to send you to the minors. 
We know what they did right now 

706
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:32,400
it's made easier because he's 
not exactly crushing at a AA and

707
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:36,880
Caballero's playing very well. 
Well, what happens if what 

708
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,880
happens if Caballero? 
And he's going to eventually go 

709
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:43,960
a little cold, but Volpe doesn't
assert himself. 

710
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,960
But yet Caballero's still 
playing really good defense. 

711
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,840
But the numbers start to dwindle
offensively and there's no real 

712
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:55,400
evidence that Volpe has earned 
in elevation to the big league 

713
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,160
team. 
Like, that's once, like there's 

714
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,880
only a few scenarios that can 
happen, and I'm going to lay it 

715
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:05,360
out for you #1 Caballero plays 
incredibly well for a while and 

716
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:09,080
Volpe crushes it. 
And then you call up Volpe and 

717
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,640
you still run Caballero out 
there maybe, maybe. 

718
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,520
And then you mix and match like 
Caballero, little second or 

719
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,760
little third, a little outfield,
and they can both play if Volpe 

720
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:23,760
earns him, if Caballero is awful
over the next 78910 games, 

721
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,200
whatever it might be, and Volpe 
rips it up, well, that's an easy

722
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,320
Ave. 
All right. 

723
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,760
Hey, things starting to kind of 
get to where we thought they 

724
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,400
might. 
We've squeezed a lot of juice 

725
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,920
out of this, you know, this, 
this orange, if you will, with 

726
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,880
with Caballero. 
Now we're going to go back to 

727
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:39,960
the young man that we thought 
will be our starting shortstop 

728
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,200
for X amount of years. 
But it's got to be earned. 

729
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:48,960
And only if Caballero sinks and 
and and Volpe elevates can he 

730
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,680
come here and play every day. 
Now, say if he hits, you know, 

731
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,640
255 pretty much like he's 
hitting now. 

732
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:58,880
Or he wasn't AA and he's doing 
the same production in AAA and 

733
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:03,040
Caballero, meaning not great but
not awful and Caballero cools 

734
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,080
off a little bit. 
I think that's another win 

735
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,200
though, where I can see him. 
OK, let's get him up and we'll 

736
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,680
figure this thing out. 
Little Mix and match, maybe 

737
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,560
lefty righty match up specific, 
whatever it might be. 

738
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:19,520
But this is it would have been 
such a bad sign if the Yankees 

739
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,640
did what I knew they wouldn't do
and I really knew. 

740
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,920
More importantly, they just 
couldn't justify doing, meaning 

741
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,320
they shouldn't do it. 
Like this is a meritocracy, you 

742
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:33,720
know, and, and I get it when 
you're making 25303540 million 

743
00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:36,400
dollars, you know, you're going 
to get more chances, more 

744
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,000
opportunities, absolutely no 
doubt about it. 

745
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,640
And let's say Rodon, when when 
Rodon comes back, he'll be in 

746
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,600
the rotation and let's say Rodon
has three or four starts where 

747
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,440
he's just not very good. 
Well, they're not going to 

748
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,520
banish him to the bullpen. 
They will say there's enough 

749
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,880
evidence. 
Even though he hasn't been an 

750
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,760
amazing Yankee, it's been pretty
good, especially after that 

751
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,320
first rocky year one. 
It's gotten better and better. 

752
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,680
There's easy there. 
There's there's data to justify.

753
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,360
We're going to roll with you 
rather than like Louise Hill, 

754
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,360
who are like, OK, we could ship 
it to the miners. 

755
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,880
First of all, the the resume is 
one thing, but also what you're 

756
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,240
paying somebody. 
Volpe's not making a lot of 

757
00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:15,320
money. 
Like it's not like Volpe signed 

758
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:19,000
like a, you know, 70% of a wit 
contract. 

759
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,080
Like they they bought out years 
of arbitration. 

760
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,240
And now the Yankees are sitting 
there saying, we just gave, you 

761
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,760
know, Volpe sixteen, $17 million
a year. 

762
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,400
We're going to have them on a 
bus in double or AAA for the 

763
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,040
next month and 1/2. 
What are we doing? 

764
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,680
No, that's not the case at all. 
So I think the Yankees nailed 

765
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,040
it. 
Right decision, right choice, 

766
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,400
right time. 
Now the onus is on Volpe to 

767
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:44,400
perform and the and the onus is 
is on Caballero to continue to 

768
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,880
further perform and 
competitions. 

769
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:48,480
Good. 
Like, I think that this is a 

770
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,320
great thing. 
You've got somebody in the 

771
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:55,720
minors right now and Anthony 
Volpe, who is who is, I'll 

772
00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:59,520
answer that one SEC Jay, who is 
scraping to get back to the big 

773
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:03,520
league team and reassert himself
and and establish himself as an 

774
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,880
everyday shortstop, which at 
this point, I honestly don't 

775
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,160
know if he is. 
I think, I think there's more 

776
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,160
good than not, but it's year 4, 
so it's it's go time, obviously.

777
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:17,160
And then there's another guy who
is finally getting a look after 

778
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,120
basically being a sub forever, 
you know, play 2 three times a 

779
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,640
week. 
Ready, scrappy, whatever. 

780
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,480
Now he's getting a little piece 
of the of the champagne, little 

781
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,120
taste of the champagne. 
He's like, whoa, this is good 

782
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,320
stuff. 
I'm gonna line up with Ben Rice,

783
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,840
I'm going to line up with Aaron 
Judge, I'm going to line up with

784
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,440
with Bellinger. 
All right, I'm just going to get

785
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:35,280
on base. 
I'm going to run. 

786
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,360
I'm going to catch the baseball 
and I'm going to remain an 

787
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,320
asset. 
So you got Caballero try. 

788
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,200
I'd love this. 
Caballero's trying to hold on to

789
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,680
what he has and both he's trying
to get it back. 

790
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:49,280
And ultimately I think the 
Yankees will benefit and win 

791
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,920
from this competition, from this
situation. 

792
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,240
It might be a little rocky, 
though, because this was not an 

793
00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:58,200
easy call by then, even though 
it it it. 

794
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,440
But I say that like the the the 
evidence made it easy, but 

795
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,920
organizationally you have to 
swallow hard when you keep a 

796
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,480
first round pick in the minors, 
especially when he's hit twenty 

797
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,880
home runs, won a Gold Glove, hit
a Grand Slam in the World 

798
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:13,640
Series. 
Like he hasn't been great, but 

799
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:17,200
he's done some good things. 
So it was tough on that level. 

800
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,320
Baseball, not tough. 
The other stuff tough. 

801
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:23,760
All right, What is my favorite 
play call? 

802
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,760
Play by play call from John Man 
old man. 

803
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:30,320
I like the back-to-back, belly 
to belly. 

804
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,600
I love that. 
You know, I I might even just go

805
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,360
as simple as when he really like
it with the Red Sox or playoff 

806
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,840
game or Subway Series, something
a little more magnitude of the 

807
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,680
regular season when he would 
really, really laying deep and 

808
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:48,880
give you the I just go on and on
and on and on. 

809
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,960
And then Yankees win like it's 
perfect. 

810
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,800
You watch the game and you 
listen to the game to see the 

811
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,680
Yankees win. 
And then you've got the great 

812
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,280
John Sterling hammering that 
out, letting you know that the 

813
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,920
Yankees won, that the Yankees 
just did what you were hoping 

814
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:10,160
that they would do. 
Mattingly calls anything with 

815
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:11,920
Mattingly, just because 
Mattingly is my all time 

816
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,840
favorite. 
I like I like the an A bomb for 

817
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,240
a rod a lot. 
I'll be I mean, I could just I 

818
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:21,240
could do another hour on the 
things that I liked because 

819
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:23,200
that's how good he was. 
He was that good. 

820
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,560
He was that original. 
What's the future of broadcast 

821
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,960
of games broadcast on the radio?
Johnny Boy 17. 

822
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,120
I'm not sure. 
I don't know the answer to that.

823
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,360
I really don't know. 
I do think it varies for markets

824
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:39,680
like I think that well, I know 
we've already seen some smaller 

825
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:43,520
markets not send their and this 
is just this is criminal, man. 

826
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:48,400
I can't get behind this at all. 
Where their broadcast teams, 

827
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,440
when their team travels, they 
lay back and they call the game 

828
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,760
off ATV. 
You know what you're missing 

829
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,960
there. 
Now, maybe the average fan can't

830
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,360
really tell, you know, and maybe
for the money that you saved, 

831
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:03,200
you can justify it, but it 
should never be that way ever. 

832
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:07,120
I remember Mink and I had to do 
that once during COVID and I was

833
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:11,520
in my Home Office here he was. 
He may have actually been at the

834
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,160
arena. 
St. 

835
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,920
John's was playing maybe like a 
Sacred Heart, like a non 

836
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,800
conference early game during 
COVID, no fans. 

837
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,800
And I don't think, if I remember
correctly, it was a while ago. 

838
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,200
I don't think that that they 
wanted us together. 

839
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,600
So John was nowhere near the St.
John's bench. 

840
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,680
He was like in the stands, 
literally in the stands. 

841
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,760
I don't even know where Madge 
was at that point. 

842
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,120
And I was here, You know, we 
figured things out and you know,

843
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:40,080
we, I know his cadence. 
He knows mine, but I just know 

844
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,960
that's the only time that I've, 
I've called the game off TV. 

845
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:47,400
And I mean, walking into the 
garden to do a game with, with 

846
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,160
19,000 people, which they've 
been getting since Rick Pitino 

847
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:54,120
came is incredible. 
Like it's just, it's an ambiance

848
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,200
that it's a fuel. 
You know, it's just a surge of 

849
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:01,200
energy and excitement because 
you feed off the crowd and not 

850
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:05,720
being able to do that is just 
it's, it's the last frontier. 

851
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:09,400
If and when we get to that on a 
high level, that's incredibly 

852
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,960
problematic. 
But you know, it's not cost 

853
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:13,920
effective. 
You got to pay for hotels. 

854
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,640
These major leaguers. 
I mean, they they stayed the 

855
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,520
best for Four Seasons. 
You know, they stay at great 

856
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:24,160
hotel per diem. 
You know, it's not just the play

857
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,920
by player and also the color 
analyst. 

858
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,040
It's also the engineer, the 
statistician. 

859
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:32,840
Like there's other things. 
It's it's, it's, it's a nut. 

860
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,560
It's it's not cheap. 
It's a big number and over the 

861
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:41,280
course of, you know, 81 games 
for baseball or 41 games for the

862
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,480
NBA or hockey. 
I, I can see why monetarily it's

863
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:49,080
justifiable, but it's, it's, 
it's a horrendous trend that I 

864
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,800
hope none of the bigger teams 
here ever embrace. 

865
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,160
I, I, I mean, I just can't 
imagine the Yankees, the Mets, I

866
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,280
can't, I can't imagine the 
Knicks doing that. 

867
00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:00,480
I think the Islanders have had a
bit of a a trans, a bit of a 

868
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:05,040
nomadic and the Devils as well. 
I think they use the TV call on 

869
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:06,680
the radio. 
I'm not if I'm not mistaken. 

870
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:09,360
So some of the teams have even 
leaned into it a little bit. 

871
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,440
Not good. 
Let me get Jack under score Ben 

872
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,920
Stead, all right there. 
Hey, what do you think they 

873
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,560
named the do you think they 
named the booth after John? 

874
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:19,960
I mean, they have to. 
It's been a couple of rough 

875
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,520
weeks for Boston sports. 
Sabres winning six Sixers and 

876
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,360
seven Red Sox. 
Bottom of division. 

877
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,280
Rest in peace, John. 
Go Sabers, go mix. 

878
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:29,800
Go Yanks. 
Yeah. 

879
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,440
I mean, they absolutely. 
They have to. 

880
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:32,520
I mean, I don't know how they 
don't. 

881
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:36,000
All right. 
I know that when I started doing

882
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,800
and I I don't haven't seen the 
sign, but I would imagine that 

883
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,760
it's still there. 
I remember when I started doing 

884
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,880
the St. 
John's games and then eventually

885
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,320
some Nick pre and post game 
stuff and a few Nick play by 

886
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,640
play games. 
It was in the Marty Glickman 

887
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,840
Memorial booth and there was a 
sign. 

888
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:55,560
I don't know if it's still there
as I said, but that's I mean, 

889
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,440
that's the logical next step 
here. 

890
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,560
They may have even I don't even 
did they name the press box yet 

891
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,680
after they may have already done
something for John or or maybe 

892
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:05,760
not. 
One thing about the Yankees, 

893
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,880
they always nail this stuff. 
The tribute will be phenomenal. 

894
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,400
Whatever they put on their 
uniforms will be phenomenal. 

895
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,400
Whatever they elect to do with 
the broadcast booth will be 

896
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,920
phenomenal. 
I, I, I'm really, I'm, I'm 

897
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:23,080
really curious and I know it's 
going to be really hard for her.

898
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:26,320
I texted her this morning. 
I, I can't wait. 

899
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:29,560
Maybe that's the wrong way to 
frame it, but I am, I am very 

900
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:33,760
intrigued to hear Susan's open 
tonight as she pays, pays homage

901
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:35,800
to her, you know, her, her 
friend. 

902
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,040
I mean, they were buddies, man. 
They were tight like they were 

903
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:39,760
partners in crime. 
They really were. 

904
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:41,600
So I think that that's going to 
be awesome. 

905
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:46,200
Sad, but awesome. 
You know, I, I was, I was young,

906
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,760
but I do remember seeing this in
1979. 

907
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,160
It's funny, I never remember 
watching Thurman Munson play a 

908
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:57,760
single inning, not once. 
But I do remember 1979. 

909
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:02,040
I was, I just turned 6. 
I'm a summer birthday and August

910
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:06,560
2nd when they when they honored 
him, Thurman Munson after the 

911
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:09,640
plane crash and they played the 
Orioles and Bobby Mercer got I 

912
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,760
think Bobby had five hits. 
I know we had the game-winning 

913
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:13,760
hit. 
And I remember sitting in my 

914
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:17,080
parents room on the edge of 
their bed. 

915
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,120
They were I think my mom was 
there. 

916
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,560
My dad was definitely watching. 
Pretty sure my mom was there 

917
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:24,480
too. 
And I remember the imagery just 

918
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:28,720
seared in my mind of an empty 
home plate and then all the 

919
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:31,000
tears blew. 
Pinella, you know, all the his 

920
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,000
great friends. 
And the Yankees did that 

921
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,160
incredibly well. 
Old Timer's day. 

922
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:40,040
The Yankees will absolutely 
crush this in a in a very, very 

923
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,840
amazing Yankee only kind of way.
All right. 

924
00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:45,640
What else do we have here? 
Yeah. 

925
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,000
I mean, that was really Jay. 
You go back to the interview 

926
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:51,240
that we did with with Michael 
Kay, right, Which was phenomenal

927
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:55,400
and the numbers reflect that. 
The numbers are really good and 

928
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,480
the word ruthless. 
Just to get back to this for a 

929
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,720
second that he used there. 
Think about how how he nailed 

930
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:04,160
that, but think about how hollow
that would have felt if the 

931
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,400
Yankees did the opposite of what
they did with Volpe because 

932
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:08,040
that. 
Would. 

933
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,520
Have been, you know, that would 
have been acquiescing to an 

934
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,680
inner narrative that that they 
need to divorce themselves from 

935
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:17,280
that they've been connected to 
for too long. 

936
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:21,160
It's got to be meritocracy. 
And I thought he laid it out 

937
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,560
perfectly. 
And I think the timing was great

938
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:25,560
because they were ruthless. 
They had to do this. 

939
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:26,960
I thought it was muddy. 
I thought he. 

940
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:28,360
Nailed it. 
No big time. 

941
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,760
Great quote. 
And also, I got to say, great 

942
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,360
game from the boys in blue 
yesterday. 

943
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:35,880
Yeah, fought. 
Over at this at the stadium. 

944
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:38,640
Yeah, no, so I mean, I was 
sitting, as I was saying, I was 

945
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:42,840
sitting behind Bellinger, man, 
once that first Ben Rice bomb 

946
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,320
went off, I was just like, let's
go. 

947
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,080
And, you know, it was a pretty 
good game for the most part. 

948
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:52,840
I mean, the Orioles stink like. 
It's it's amazing how they yeah,

949
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:55,040
I know it's amazing. 
At least three errors. 

950
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:56,680
Like 2 years ago, they were 
tremendous. 

951
00:47:57,160 --> 00:47:59,960
Yankees did get a little bit 
lucky where Ben Rice on that 

952
00:47:59,960 --> 00:48:03,920
pick off from Max Freed, it hit 
him, got a little contusion. 

953
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:05,280
You could tell you were at the 
game. 

954
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,800
You couldn't tell as I could 
tell he I don't even think he 

955
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,960
actually caught it. 
Like he he didn't catch it 

956
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:11,360
clean. 
Maybe he kind of scooped it 

957
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:13,560
before he hit the dirt, but he 
could tell it hit his hand like 

958
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,520
in the wrong spot and you could 
tell that he was kind of 

959
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,720
writhing in pain. 
He stayed on, he stayed in the 

960
00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:19,080
game, but then he eventually 
came out. 

961
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:24,480
They got they got lucky. 
I mean that that is very, you 

962
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,800
know, I don't know how hard Mark
Max Freed threw that bowl over 

963
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,520
there. 
I'm going to guess it was 

964
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:34,480
probably 80 something, not 95, 
but 8586, you know, had some had

965
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,240
some zip on it and that could 
bust a bone that could do that 

966
00:48:37,240 --> 00:48:40,120
could do some damage. 
So part of being great and part 

967
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,600
of being, you know, a true 
player for the World Series is 

968
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,040
you you get you get lucky with 
the health stuff. 

969
00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,440
And Yankees pitching has been 
great. 

970
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,000
And they catch a break yesterday
with Rice. 

971
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:55,520
So I'm feeling it, man. 
You listen, we've been together.

972
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:57,440
What now? 
When did you jump in? 

973
00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,320
February, February, January 
19th. 

974
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:02,440
Look at I love that he knows the
day, Alright. 

975
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:06,240
January 19th, right? 
So, yeah, about four months, 

976
00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:09,200
whatever it is. 
And I would have to, I want you 

977
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,760
to answer this, I think, I think
I'm a pretty balanced Yankee 

978
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:14,200
fan, right? 
Would you take that away? 

979
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,720
I feel different about this team
and I also felt different about 

980
00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:21,160
the 2014. 
Obviously the whole Soto and 

981
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,560
Judge dynamic, but you know, 
there's still a lot of 

982
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:26,320
checkpoints here. 
And it's also very easy for me 

983
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,680
to say, I I get this guys. 
It's easy for me to say, well, 

984
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:31,960
when Garrett Cole comes back and
when, and I have said this, 

985
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,480
well, Carlos Rodon comes back 
now the Yankees have the best 

986
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:36,960
rotation of baseball and they 
might have the best rotation now

987
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:38,680
anyway. 
But the assumption that these 

988
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:42,000
guys will just automatically 
slide in and Garrett Cole will 

989
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:46,680
be healthy and dealing and Rodon
will be good and D and healthy, 

990
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:48,320
like that's an assumption on my 
part. 

991
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:50,520
And if that doesn't happen, if 
you get something counter to 

992
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,080
that, well, you're going to have
to adjust things a little bit, 

993
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:56,040
even though they do have depth. 
You know, I do think of the back

994
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,160
of the bullpen with Bednar. 
I know he generally wiggles out 

995
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:02,240
of it, but I, I don't love that,
you know, and, and I was OK with

996
00:50:02,240 --> 00:50:04,960
it last year and I was even OK 
with it the first couple of 

997
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,040
weeks of the season. 
I just feel like, you know, when

998
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:11,080
you have a, when you have A and 
it's like he throws 90. 

999
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:14,240
He does throw mid 90s, but even 
a tick higher when he has to, he

1000
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:18,200
does pitch to contact and he's 
got AI think every time he's out

1001
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:21,600
there, he's got to navigate a 
base, hit a walk and he usually 

1002
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:23,600
does. 
That still scares me. 

1003
00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:27,600
Jazz still was still worries me 
in terms of being locked in. 

1004
00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:30,440
You know, is Wells ever going to
hit like I'm not saying it's 

1005
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:34,920
perfect situation, but this 
Yankee team looks ready. 

1006
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:38,960
They look really good and the 
best part for them is that the 

1007
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:40,880
American League absolutely 
stinks. 

1008
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:43,040
It's terrible. 
The American League is awful, 

1009
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:45,480
man. 
Oh my God, compared to the NL 

1010
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:48,080
it's not even close, Jay. 
Really not. 

1011
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,720
I mean, who's what? 
Orioles socks. 

1012
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,480
Stink, the Rays are good, but I,
I don't want to say I don't take

1013
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,000
them seriously because but they,
they're playing well. 

1014
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,000
The Jays are, I think they'll 
eventually get it together, but 

1015
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,560
they're not playing well. 
Red Sox are a disaster. 

1016
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:03,960
You know, the Central is what it
is. 

1017
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:06,760
I mean, anybody in the West 
really, Astros are awful. 

1018
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,840
So all these years of the Astros
being really good, that's not 

1019
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:11,520
the case. 
Texas is OK. 

1020
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:15,120
You know, it's just a clean 
path, at least on paper right 

1021
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:19,000
now in early May to you know, 
100 ish wins and the top record 

1022
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,160
in the American League. 
So things are good for the 

1023
00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:24,720
Yankees, but obviously I want to
start with with John Sterling. 

1024
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:27,480
All right, it's a Monday. 
How about a little free Bernie 

1025
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,080
question action? 
You ready to roll here buddy? 

1026
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:31,440
Wait, would you be We can do 
that first. 

1027
00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:34,840
We've got a call waiting for 
John Sterling if you're down to 

1028
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,560
RIP that first. 
Absolutely, 100%, yeah. 

1029
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:38,320
Who do we have there? 
Jay? 

1030
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:39,400
Thank you for that. 
Who's up? 

1031
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,600
What do we got? 
We've got Matt from Los Angeles,

1032
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:45,920
CA. 
Maddie, what's happening, buddy?

1033
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,320
Appreciate the first call going.
Hey, what's going on? 

1034
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:54,280
Such a sad day. 
You know, guys like Sterling, I 

1035
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:56,120
grew up in New York. 
I absolutely adore him. 

1036
00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:58,320
The guys mean so much to their 
city out here. 

1037
00:51:58,320 --> 00:51:59,800
Vince Scully is that guy, I 
think. 

1038
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:03,160
But you know, the thing that was
so great about him was the 

1039
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:06,320
whimsy he brought to such a 
buttoned up team. 

1040
00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:09,200
You know, they always call the 
Yankees US Steel and and not 

1041
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,560
just the home run calls. 
I remember BTA few years ago. 

1042
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:16,800
I'm listening to a game and, and
this is John's call before the 

1043
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:18,360
game starts. 
He says, you know, I'm a little 

1044
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:21,200
chilly here at the stadium, 
about 59°. 

1045
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,360
I'm wearing a sweater. 
I mean, I'm wearing other things

1046
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:28,280
too, is what he said. 
Such a great, great guy. 

1047
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:30,080
And, and I think you already 
answered one of my questions. 

1048
00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:33,000
I, I mean, I really hope they 
wear a patch or an armband for 

1049
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:34,480
them. 
He meant that much to the team. 

1050
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:38,680
100%, there's no, I mean, I I 
just can't imagine that that 

1051
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:40,880
they don't. 
Now, if I were the Yankees, I 

1052
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:42,720
don't know if they'll go quite 
this far. 

1053
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:44,560
They will definitely have a 
patch. 

1054
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:48,160
I would like myself, I would 
have like a microphone, maybe 

1055
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:51,840
John's like a John's face and 
maybe even a couple of words 

1056
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:54,360
like the Yankees when I that's 
where I don't, I don't think 

1057
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:57,400
they'll do the words, but you 
will get and you will see it 

1058
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,160
tonight. 
You will see something on the 

1059
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:01,640
Yankees uniforms. 
I'd, I'd be unless logistically 

1060
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,400
they can't turn it around quick 
enough, then maybe it would have

1061
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:06,400
to be the next game. 
But no of the Yankees. 

1062
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:08,760
I, I would be really surprised 
if it's not there. 

1063
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:12,200
And the pregame honoring of 
John, of, of John Sterling 

1064
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:15,400
tonight is going to be about as 
touching a thing as we've seen 

1065
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:19,240
at the stadium in a long time. 
It's be a lot of a lot of a lot 

1066
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:21,680
of moist eyes, man. 
A lot of sadness there tonight. 

1067
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:24,120
Yeah, I think they'll really 
pack the place. 

1068
00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:26,680
I think people will. 
People will show up just because

1069
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:28,720
of that tonight. 
You know, I was standing outside

1070
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:30,640
of Gate 4, you know, in the 
front of the stadium a couple 

1071
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:32,800
years ago. 
And then the crowd, we're all 

1072
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:34,560
standing waiting to get again. 
The crowd went nuts. 

1073
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,040
It's John getting dropped off by
his driver. 

1074
00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:41,560
And it was as if Aaron Judge was
walking into the stadium that 

1075
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:43,520
that's how much he meant to this
team. 

1076
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:46,080
It's not just another guy who 
calls the game in a in a nice 

1077
00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:48,240
deep voice. 
John really was the the 

1078
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:50,600
personality of of our city. 
It was great. 

1079
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:52,280
You nailed it, man. 
Really good call. 

1080
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:53,440
I'm happy I took that call. 
Thank you. 

1081
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,320
Thank you for that, Matt. 
Out out West there. 

1082
00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:57,800
Yeah. 
You, you want to sound, you want

1083
00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:00,080
to sound like one of us. 
You want to listen. 

1084
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,680
There's a couple things that we 
look for when we when you listen

1085
00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:04,840
to somebody, whether it's 
somebody doing a game or 

1086
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:08,640
somebody hosting the show, it's 
got to, you've got to know that 

1087
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,040
they care about the topic as 
much as you do. 

1088
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:13,080
That's, that's number one, all 
right. 

1089
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:16,840
Whether it's a show or whether 
it's a game, you got to you got 

1090
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:19,360
to feel that it matters to them,
all right. 

1091
00:54:19,720 --> 00:54:23,160
And if it doesn't, then that 
connection can only get so, so 

1092
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:25,360
deep. 
When it, when it does feel that 

1093
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:28,520
way, now there's, there's a 
limitless connection, there's, 

1094
00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:32,080
there's just no boundaries #1 
and then obviously length. 

1095
00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:35,560
And then obviously the more big 
moments you have, which are just

1096
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:38,160
indelibly seared into our minds 
and our ears. 

1097
00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:42,080
In terms of John, I also think, 
you know, if you're a, if you're

1098
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:44,800
a fan of a horrendous team, 
like, you know, think about like

1099
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:47,600
those Mets, Mets teams old all 
those years where they just were

1100
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,280
terrible. 
But like Bob Murphy got you 

1101
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:54,240
through that Ralph Kiner on TV, 
you know, Connor's corner and 

1102
00:54:54,240 --> 00:54:57,280
let's win 67 games. 
But big Ralph, he's up there, 

1103
00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:59,880
you know, shooting the shit with
Seaver or Steve Carlton, if they

1104
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:04,640
played the Phillies or or Mike 
Schmidt, it's it's comforting, 

1105
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:09,360
you know, it's comforting too. 
And you know, I've always said 

1106
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:14,240
this when when somebody passes 
away and and it is dependent 

1107
00:55:14,240 --> 00:55:18,280
upon their age, right? 
But I think I felt this a little

1108
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:22,320
bit like when Hulk Hogan passed 
away and Hulk was a lot younger 

1109
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:25,560
than than John. 
But when somebody, when you have

1110
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:29,880
access to somebody regularly 
that has been a part of your 

1111
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:33,080
life in the sporting sense for 
as long as somebody like John 

1112
00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:38,120
has, it's, it's almost, it's re,
it's going to sound odd. 

1113
00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:39,480
It's just my own. 
I don't know. 

1114
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:42,360
I don't know why I, I've always 
looked at it this way, but it's 

1115
00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:45,040
hard to express. 
But I'll, I'll, I'll try. 

1116
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:52,200
So it's, it's just hard to 
explain when somebody is around 

1117
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:55,960
that long. 
To me, I've always felt like, 

1118
00:55:56,960 --> 00:56:01,200
all right, if they're still 
here, am I really getting older?

1119
00:56:01,440 --> 00:56:06,560
You know, like, hey, Rizzuto 
still calling games, I'm still 

1120
00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:08,480
young. 
And I've really always made that

1121
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:10,960
association. 
If you're lucky enough to still 

1122
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:13,720
have a grandparent alive, you 
know, if you still have a 

1123
00:56:13,720 --> 00:56:16,280
grandparent with you, And I mean
like, you know, if you're in 

1124
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:20,040
your, I don't mean if you're 
15/18/20, I mean, it would be 

1125
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,360
probably tragic if you don't. 
But I mean, as you get to like 

1126
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:25,360
north of 3540 and certainly 
beyond that. 

1127
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:28,560
If you're blessed to have a 
grandparent, even if you're 43 

1128
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:32,520
or 44, but grandma's still there
or grandpa's still there or John

1129
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:37,240
is still there on some level. 
Even if you never say it, 

1130
00:56:37,240 --> 00:56:40,920
because it is hard to express, 
as I've said, it's almost 

1131
00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:44,480
reassuring because you don't 
feel as if you're aging that 

1132
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:48,120
much, if that makes sense. 
Even though we are like, hey, 

1133
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:50,360
John's still calling games. 
I mean, I've been been here, 

1134
00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:53,840
John calling games since 1989 
when I was when I was starting 

1135
00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:57,000
high school, basically, you 
know, how old can I be? 

1136
00:56:57,160 --> 00:56:59,120
You know, Hey, Breen's still 
doing the Knicks. 

1137
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:02,760
He's been doing them forever. 
I don't feel that old, you know,

1138
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:04,960
I'm sure that made sense for 
some of you. 

1139
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:06,080
I don't. 
I don't know if it made complete

1140
00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:07,720
sense, but. 
No, totally. 

1141
00:57:07,720 --> 00:57:10,760
I mean, it does, Yeah. 
Because I mean, for my mom, her 

1142
00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:13,400
grandma's still alive. 
My great grandmother's still 

1143
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:15,600
alive. 
She's like 104, a hundred and 

1144
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:16,360
three. 
Yeah. 

1145
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:18,760
It's insane, dude. 
Wow, dude, It's insane. 

1146
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:22,240
So it's like, I think I told 
like, my mom totally feels that 

1147
00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:24,400
where it's like, yeah, dude, 
like her grandma's still alive. 

1148
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:27,640
So it's like you kind of you 
don't, you don't get hit with 

1149
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:30,000
that like OK. 
Heaviness. 

1150
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:31,920
Yeah, exactly. 
Exactly. 

1151
00:57:32,120 --> 00:57:35,720
All right, Wow. 
Is she Does she live by herself?

1152
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:36,120
I'd. 
Be sure. 

1153
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:38,120
I mean, she's, yeah, she's got 
like a nurse and stuff. 

1154
00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:40,880
She's down there in Boca doing 
her thing in a Boca. 

1155
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:43,040
Yes, Sir. 
Nice. 

1156
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:44,680
Yeah. 
I mean, you know, she's 

1157
00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:47,800
definitely 103, you know, You 
know what I mean? 

1158
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:50,920
I get it, I get it. 
Does she, does she have a phone?

1159
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:53,400
Like, can you call her? 
Yeah, she has a cell phone. 

1160
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:56,280
Yeah, Yeah, she's probably got a
better cell phone than my dad. 

1161
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:58,600
Who's got the flip phone. 
No, probably. 

1162
00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:01,480
She's got the iPhone. 
She does, I think. 

1163
00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:03,000
So I don't know if she could use
it. 

1164
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,560
I don't know if she knows how to
operate it necessarily. 

1165
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:08,400
But yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. 
Do you get to see her every 

1166
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:10,600
year? 
We we try to go down there a 

1167
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:12,600
decent amount. 
I think last time was probably a

1168
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:15,600
couple years ago. 
I think was the last time I went

1169
00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:17,080
down there but got to do it 
soon. 

1170
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,080
That's awesome, man. 
That that's, I love hearing 

1171
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:19,880
that. 
Good job, Jay. 

1172
00:58:19,880 --> 00:58:22,600
All right, man, very good. 
Got to get to some mixed Sixers.

1173
00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:25,400
How about this though? 
It's a Monday 3 burning Question

1174
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:26,760
Time. 
We always enjoy this. 

1175
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:28,480
Try to mix a couple of things up
there. 

1176
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:31,520
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1178
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1179
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:38,400
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1180
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1181
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1182
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1185
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1186
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All right, question number one, 

1187
00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:02,640
what do we cook up? 
This is a good one. 

1188
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:10,080
Will Rice and Judge outperform 
Soto and Judge from 2024? 

1189
00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:13,760
I mean, statistically this would
have and and just not just 

1190
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:18,600
hearing it out loud would have 
sound blasphemously pathetic if 

1191
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:20,560
I would have asked this question
in March, right? 

1192
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:23,040
Or even after the first week of 
the season. 

1193
00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:26,840
OK, will they prove more 
effective? 

1194
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:30,040
OK, this is a tough one. 
Now let's let me just take you 

1195
00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:32,320
back to Judge and Soto. 
Now first of all, Judge had a 

1196
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:39,120
war of almost 11, had 58 home 
runs, 144 RB is he hit 322, won 

1197
00:59:39,120 --> 00:59:42,800
the batting title and had an 
1159 OPS. 

1198
00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:46,520
Now Soto that this is really 
what's going to determine it. 

1199
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:50,520
Do I think that Rice will be 
better than Soto this year? 

1200
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:53,920
Like the the fact that I'm even 
asking that question out loud is

1201
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:56,600
amazing. 
So Soto hit 288. 

1202
00:59:57,400 --> 00:59:59,640
Do I think that Ben Rice will 
hit more than 288? 

1203
00:59:59,800 --> 01:00:02,120
I do. 
Now he's 2nd and average at 

1204
01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:03,600
3:43. 
I don't think he's going to be 

1205
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:05,080
anywhere near that when it's all
said and done. 

1206
01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:08,120
Can I see Ben Rice sitting three
O 7, three O 8? 

1207
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,240
I could. 
I absolutely could. 

1208
01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:14,440
So I do think advantage just in 
terms of batting average, all I 

1209
01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:16,800
know it's antiquated, but 
advantage Rice. 

1210
01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:18,680
So we got to check in the Rice 
column number. 

1211
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:22,160
Two, do I think that Ben Rice 
will have more than the 41 home 

1212
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:26,720
runs that Juan Soto had back in 
2024? 

1213
01:00:26,720 --> 01:00:30,200
I absolutely do. 
I mean, I think he's going to 

1214
01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:33,640
have mid 40s and if he stays 
healthy, he might go high 40s, 

1215
01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:36,280
maybe higher. 
So yes, I think it is going to 

1216
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:38,280
be another check in the Ben Rice
column there. 

1217
01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:42,200
RB is, by the way, he's first in
OPS. 

1218
01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:43,680
Ben Rice, he's second in batting
average. 

1219
01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:46,160
He's tied for third home runs 
and he's 8th in RB. 

1220
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:51,320
Is do I think, do I stutter? 
Do I think that he's going to 

1221
01:00:51,320 --> 01:00:54,840
have more than 109 RBI's? 
Yes, I do. 

1222
01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:57,640
I absolutely do. 
Do I think you'll have more than

1223
01:00:57,640 --> 01:01:01,320
a 989 OPS? 
That's where I've got to really 

1224
01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:02,840
think, and I don't want to go 
nuts here. 

1225
01:01:03,160 --> 01:01:08,840
I know he's first at OPS. 
Now I'm going to say slightly 

1226
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:13,040
higher, not not that I think 
he'll finish just short of 1000.

1227
01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:14,720
So I'm talking percentage 
points. 

1228
01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:17,920
So anyway, I think that Rice 
will have a higher average, more

1229
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:21,040
homers, more ribbies and a 
slightly higher OPS. 

1230
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:24,400
Excuse me this damn cough, man. 
I don't know if it's allergies. 

1231
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:25,760
I don't know what's going on, 
man. 

1232
01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:29,440
The the difference here to 
really answer the question. 

1233
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:32,840
Do I think that Aaron Judge will
replicate what he did? 

1234
01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:35,800
And the answer is no, I don't 
think he's going to have a WAR 

1235
01:01:35,800 --> 01:01:37,520
of 11. 
I don't think he's going to hit 

1236
01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:40,960
well, he might hit 58 home runs.
He's not going to have 144 RBIs,

1237
01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:43,880
that's for sure. 
Like he's not going to hit 322. 

1238
01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:47,440
And the OPSI think this year 
will be less than the 11:59 he 

1239
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:50,720
had a couple of years ago. 
God, this is close, man. 

1240
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:53,520
I mean, right now Judge is on 
pace for 60, two home runs, but 

1241
01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:59,200
only 110 ribbies. 
I will say yes, slightly. 

1242
01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:01,880
I think there's enough checks in
Rice's column. 

1243
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:04,400
I think that they will 
outperform this duo. 

1244
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:07,280
And that is even crazy to think 
that we're even having this 

1245
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:11,040
discussion. 
Yes #1 #2 what do we got here? 

1246
01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:14,920
Number two, number two, number 
two, besides the Mets and they 

1247
01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:17,640
looked a little bit better over 
the weekend, although I don't 

1248
01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:20,000
know how the hell Bientos 
they're I'm, I'm watching the 

1249
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:23,160
game Saturday night. 
There's a line drive Bientos. 

1250
01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:24,800
I mean, they wind up losing the 
game how I don't. 

1251
01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:26,920
And I know we had a good game 
yesterday, a couple of bombs, 

1252
01:02:26,920 --> 01:02:29,840
but how the hell does Vientos 
not make that play at first 

1253
01:02:29,840 --> 01:02:30,800
base? 
You know the one I'm talking 

1254
01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:32,280
about late Saturday night. 
What? 

1255
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:36,360
Anyway, besides the Mets, which 
MLB team has been the most 

1256
01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:38,720
disappointing? 
Oh, boy, there's a lot of 

1257
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:40,840
options here. 
The Jays have been very 

1258
01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:42,680
disappointing. 
Seattle's been very 

1259
01:02:42,680 --> 01:02:43,520
disappointing. 
Member. 

1260
01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:45,400
Seattle had great pitching a 
year ago. 

1261
01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:47,480
They made some moves for some 
sticks. 

1262
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:49,560
I mean, they're catchers been 
awful, but they brought some 

1263
01:02:49,560 --> 01:02:51,920
other guys in. 
They have been a colossal 

1264
01:02:51,920 --> 01:02:55,280
floundering so far. 
The Royals have been a little 

1265
01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:58,000
disappointing. 
The Phillies obviously fired 

1266
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:00,560
their manager. 
I'm going to go Boston, though. 

1267
01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:02,640
I really am. 
Who also fired their manager. 

1268
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:06,040
Now the Red Sox have 23 team 
home runs. 

1269
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:08,840
Judge and Soto have more. 
I mean, so they've gotten 

1270
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:10,320
together. 
They've got no power. 

1271
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:12,720
Trevor Story is absolutely 
washed. 

1272
01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:14,720
And they're they're pissed that 
he opted into the deal. 

1273
01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:18,760
They didn't want him. 
Jaron Duran, Caleb Durbin, you 

1274
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:21,560
know, they just, they're not 
doing much here. 

1275
01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:24,360
Roman Anthony is going to be a 
player, but he's certainly not 

1276
01:03:24,360 --> 01:03:26,520
crushing it yet. 
So you have a new manager. 

1277
01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:28,600
They played a little bit better 
since the firing for sure. 

1278
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:31,160
I want to be fair. 
But they're 13 and 21. 

1279
01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:33,360
They've got a -19 run 
differential. 

1280
01:03:33,520 --> 01:03:35,880
There's 711, seven and 11 in 
Boston. 

1281
01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:39,360
They don't win Fenway this year.
Sonny Gray's on the IL Garrett 

1282
01:03:39,360 --> 01:03:41,560
Crochet had a little bit of a 
shoulder issue, which is not 

1283
01:03:41,560 --> 01:03:43,560
terrible. 
I know the imaging came back 

1284
01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:46,400
clean, but, you know, he's got 
to get himself back. 

1285
01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:48,240
And I know the Gray with the 
hamstring is going to miss a 

1286
01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:50,920
little bit more time. 
But I think it's the Red Sox. 

1287
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:52,920
I do. 
I think it's the Boston Red Sox.

1288
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:56,120
And you know, I could have 
easily said Seattle because they

1289
01:03:56,120 --> 01:03:57,480
were supposed to be a playoff 
team. 

1290
01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:00,680
Red Sox were, you know, 
certainly the Mets are up there,

1291
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:03,200
the Jays, the Phillies. 
I'm going to go with the Red 

1292
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,360
Sox. 
All right #3 burning questions 

1293
01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:08,240
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1294
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:13,600
Of the four remaining NBA 
series, how many, if any, will 

1295
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:16,800
go seven games? 
Not as many as you think. 

1296
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:20,000
Now, I'll get to the next Sixers
much more extensively in a 

1297
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:21,240
moment. 
All right, we'll actually talk 

1298
01:04:21,240 --> 01:04:24,400
about that series. 
But that will not go 7. 

1299
01:04:24,520 --> 01:04:26,920
I'll just give you a little, 
little foreshadow there. 

1300
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:30,880
So, oh, for one, T, Wolves and 
Spurs, no chance to go 7. 

1301
01:04:30,880 --> 01:04:36,560
That's going to be a quick 10 
for two Cavaliers and Pistons. 

1302
01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:40,040
I think that one does go 7. 
I actually think that that's got

1303
01:04:40,040 --> 01:04:43,320
that one has the best chance of 
the four remaining series to go 

1304
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:46,960
7 and Lakers Thunder. 
I think that's more in the five 

1305
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:49,360
six range. 
So I don't think Nixon Spurs 

1306
01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:51,520
get, pardon me, Nixon Sixers 
give you 7. 

1307
01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:54,480
Maybe Nixon Spurs in the finals.
That would be nice, although 

1308
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:56,040
hopefully it's different than 
99. 

1309
01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:59,560
The Knicks and the Sixers. 
No T Wolves, Spurs, no 

1310
01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:02,120
Cavaliers, Pistons I'm going to 
say yes. 

1311
01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:06,080
And the Lakers, Thunder, I am 
going to say no. 

1312
01:05:06,880 --> 01:05:12,000
So 25%, one of the four will go 
inside the will go the distance 

1313
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:13,440
here. 
There you go. 3 burning 

1314
01:05:13,440 --> 01:05:15,680
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01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:18,080
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more than 100 years. 

1316
01:05:18,080 --> 01:05:20,760
Find 
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1317
01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:24,000
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with the firefighters union in 

1318
01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:27,520
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law firm partner of St. 

1319
01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:29,080
John's Athletics. 
Find 

1320
01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:33,240
sullivanpapainonline@triallaw1.com.
That's trial law1.com. 

1321
01:05:33,240 --> 01:05:35,440
Remember the name Sullivan 
papain. 

1322
01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:40,760
All right, J Rod, do you think 
of the you're a big NBA guy, All

1323
01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:45,040
right, try to pick up the pieces
as your Celtic season got 

1324
01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:46,520
shattered. 
You're not surprised, though. 

1325
01:05:46,520 --> 01:05:47,680
You said they were going to lose
games, No. 

1326
01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:49,160
I know, I know, I know. 
I'm not. 

1327
01:05:49,160 --> 01:05:52,360
I'm not surprised at all. 
I feel, I almost feel a little 

1328
01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:56,680
vindicated, but in the fact that
I was right because my brother 

1329
01:05:56,680 --> 01:06:00,720
and I, listen, I got a whole 
fucking thing but him and I like

1330
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:03,640
him and I were going at it 
before the game and he was like,

1331
01:06:03,800 --> 01:06:06,640
you're a fair weather fan. 
You're a bandwagon fan. 

1332
01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:09,560
When I pulled AU, I'm going, 
dude, I'm not a bandwagon fan. 

1333
01:06:09,560 --> 01:06:12,280
I'm a realistic fan. 
This team just got smacked up 

1334
01:06:12,280 --> 01:06:14,840
three times in a row. 
How do you expect them to win? 

1335
01:06:15,320 --> 01:06:20,440
And now here's I got hopeful. 
That third quarter when we were 

1336
01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:24,800
down 13, I was certain we were 
going to win. 

1337
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:29,000
Even down 13, I'm certain we 
were going to come back and win.

1338
01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:33,400
And just awful. 
I don't think it's going to get 

1339
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:37,120
talked enough that this team 
blew A31 lead because of the 

1340
01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:39,960
return of Embid. 
I think people are going to go 

1341
01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:42,520
towards Celtics excuses. 
Tatum didn't play. 

1342
01:06:42,520 --> 01:06:44,120
Tatum wasn't hurt, this team 
wasn't. 

1343
01:06:44,360 --> 01:06:49,000
But that is just awful. 
Blowing A31 lead should never be

1344
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:51,080
acceptable. 
It should never be something 

1345
01:06:51,080 --> 01:06:53,840
that you can just brush off and 
be like, I know it was still a 

1346
01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:56,680
successful season. 
Oh no, the the expectations 

1347
01:06:56,680 --> 01:07:00,320
before the season were low. 
No, the expectations before the 

1348
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:03,000
season were lower. 
And then you brought Jason Tatum

1349
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:04,960
in. 
You brought the dramatics out, 

1350
01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:08,600
you brought the theatrics out. 
And by doing that, you raise the

1351
01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:12,080
expectation a whole hell of a 
lot higher. 

1352
01:07:12,160 --> 01:07:14,320
You brought it to Finals 
expectations. 

1353
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:17,920
They were Vegas odds winners to 
make the NBA Finals before the 

1354
01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:20,280
playoffs started. 
Yeah, the odds were there. 

1355
01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:23,120
Listen, I think your brothers 
got to got to take a page from 

1356
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:24,280
you. 
You're the only real one in the 

1357
01:07:24,280 --> 01:07:25,600
family. 
You and your pops. 

1358
01:07:25,840 --> 01:07:28,040
That's why it sounds like your 
brother's a little a little bit 

1359
01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:31,400
of a little bit of a fanboy out.
There he he is definitely a 

1360
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:36,200
Celtics Homer, like he rides for
the Celtics, win or lose, which 

1361
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:39,120
is a good thing. 
I appreciate, I appreciate that 

1362
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:41,160
kind of fan. 
That's not me, dude. 

1363
01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:43,640
That's not me. 
I'm tearing these boys apart. 

1364
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:47,200
Like when I when it when it 
needs to be said, it needs to be

1365
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:48,920
said. 
The one thing that I was 

1366
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:52,880
ecstatic about with this game, I
left with a big smile on my 

1367
01:07:52,880 --> 01:07:56,320
face. 
Husevic did not even sniff the. 

1368
01:07:56,320 --> 01:07:58,760
Court you have you bring him up 
every. 

1369
01:07:58,760 --> 01:08:00,600
You can't stand him. 
It was the word. 

1370
01:08:00,920 --> 01:08:03,160
Do you know what Anthony Simons 
was averaging? 

1371
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:08,280
I don't. 14.5 and four before 
the Celtics traded him. 

1372
01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:10,720
Nicole, I didn't realize was a 
bitch. 

1373
01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:15,280
Average as a center 6 and four 
for the Celtics. 

1374
01:08:15,560 --> 01:08:19,000
I mean, that's like 6 and 4 is 
like one of those, you know, 

1375
01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:22,240
enforcers from the 90s who were 
just really there for six fouls.

1376
01:08:22,240 --> 01:08:24,720
Like, like Chris Dudley, you 
know, probably didn't average 6 

1377
01:08:24,720 --> 01:08:26,319
points. 
But like Chris Dudley when he 

1378
01:08:26,319 --> 01:08:29,120
was on the Knicks or one of 
those backup centers that gets, 

1379
01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:34,000
you know, to spell like a Lajwan
or Ewing or Robinson or Shaq, 

1380
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:36,080
whatever it might be. 
And they, you know, you, you 

1381
01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:38,479
want them to use the six fouls 
and you know, they're going to 

1382
01:08:38,479 --> 01:08:40,840
give you 3 1/2 rebounds, maybe a
dunk or two. 

1383
01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:43,439
And and they're going to foul 
out like that's that's pretty 

1384
01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:46,200
much what Rusevic gave you. 
And, you know, listen, I mean 

1385
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:47,680
that forget, it's not about 
Rusevic. 

1386
01:08:47,760 --> 01:08:50,040
The only thing that I would say,
even though I understand why it 

1387
01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:52,800
bothers you, like I do think two
things can be true. 

1388
01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:59,680
The way the series finished, the
Celtics deserves deserved to get

1389
01:08:59,680 --> 01:09:02,120
hit, right? 
But if I would have told you 

1390
01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:07,399
once when Tatum ruptured his 
Achilles last year, and if I 

1391
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:11,319
told you you're going to get to 
a Game 7 and he didn't know that

1392
01:09:11,319 --> 01:09:13,399
they flushed the 3-1 lead down 
the chute and you didn't know 

1393
01:09:13,399 --> 01:09:14,840
about the boost. 
If it's trade and all the other 

1394
01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:18,760
stuff, I, I think, I think at 
least I think that you should 

1395
01:09:18,760 --> 01:09:20,279
because I probably would as 
well. 

1396
01:09:20,600 --> 01:09:23,760
I think you would probably 
process it a little bit more 

1397
01:09:23,760 --> 01:09:25,520
favorably. 
But when you win three of the 

1398
01:09:25,520 --> 01:09:29,200
first four, I don't care what 
the circumstances are, you lose 

1399
01:09:29,200 --> 01:09:30,680
the series. 
It's unacceptable. 

1400
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:35,800
And and I would be with you. 
I just think, man, and and this,

1401
01:09:35,840 --> 01:09:38,880
this is part of being I think a 
spoiled Celtics fan in this 

1402
01:09:38,880 --> 01:09:41,200
respect. 
Even the seasons we've had in 

1403
01:09:41,200 --> 01:09:44,720
recent years where the roster 
have you know, and this isn't an

1404
01:09:44,720 --> 01:09:46,240
unnecessarily a super recent 
year. 

1405
01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:48,080
But I think back to the 2018 
team. 

1406
01:09:48,319 --> 01:09:52,240
No Kyrie, no Gordon Hayward, 
players injured across the 

1407
01:09:52,240 --> 01:09:56,360
board, still made the Eastern 
Conference finals Game 7 versus 

1408
01:09:56,360 --> 01:10:02,160
LeBron freaking James rookie 
year Tatum, second year Jaylen 

1409
01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:04,280
Brown. 
And then I look at a season like

1410
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:08,720
this where yes, you know, the 
expectations lacking Tatum 

1411
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:12,320
aren't as high, but you still 
had a damn good regular season. 

1412
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:17,320
And tell me, you know, even 
without Tatum, we and granted, 

1413
01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:19,800
the Sixers might not have had a 
bead for these games, which is a

1414
01:10:19,800 --> 01:10:22,440
big factor. 
We definitely beat them in the 

1415
01:10:22,440 --> 01:10:24,640
season series. 
There's no doubt about that in 

1416
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:28,720
my mind. 
And so yes, listen, listen, 

1417
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:31,080
listen. 
If you're coming through before 

1418
01:10:31,080 --> 01:10:34,200
the season expectations, maybe 
you could say, OK, I feel a 

1419
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:36,960
little bit better about this, 
but I feel awful about this. 

1420
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:39,320
I don't feel great about this 
team going forward. 

1421
01:10:39,320 --> 01:10:42,920
Other than Kata Tatum, Jaylen 
Brown, Prichard. 

1422
01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:46,800
OK everyone else, let's go. 
I I think anytime I think, 

1423
01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:50,960
especially in the NBAI think 
anytime that you anytime a year 

1424
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:54,960
expires without a championship 
and you have, you know, a an an 

1425
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:57,760
an all time player, which Tatum 
has become already. 

1426
01:10:58,440 --> 01:11:01,040
You know, it's you're going to 
process that with some lament. 

1427
01:11:01,080 --> 01:11:03,280
I I I also think that every 
situation is a little bit 

1428
01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:07,040
different, Like I framed it all 
right, Tatum's out and but they 

1429
01:11:07,040 --> 01:11:08,360
still gave you a good and I get 
it. 

1430
01:11:08,360 --> 01:11:10,200
Nobody knows. 
No Celtic fan wants to hear 

1431
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:11,360
that. 
Now I'm just giving you my 

1432
01:11:11,360 --> 01:11:14,160
outside looking. 
I I get it, it is relative, 

1433
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:16,000
understood emotionally. 
Like I'm not emotional. 

1434
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:18,160
I'm more pragmatic with the 
Celtics here because it's not my

1435
01:11:18,160 --> 01:11:20,360
team. 
But I also understand like 

1436
01:11:20,600 --> 01:11:23,520
couple of years ago, if you 
would have told the Mets fan 

1437
01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:26,840
when things were awful, Hey, by 
the way, not only will you make 

1438
01:11:26,840 --> 01:11:29,400
in Mendoza's first year, not 
only will you make the playoffs 

1439
01:11:29,400 --> 01:11:32,280
here, but you'll beat the 
Phillies and you'll get to the 

1440
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:34,880
NLCS. 
You'd be like, fuck, sign me up,

1441
01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:36,440
let's go. 
I am down. 

1442
01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:39,360
But then when that final out is 
made against the Dodgers, 

1443
01:11:39,840 --> 01:11:41,760
you're, you're in a different 
emotional state. 

1444
01:11:41,920 --> 01:11:43,560
You allow yourself to get worked
up. 

1445
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:47,000
And now you, even though you can
appreciate the run, you can't 

1446
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:49,280
help but think, man, we even 
though the Dodgers smoked them, 

1447
01:11:49,640 --> 01:11:51,680
man, we were one series away 
from the World Series. 

1448
01:11:51,680 --> 01:11:55,120
So there's always that more 
bigger picture of the regret and

1449
01:11:55,120 --> 01:11:57,640
lament. 
Of like, we could have done 

1450
01:11:57,640 --> 01:12:01,040
something, but here's here's 
where the good take away and 

1451
01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:02,640
this is where my brother was 
kind of right. 

1452
01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:06,360
Like this is where what I'd give
him Tatum. 

1453
01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:10,480
Tatum now doesn't have to play 
any more NBA games for the rest 

1454
01:12:10,480 --> 01:12:13,120
of the season. 
He gets to fully rest. 

1455
01:12:13,240 --> 01:12:18,720
He gets to go from 95% to truly 
100% and we don't have to risk 

1456
01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:20,680
any leg things for the rest of 
the season. 

1457
01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:22,400
So that's something I'm very 
happy about. 

1458
01:12:22,560 --> 01:12:25,120
And yeah, I mean, if you looked 
at that game seven or the rest 

1459
01:12:25,120 --> 01:12:26,760
of the series, we weren't 
beating the Knicks. 

1460
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:29,240
We just weren't. 
It would have been another, and 

1461
01:12:29,240 --> 01:12:32,840
not that last season was 
necessarily an embarrassment at 

1462
01:12:32,840 --> 01:12:35,760
the hands of the Knicks, but 
this year would have been an 

1463
01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:37,640
absolute. 
Dog walk. 

1464
01:12:37,640 --> 01:12:40,120
I wanted to play you guys there.
I just thought it was a much 

1465
01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:41,800
more favorable matchup. 
All right, real quick though, 

1466
01:12:41,800 --> 01:12:45,280
before I get into the Knicks and
the Sixers here, so one of the 

1467
01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:47,360
questions and I want you to 
answer yes, You know, give me a 

1468
01:12:47,360 --> 01:12:49,880
yes or no. 
Knicks Sixers does it go 7 yes 

1469
01:12:49,880 --> 01:12:51,080
or no? 
No analysis. 

1470
01:12:51,080 --> 01:12:57,920
No OK T Wolves Spurs, yes or no?
No, no, I'm Cavs or Pistons. 

1471
01:12:58,160 --> 01:13:01,280
Yes, that's the one that I said.
Lakers Thunder. 

1472
01:13:01,320 --> 01:13:03,720
No, we're on the same exact. 
Page. 

1473
01:13:03,760 --> 01:13:06,160
Yeah, same page. 
I think Cavs, Pistons, I mean, 

1474
01:13:06,160 --> 01:13:07,840
both of them just had great 
series. 

1475
01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:09,520
I think they're in for another 
tough one. 

1476
01:13:09,520 --> 01:13:13,000
I think they just kind of match 
up in that similar way. 

1477
01:13:13,680 --> 01:13:16,160
And then I think the Thunder are
going to rock the Lakers. 

1478
01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:18,520
Me too, I think. 
I think the Spurs and 

1479
01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:21,640
Timberwolves will be a good 
series with good games where the

1480
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:25,960
Spurs come out on top in six in 
5 or 6. 

1481
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:27,520
But maybe. 
But they're not. 

1482
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:30,840
But they're not winning by 15 
every night, no like meaning the

1483
01:13:30,840 --> 01:13:33,800
T Wolves might not win many 
games, but the the games are 

1484
01:13:33,800 --> 01:13:34,760
competitive. 
For. 

1485
01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:36,360
Sure, for sure. 
I think I agree with that. 

1486
01:13:36,400 --> 01:13:39,320
And then I think, well, that was
it, right? 

1487
01:13:39,360 --> 01:13:41,120
Oh, Nick Sixers. 
Nick Sixers. 

1488
01:13:41,120 --> 01:13:44,080
Yeah, Nick's got him in 5 or 6. 
Well, listen, This is why I feel

1489
01:13:44,080 --> 01:13:45,720
really good about the Knicks. 
Now. 

1490
01:13:46,320 --> 01:13:49,480
First of all, as much as I 
wanted to play the the Celtics 

1491
01:13:49,480 --> 01:13:51,640
here, J Rod will start getting 
those Nick calls up there. 

1492
01:13:51,640 --> 01:13:52,880
I'm sure some people want to 
jump in. 

1493
01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:55,520
If you want to chime in with 
John Sterling, you guys can come

1494
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:58,720
in with that. 
So J Rod will get that back up 

1495
01:13:58,720 --> 01:14:01,600
in the chat about how to call 
the show and, and all that other

1496
01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:02,640
stuff. 
All right, let me get up on the 

1497
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:04,440
one screen there, Jay. 
Let me get some Nick stuff for 

1498
01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:05,480
you. 
Thank you, buddy. 

1499
01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:08,960
So Nicks are what, 7 1/2 point 
favorites tonight? 

1500
01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:13,680
Celtics would have been an 
easier series for sure. 

1501
01:14:15,680 --> 01:14:17,600
You know, I mean, a couple of 
things here. 

1502
01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:22,520
The fact and I don't I'm not 
getting on Joel and bead for 

1503
01:14:22,520 --> 01:14:25,600
doing this right, but the fact 
that he had to do this is 

1504
01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:29,440
absolutely pathetic, right? 
And the big bad Philadelphia 

1505
01:14:29,440 --> 01:14:31,920
sports fans, all the soul 
they're tough. 

1506
01:14:32,280 --> 01:14:34,840
They're they're crazy boost 
Santa Claus. 

1507
01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:37,320
You know, they're going to fight
in the stands. 

1508
01:14:37,760 --> 01:14:39,520
They're going to boom. 
Michael Irvin when he may have 

1509
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:43,240
been, God forbid, paralyzed on 
the old concrete turf at Veteran

1510
01:14:43,240 --> 01:14:45,320
Stadium. 
Those Philly fans are brutal. 

1511
01:14:45,600 --> 01:14:47,080
They're tough. 
Didn't you know that? 

1512
01:14:47,560 --> 01:14:50,600
Until it's time for the Knicks 
to take over the building, which

1513
01:14:50,600 --> 01:14:55,760
they will again. 
So, Joel, and be preemptively 

1514
01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:58,680
and again, I respect and be 
doing this. 

1515
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:01,320
The problem is he shouldn't have
to do this. 

1516
01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:06,440
Can somebody explain to me how a
vibrant sports fan like a town 

1517
01:15:06,440 --> 01:15:11,000
like Philly, a vibrant sports 
town like Philadelphia is their 

1518
01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:15,720
star player feels compelled to 
basically beg them to show up 

1519
01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:18,800
and not let the Knicks fans take
over again? 

1520
01:15:19,360 --> 01:15:22,880
I mean, Gee, that that would 
never happen with a New York 

1521
01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:25,200
Knick. 
I know I'm not going to sit here

1522
01:15:25,200 --> 01:15:26,600
and guarantee that the Knicks 
win the series. 

1523
01:15:26,600 --> 01:15:29,560
I think I feel good about it. 
And my prediction is that they 

1524
01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:31,520
will win. 
I do think the Knicks will win 

1525
01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:33,840
in six. 
I don't think it gets 7. 

1526
01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:36,240
And I'll give you some of the 
reasons as to why in a moment. 

1527
01:15:36,240 --> 01:15:40,000
But like, I can't imagine in in 
in what alternate universe would

1528
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:45,040
we be in if Josh Hart and Jalen 
Brunson were sitting up there? 

1529
01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:46,960
You know, Jay Jalen's got the 
beanie on. 

1530
01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:48,800
He's got the little Roman Reigns
sweatshirt on. 

1531
01:15:48,800 --> 01:15:53,000
Josh Hart eating his eating his 
candy, sitting there saying, 

1532
01:15:53,480 --> 01:15:55,320
hey, listen, Knicks fans, we 
can't let this happen. 

1533
01:15:55,360 --> 01:15:58,080
We can't let we can't let the 
Sixer fans take over the Garden 

1534
01:15:58,080 --> 01:15:59,720
again. 
Never going to happen. 

1535
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:02,520
No matter what the, the ticket 
prices are insane. 

1536
01:16:02,720 --> 01:16:09,160
No matter how exorbitant the, 
the prices are, it will be 95% 

1537
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:13,320
Knicks, maybe you know, 5% 
wealthy Sixer fans, resourceful 

1538
01:16:13,560 --> 01:16:15,280
Sixer fans. 
Let's say there won't be a 

1539
01:16:15,280 --> 01:16:16,760
single Sixer fan there. 
I mean it. 

1540
01:16:16,760 --> 01:16:18,640
That's just the reality of of 
the world here. 

1541
01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:22,400
But the, what the Knicks did to 
that building a couple of years 

1542
01:16:22,400 --> 01:16:25,320
ago was such an embarrassment. 
Like, it's not you. 

1543
01:16:25,360 --> 01:16:28,480
It's like you're rolled into, I 
don't know, I, I'm trying to 

1544
01:16:28,480 --> 01:16:31,600
think of a small town, a smaller
market. 

1545
01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:35,320
You know, I was thinking 
Charlotte, I swear to God, but 

1546
01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:37,080
Charlotte actually had a really 
good end to the season. 

1547
01:16:37,080 --> 01:16:40,000
So I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm not trying
to clown them, but let's say 

1548
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:43,800
like, it's not like when the 
Yankees go to play Tropicana at 

1549
01:16:43,800 --> 01:16:46,320
the Dome, the Rays are obviously
back there. 

1550
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:48,040
Last year they had to play 
Steinbrenner Field because of 

1551
01:16:48,040 --> 01:16:50,120
the, the weather. 
But where the Dome was ripped 

1552
01:16:50,120 --> 01:16:53,160
off, it's not like that. 
Or even Red Sox fans, many of 

1553
01:16:53,160 --> 01:16:56,840
whom leave New England and go 
down to Florida to retire. 

1554
01:16:57,120 --> 01:16:59,680
You know, spring training is a 
big deal for the Red Sox, big 

1555
01:16:59,680 --> 01:17:02,240
deal for the Yankees. 
So when the Red Sox or the 

1556
01:17:02,240 --> 01:17:06,400
Yankees play Tampa in Tampa, you
know you're going to have 65% 

1557
01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:09,600
Yankees or Red Sox fans and in 
some situations even more. 

1558
01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:12,280
That's not that. 
Because the Rays, even though 

1559
01:17:12,280 --> 01:17:14,440
they've been around for a while 
and even though they, you know, 

1560
01:17:14,440 --> 01:17:17,320
they got to the World Series in 
O 8 and they're a very well run 

1561
01:17:17,320 --> 01:17:20,960
franchise and they've had some 
really good players and they 

1562
01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:23,680
build the team very well with 
limited resources. 

1563
01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:27,200
Like they are a smart group of 
baseball minds. 

1564
01:17:27,720 --> 01:17:30,760
The way they draft and develop 
and what they look for, knowing 

1565
01:17:30,760 --> 01:17:34,360
when to get rid of a player 
based on the finances a year a 

1566
01:17:34,360 --> 01:17:37,160
year early rather than a year 
late like so many of their stars

1567
01:17:37,160 --> 01:17:39,280
over the years. 
That's how they they have to 

1568
01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:41,640
operate that way. 
Philly's been around forever. 

1569
01:17:42,120 --> 01:17:46,640
I mean, this is the same 
franchise that in 83 was rolling

1570
01:17:46,640 --> 01:17:53,360
out Doctor J and Moses Malone 
and Andrew, Tony and Cunningham 

1571
01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:56,160
and Old and then eventually 
Barkley. 

1572
01:17:56,440 --> 01:18:00,600
You know, I mean, come on. 
Alvin Iverson And you allowed, 

1573
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:02,240
you didn't. 
Not only did you allow the Knick

1574
01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:07,200
fan to just come in and gain 
entry into the arena, and it's a

1575
01:18:07,200 --> 01:18:09,400
big arena. 
It's one of the bigger NBA 

1576
01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:13,160
arenas in in the entire league. 
I think it's over 20,000, maybe 

1577
01:18:13,160 --> 01:18:15,200
2021. 
It's definitely up there. 

1578
01:18:15,880 --> 01:18:19,040
But not only did Knick fans come
in, they made themselves at 

1579
01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:20,720
home. 
They put their feet up on your 

1580
01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:23,160
couch. 
The Knick fan slept in your bed.

1581
01:18:23,400 --> 01:18:26,600
They did whatever they wanted. 
They walked in their underwear 

1582
01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:29,320
to the fridge in the middle of 
the night and they ate what you 

1583
01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:31,240
were supposed to eat for lunch 
the next day. 

1584
01:18:31,480 --> 01:18:34,920
They did whatever they wanted. 
And now and beads got to beg you

1585
01:18:34,920 --> 01:18:39,480
guys to show up. 
I mean, like, it's one thing, 

1586
01:18:40,440 --> 01:18:44,000
honestly, it's one thing if 
Philadelphia fans didn't take 

1587
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:47,960
themselves so seriously, like, 
you know, God's gift to sport, 

1588
01:18:47,960 --> 01:18:52,200
to sports fandom, you know, but 
the way they like the arrogance 

1589
01:18:52,200 --> 01:18:55,000
and the, and not all of them, 
but, you know, I know it's a 

1590
01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:57,240
stereotype, but whatever. 
Damn. 

1591
01:18:57,240 --> 01:18:59,800
Sure, a lot of them. 
Yeah, I know, I know. 

1592
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:03,120
The arrogance and the energy and
all the the way you guys carry 

1593
01:19:03,120 --> 01:19:06,040
yourself and all the other stuff
and the way you Boo home 

1594
01:19:06,040 --> 01:19:09,520
players, the way you just get 
all over opposing players 

1595
01:19:09,520 --> 01:19:12,320
throwing batteries at JD Drew 
years ago, right? 

1596
01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:16,280
Remember that like, and you need
Joel and Bead, who's pieced 

1597
01:19:16,280 --> 01:19:20,880
together with glue and tape and 
nails and staples to go out 

1598
01:19:20,880 --> 01:19:25,680
there and beg you guys to show 
up and you think that you're the

1599
01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:27,600
team that's going to send the 
Knicks home. 

1600
01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:30,000
You're not going to be the team 
that sends the Knicks home. 

1601
01:19:30,240 --> 01:19:32,560
Let's just be very upfront about
that now. 

1602
01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:37,040
Some of the circumstances really
favor the Knicks. 

1603
01:19:37,120 --> 01:19:41,560
All right, The fact that and and
I I will grant you like and be 

1604
01:19:41,560 --> 01:19:44,040
playing at a high level that 
that that's different. 

1605
01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:48,280
Tyrese Maxi Josh Hart even said 
they're like, Hey, how would you

1606
01:19:48,280 --> 01:19:49,680
compare? 
I was I was I heard this 

1607
01:19:49,680 --> 01:19:51,680
yesterday. 
How would you compare guarding 

1608
01:19:51,680 --> 01:19:54,760
McCollum, which Josh Hart said 
I'm guarding him. 

1609
01:19:54,760 --> 01:19:57,240
And then basically McCollum did 
nothing the rest of that series,

1610
01:19:57,480 --> 01:20:00,440
unlike the first couple of games
where he was going off and Josh 

1611
01:20:00,440 --> 01:20:02,720
Hart said that's mine and he 
slowed him down. 

1612
01:20:03,120 --> 01:20:05,400
What's McCollum, you know, 
versus Maxi? 

1613
01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:06,920
Like what what, what is what is 
that like? 

1614
01:20:07,360 --> 01:20:09,840
He's like, well, you know, he's 
basically, I think he called him

1615
01:20:09,840 --> 01:20:11,560
Unk. 
He's like, yeah, you know, Unk. 

1616
01:20:11,560 --> 01:20:13,840
He's you know, he's good, but 
he's not that quick. 

1617
01:20:14,240 --> 01:20:16,560
He's like Maxi's like, you know,
maybe they maybe he can slow 

1618
01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:19,600
down a little bit for me. 
Like obviously Maxi's speed is 

1619
01:20:19,600 --> 01:20:22,440
going to be a very. 
Very big issue for the Knicks 

1620
01:20:22,440 --> 01:20:24,600
here, big issue. 
And it's going to be a team 

1621
01:20:24,600 --> 01:20:26,600
effort. 
Like I'm under no illusions that

1622
01:20:26,600 --> 01:20:28,520
Josh Hart is shutting down 
Tyrese Maxi. 

1623
01:20:28,800 --> 01:20:32,240
I mean, Maxi's going to average 
north of 25 points. 

1624
01:20:33,400 --> 01:20:35,400
He might he's going to sniff 30 
a couple of times. 

1625
01:20:35,400 --> 01:20:37,800
He's just going to. 
But the because he's that good 

1626
01:20:38,680 --> 01:20:42,320
and he's entering now the phase 
of being one of the absolute 

1627
01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:45,920
best players in the NBA, Tyrese 
Maxi is the real deal. 

1628
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:48,440
All right. 
But unlike the previous series 

1629
01:20:48,440 --> 01:20:50,480
where there was more time in 
between each game, it's not like

1630
01:20:50,480 --> 01:20:53,280
that in the Eastern Conference 
semis or any of them really. 

1631
01:20:53,480 --> 01:20:56,320
So play tonight, then they play 
Wednesday, then they play 

1632
01:20:56,320 --> 01:20:59,040
Friday, then they play Sunday, 
then they go Monday. 

1633
01:20:59,240 --> 01:21:01,400
Obviously, if necessary, you 
play Thursday. 

1634
01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:04,640
The only day where there's more 
than one day of rest will be 

1635
01:21:04,640 --> 01:21:06,880
going into Game 7, which of 
course will be back at the 

1636
01:21:06,880 --> 01:21:08,760
Garden. 
Game one and two at the Garden, 

1637
01:21:08,760 --> 01:21:10,720
Game three and four in Philly 
Garden. 

1638
01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:14,240
Philly Garden. 
So you know, again, as much as 

1639
01:21:14,240 --> 01:21:17,520
I'm and I'm serious about like 
the the fans, how they're just 

1640
01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:21,400
and your stars begging you to 
show up and and not let the 

1641
01:21:21,400 --> 01:21:23,120
Knicks fans do with them, which 
they will. 

1642
01:21:23,280 --> 01:21:27,920
Knicks fans will be there. 
And especially, especially if 

1643
01:21:27,920 --> 01:21:30,480
the Knicks look really good in 
these first couple of games. 

1644
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,680
Like if the Knicks go up and I 
don't even know if they're going

1645
01:21:33,680 --> 01:21:36,760
to go up two O I'm not even 
going to say that I said Nixon 6

1646
01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:38,400
not saying it's going to be 
easy. 

1647
01:21:38,720 --> 01:21:43,320
Philly will get a game or two, 
but if the Knicks jump out 2O, 

1648
01:21:43,880 --> 01:21:49,400
you will have 12 to 13,000 Knick
fans down the Turnpike for game 

1649
01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:50,560
three. 
You will. 

1650
01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:54,000
And then if they win game 3, and
I, I know we're really pushing 

1651
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:56,000
this now, probably in the 
direction that's not even 

1652
01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:57,920
realistic. 
But if the Knicks win the first 

1653
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:01,720
3, then there's going to be 85% 
Knick fans in the building and 

1654
01:22:01,720 --> 01:22:03,000
Embiid's not going to get his 
wish. 

1655
01:22:03,520 --> 01:22:06,000
Now, if Philly comes out and 
they flex early and they take 

1656
01:22:06,000 --> 01:22:09,760
game one, which they could, I 
mean, I Knicks are favored 

1657
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:11,400
almost eight points for a 
reason. 

1658
01:22:11,400 --> 01:22:13,520
I don't know if I'd lay that 
many points from a betting 

1659
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:15,640
perspective, but I think the 
Knicks win game one. 

1660
01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:19,400
But if they don't, if they 
don't, I would fully expect a 

1661
01:22:19,440 --> 01:22:23,320
revitalized Sixers team to come 
back and probably take Game 2. 

1662
01:22:23,560 --> 01:22:26,680
Like I think Philly's going back
to Philly with one win and if 

1663
01:22:26,680 --> 01:22:29,080
that happens, well, maybe Joel 
gets his wish here and beads 

1664
01:22:29,080 --> 01:22:32,080
going to get his wish, but see 
the ability for him to 

1665
01:22:32,080 --> 01:22:35,600
regenerate from night to night 
that extra day of rest. 

1666
01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:38,440
Now there's no travel. 
All right, They'll I would 

1667
01:22:38,440 --> 01:22:40,960
imagine they'll I don't know if 
they'll bust out or take the 

1668
01:22:40,960 --> 01:22:42,560
Acela. 
I don't know how they'll get 

1669
01:22:42,560 --> 01:22:45,080
from Philly to the Garden, but 
it's not like they're hopping on

1670
01:22:45,080 --> 01:22:49,240
a flight, you know, 2-3 hours in
the air on the tarmac, getting 

1671
01:22:49,240 --> 01:22:51,640
in late. 
It's it's a much for both teams.

1672
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:54,800
So it benefits both teams here. 
But the Knicks outside of 

1673
01:22:54,800 --> 01:22:58,800
Mitchell Robinson, who who is 
somebody who always needs a 

1674
01:22:58,800 --> 01:23:00,920
little bit more time and you 
always have to worry about Jalen

1675
01:23:00,920 --> 01:23:03,000
Brunson's ankle. 
Now that's, you know, 

1676
01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:05,600
periodically been an issue all 
these years here. 

1677
01:23:05,960 --> 01:23:07,760
And if, you know, he got hurt a 
little bit in this series and 

1678
01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:09,720
then he was fine. 
But like, if he were, if he were

1679
01:23:09,720 --> 01:23:12,240
to tweak it, then he's got one 
less day, obviously. 

1680
01:23:12,480 --> 01:23:14,880
But the Knicks are a much deeper
team. 

1681
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:18,800
Like you look at the bench 
production, It's not even close.

1682
01:23:19,080 --> 01:23:24,200
You take the best player in this
series to me when fully healthy.

1683
01:23:25,840 --> 01:23:31,040
Ironic, you know, when fully 
healthy, I'd probably say indeed

1684
01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:33,320
is is the best player in this 
series. 

1685
01:23:33,880 --> 01:23:38,440
And then I would say Brunson. 
The way Cats been playing, I 

1686
01:23:38,440 --> 01:23:41,000
want to say cat, but I still 
probably have to say maxi. 

1687
01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:45,840
I would say of the four best 
players, 2 or Sixers 2 are 

1688
01:23:45,840 --> 01:23:48,000
Knicks. 
But then the advantage really 

1689
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:52,920
swings in the direction of the 
Knicks, especially if OG is 

1690
01:23:52,920 --> 01:23:55,920
going to bring the noise like OG
brought the noise this past 

1691
01:23:55,920 --> 01:23:57,960
series. 
So it's not arrogance. 

1692
01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:00,480
I'm not overly confident. 
I do think the Knicks are 

1693
01:24:00,480 --> 01:24:03,400
better. 
I think this is the best version

1694
01:24:03,400 --> 01:24:05,480
of the Knicks we've seen, even 
with the Cup when they beat the 

1695
01:24:05,480 --> 01:24:08,640
Spurs, this is the best version 
of the Knicks that we've seen 

1696
01:24:08,640 --> 01:24:10,520
all year. 
They are connected. 

1697
01:24:10,760 --> 01:24:13,440
They are playing the right way. 
They they have a different 

1698
01:24:13,760 --> 01:24:15,600
identity than they did early in 
the evening. 

1699
01:24:15,600 --> 01:24:18,160
They didn't really know what 
they who they were or how they 

1700
01:24:18,160 --> 01:24:20,360
wanted to play. 
They have smoothed that out. 

1701
01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:23,680
They have made adjustments. 
They are healthy, they are deep 

1702
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:27,280
and they are confident. 
And the Sixers don't have as 

1703
01:24:27,280 --> 01:24:31,560
many checks in that column. 
Nixon 6 All right there, J Rod, 

1704
01:24:31,560 --> 01:24:32,680
Let's get to the phones here, 
buddy. 

1705
01:24:32,680 --> 01:24:36,160
What do we got? 
We got our boy Benji, Upper East

1706
01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:38,560
Side for some. 
Names Upper Upper East Side. 

1707
01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:40,240
Benji's up in the crib. 
What up, Benji? 

1708
01:24:40,240 --> 01:24:41,600
How you doing today, buddy? 
You excited? 

1709
01:24:41,920 --> 01:24:45,320
Yeah, what's up BT? 
Obviously really sad news about 

1710
01:24:45,320 --> 01:24:48,840
Sterling when I when I was out, 
when I'm out in the Hamptons, 

1711
01:24:48,840 --> 01:24:51,720
That's a really an indelible 
memory is is driving around the 

1712
01:24:51,720 --> 01:24:54,080
city of Sterling like that's 
something that has been through 

1713
01:24:54,080 --> 01:24:56,480
basically through my from my 
childhood on to now. 

1714
01:24:57,160 --> 01:25:00,520
So rest in peace, icon legend, 
but I'm going. 

1715
01:25:00,520 --> 01:25:02,240
To and by the way, Ben, Ben, I 
used to do the thing you 

1716
01:25:02,240 --> 01:25:03,720
mentioned, the Hamptons, I used 
to do the same thing. 

1717
01:25:03,720 --> 01:25:05,720
I played a lot of baseball 
during the summers in college, 

1718
01:25:05,720 --> 01:25:08,320
so I couldn't go to the Hamptons
for for months at a time. 

1719
01:25:08,640 --> 01:25:10,760
But a lot of my buddies, they 
had a couple years like in the 

1720
01:25:10,760 --> 01:25:12,880
Hampton Bays and like I would 
play my games. 

1721
01:25:12,880 --> 01:25:16,000
Then I would just shoot out and 
I would, I would do the same 

1722
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:17,480
thing. 
I would listen to John Sterling 

1723
01:25:17,480 --> 01:25:19,880
as you hit that traffic getting 
ready and it would take, you 

1724
01:25:19,880 --> 01:25:21,800
know, you'd be flying on the 
highway if you write, if you 

1725
01:25:21,800 --> 01:25:23,840
left at the right time and then 
going through the towns, you'd 

1726
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,080
be crawling. 
And I'd have John on just the 

1727
01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:29,680
ultimate companion. 
Incredibly entertaining, always 

1728
01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:33,080
reliable, always happy, always 
wacky, The best. 

1729
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:36,200
Going to really miss him. 
Very cool, you know, totally 

1730
01:25:36,200 --> 01:25:38,880
cool. 
And then always in the Hamptons 

1731
01:25:38,880 --> 01:25:42,840
with the, with the, with the the
static, with the, the the call 

1732
01:25:42,920 --> 01:25:44,720
going in and out of focus. 
So we. 

1733
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:47,200
Didn't have apps back then, so 
you had to live with the static.

1734
01:25:47,240 --> 01:25:48,760
You're right. 
Right, exactly. 

1735
01:25:49,200 --> 01:25:52,800
So obviously I'm in the seats 
again tonight, Game 121 on the 

1736
01:25:52,800 --> 01:25:54,680
last 143. 
You know who I'm taking? 

1737
01:25:54,680 --> 01:25:56,200
You don't even need. 
To take a wifey. 

1738
01:25:56,480 --> 01:26:01,440
That's correct, and let's see 
how there's no Wednesday without

1739
01:26:01,440 --> 01:26:03,880
Without tonight. 
But as far as the series, series

1740
01:26:03,880 --> 01:26:07,480
goes, as Clyde says, all the 
time, fatigue should be a 

1741
01:26:07,480 --> 01:26:09,200
factor. 
So that's what's going to be the

1742
01:26:09,200 --> 01:26:12,760
key here on our end. 
In addition to being incredibly 

1743
01:26:12,800 --> 01:26:15,640
much deeper than the Sixers, 
who's had, by the way, three 

1744
01:26:15,640 --> 01:26:18,080
bench points in game seven 
against the Celtics, even though

1745
01:26:18,080 --> 01:26:21,160
it's it's tremendous, tremendous
work by them winning on the road

1746
01:26:21,160 --> 01:26:23,200
in Game 7, but they just don't 
have enough. 

1747
01:26:23,200 --> 01:26:25,080
I've talked about it before with
Grimes. 

1748
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:28,200
I think he's garbage. 
They don't have anything to 

1749
01:26:28,200 --> 01:26:29,880
offer. 
We have a lot deeper bench, a 

1750
01:26:29,880 --> 01:26:32,320
lot more optionality. 
And one thing about him beat 

1751
01:26:32,320 --> 01:26:33,640
here you touched on a little 
bit. 

1752
01:26:34,200 --> 01:26:36,400
He's obviously a phenomenal 
player, especially when he's 

1753
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:38,160
fully healthy. 
He's not the same. 

1754
01:26:38,360 --> 01:26:41,120
He shot 3 for 20 from three in 
the Celtic series. 

1755
01:26:41,120 --> 01:26:43,040
He's got no legs, that's why he 
can't elevate. 

1756
01:26:43,480 --> 01:26:46,440
Yeah, I mean, the thing with 
Embiid that gets me beyond, 

1757
01:26:46,440 --> 01:26:48,960
beyond the basketball and why 
I'm going to be an absolute 

1758
01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:51,880
raving lunatic tonight in my 
seats, as I would be anyway. 

1759
01:26:52,480 --> 01:26:56,520
Brad will be just so lit up is 
is because. 

1760
01:26:56,920 --> 01:26:59,880
Embiid. 
Is honestly you can get into 

1761
01:26:59,880 --> 01:27:02,040
this. 
I'm curious your thoughts he's 

1762
01:27:02,280 --> 01:27:05,280
he might be one of the top five 
most unlikable athletes in all 

1763
01:27:05,280 --> 01:27:07,080
sports. 
One of the top five most 

1764
01:27:07,160 --> 01:27:09,200
unlikable athletes. 
Yes, that's correct. 

1765
01:27:09,200 --> 01:27:13,360
He's never you're never hearing 
anybody say oh and beads a great

1766
01:27:13,360 --> 01:27:14,840
guy. 
You've never once heard that, 

1767
01:27:14,840 --> 01:27:17,680
but from anybody or anything, 
you know. 

1768
01:27:17,680 --> 01:27:19,600
And on the flip side? 
Give it hold on bench. 

1769
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:22,960
Hold on, hold on, hold on. 
Maybe we're also, you know, on 

1770
01:27:22,960 --> 01:27:24,560
the national level. 
I guess you don't hear that too 

1771
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:27,680
much, but you also don't hear to
the contrary like and beads a 

1772
01:27:27,680 --> 01:27:31,280
Dick or and beads a bad guy. 
So you know, I don't I would not

1773
01:27:31,280 --> 01:27:33,960
agree with that assertion. 
I don't Now he's villainous in 

1774
01:27:33,960 --> 01:27:36,800
this rivalry when he pulled down
bitch and bitch his foot. 

1775
01:27:37,680 --> 01:27:40,680
I guarantee at some point this 
series, whether it's Alvarado 

1776
01:27:40,680 --> 01:27:43,400
trying to get through a screen 
is going to be up and M beads 

1777
01:27:43,400 --> 01:27:45,560
grill like there's going to be a
couple of moments where things 

1778
01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:47,520
flare a little bit. 
Hopefully no punches. 

1779
01:27:47,520 --> 01:27:49,440
We don't want to see any 
suspensions and then bead. 

1780
01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:51,600
I would imagine we'll be right 
in the middle of it. 

1781
01:27:51,600 --> 01:27:54,560
Hell, it might be Mitch 
Robinson, by the way, but I, I, 

1782
01:27:54,640 --> 01:27:58,480
I think that he is one of these 
really good guys who kind of 

1783
01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:02,440
likes the villainous backdrop to
how he's talked about. 

1784
01:28:02,840 --> 01:28:05,320
I don't, I don't know. 
I think that's unfair, but 

1785
01:28:05,320 --> 01:28:07,040
that's your opinion. 
I respect it. 

1786
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:09,480
I just don't agree with what you
said about top five villains, 

1787
01:28:09,520 --> 01:28:12,000
no. 
That's that's totally fair 

1788
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:14,040
because just maybe, maybe I'm 
being hyperbolic there. 

1789
01:28:14,680 --> 01:28:17,720
And as far as the series goes as
well, one thing obviously, I'm 

1790
01:28:17,720 --> 01:28:21,240
most, I would say my biggest 
worry is the cat potential foul 

1791
01:28:21,240 --> 01:28:23,920
trouble. 
So when we start this game, I'm 

1792
01:28:24,000 --> 01:28:26,440
focused on that because we know 
Embiid's going to be flopping 

1793
01:28:26,440 --> 01:28:29,120
around his arms and Cat can't 
control his body. 

1794
01:28:29,120 --> 01:28:31,440
We've talked about it before. 
So if we get one of these ticky 

1795
01:28:31,440 --> 01:28:35,160
tack fouls early on and then 
there's a second play where they

1796
01:28:35,160 --> 01:28:37,640
go right back to him, that's 
when my heart's going to start 

1797
01:28:37,640 --> 01:28:40,200
to palpitate. 
So I think OG we got let's get 

1798
01:28:40,200 --> 01:28:42,640
OG on, on Embiid. 
He does. 

1799
01:28:43,000 --> 01:28:44,760
He always does. 
Let's shut him down. 

1800
01:28:45,080 --> 01:28:47,920
We're a lot better team and 
let's go 2O back to Philly. 

1801
01:28:47,920 --> 01:28:51,120
Like you said, take over the 
building and and end this thing.

1802
01:28:51,240 --> 01:28:53,440
Love it. 
So appreciate, love the show 

1803
01:28:53,480 --> 01:28:53,880
man. 
Awesome. 

1804
01:28:53,880 --> 01:28:55,200
Thank you, Ben. 
You have a great time tonight 

1805
01:28:55,200 --> 01:28:56,720
going to the garden. 
That is absolutely awesome. 

1806
01:28:56,760 --> 01:28:58,560
Yeah. 
I mean, I again, he's got some 

1807
01:28:58,560 --> 01:29:00,880
villainous characteristics. 
I don't look at him as one of 

1808
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:01,680
those like. 
Yeah. 

1809
01:29:01,840 --> 01:29:05,600
Trust me, I couldn't agree more.
I couldn't agree more. 

1810
01:29:05,600 --> 01:29:08,680
I couldn't agree more. 
I mean, I think Embiid, I think 

1811
01:29:08,680 --> 01:29:15,000
his play style and also just his
his kind of like that's what I 

1812
01:29:15,000 --> 01:29:20,200
mean, his goofy, not nonchalant,
but it's almost like this don't 

1813
01:29:20,200 --> 01:29:24,320
care attitude when like your 
dude who's injured all the 

1814
01:29:24,320 --> 01:29:28,920
freaking time and all this. 
I despise this man. 

1815
01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:31,960
But listen, I've got other. 
All right. 

1816
01:29:31,960 --> 01:29:34,320
I mean, unfortunately, you know,
you're given the body that 

1817
01:29:34,320 --> 01:29:36,080
you're given. 
You know, Tiki would always say 

1818
01:29:36,640 --> 01:29:39,320
the guys that got hurt a lot, 
they were bad cell guys, bad 

1819
01:29:39,320 --> 01:29:40,560
cell. 
You just have bad cells. 

1820
01:29:41,000 --> 01:29:43,360
You can look like Zeus, not 
nothing and B does, but you've 

1821
01:29:43,360 --> 01:29:45,280
got a lot of athletes who like 
look at Mike Trout. 

1822
01:29:45,560 --> 01:29:48,520
I mean, Mike Trout looks like a 
halfback man or or a linebacker.

1823
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:51,200
And he's had a throwback 
renaissance season, which is 

1824
01:29:51,200 --> 01:29:53,720
great to see. 
But I mean, Mike Trout has been 

1825
01:29:53,720 --> 01:29:57,040
just his his career has been 
destroyed even though he's 

1826
01:29:57,040 --> 01:30:00,120
already a Hall of Famer, but, 
you know, destroyed by injuries 

1827
01:30:00,240 --> 01:30:03,160
or at least very sidetracked and
curtailed his production. 

1828
01:30:03,160 --> 01:30:05,600
Otherwise he might he literally 
might be one of the top three 

1829
01:30:05,600 --> 01:30:07,920
players of all time. 
And I don't think that that's 

1830
01:30:07,920 --> 01:30:10,520
hyperbolic when you look at what
he did with all the MVPS and a 

1831
01:30:10,520 --> 01:30:13,040
bunch of number twos. 
And he used to run early on 

1832
01:30:13,040 --> 01:30:15,320
playing center field like he was
early on. 

1833
01:30:15,320 --> 01:30:17,520
I think this generation is 
Willie Mays. 

1834
01:30:17,800 --> 01:30:21,440
You hear stories about Willie 
Mays, you know, I'm sorry, Mike 

1835
01:30:21,440 --> 01:30:24,600
Trout in his absolute prime. 
I, I, I don't know how anybody 

1836
01:30:24,600 --> 01:30:27,200
can say that Willie Mays was 
absolutely better. 

1837
01:30:27,200 --> 01:30:29,920
You can say that you think he 
was better or it was close, but 

1838
01:30:29,920 --> 01:30:32,440
to say that like, it's almost 
like, oh, Trout couldn't shine 

1839
01:30:32,440 --> 01:30:35,080
Willie Mays's shoes. 
I, I, I would push back on that 

1840
01:30:35,280 --> 01:30:38,760
early Mike Trout. 
The point is, is that Trout got 

1841
01:30:38,760 --> 01:30:41,800
hurt a lot and it's not because 
he wasn't jacked or keeping 

1842
01:30:41,800 --> 01:30:43,480
himself in shape. 
Same with Stanton. 

1843
01:30:43,760 --> 01:30:45,960
You know, sometimes you just get
these bodies now, sometimes you 

1844
01:30:45,960 --> 01:30:47,640
get hit by a pitch, you break a 
bone. 

1845
01:30:48,360 --> 01:30:52,040
But we're in Stanton's case, 
it's more soft, soft tissue, you

1846
01:30:52,040 --> 01:30:55,760
know, literally pulling calves 
and quads and and groins and 

1847
01:30:55,760 --> 01:30:58,320
stuff like that. 
I think in the case in beat and 

1848
01:30:58,320 --> 01:31:00,280
just think about the way he 
started his career by missing 

1849
01:31:00,280 --> 01:31:04,240
the first couple of the seasons.
You're that big, the especially 

1850
01:31:04,240 --> 01:31:09,160
when you look at the hands and 
the and the feet with the amount

1851
01:31:09,160 --> 01:31:13,320
of bones in, in each hand and 
each foot, there's more bones 

1852
01:31:13,320 --> 01:31:16,640
there than any part of the body.
And there's a lot of things that

1853
01:31:16,640 --> 01:31:18,760
go wrong. 
And when they grow at that rate,

1854
01:31:18,760 --> 01:31:22,240
I mean, and when you like, yeah,
he's 72, whatever he is, and he 

1855
01:31:22,240 --> 01:31:24,960
weighs 300 lbs. 
And the times he's weighed more,

1856
01:31:25,480 --> 01:31:28,000
you know, that that's that's a 
lot of taxing on the body there 

1857
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:32,280
and the joints and things go. 
So I don't I don't look at his 

1858
01:31:32,280 --> 01:31:34,560
injuries as a I'm not even 
saying that you did this, Jay. 

1859
01:31:34,560 --> 01:31:36,360
You just hate him. 
And I get it. 

1860
01:31:36,360 --> 01:31:38,400
You hate him. 
But just because you hurt a lot 

1861
01:31:38,400 --> 01:31:41,680
doesn't mean you're a villain. 
And just because you're getting,

1862
01:31:41,800 --> 01:31:44,560
you know, a little bit of a 
shoving match here and there or 

1863
01:31:44,760 --> 01:31:47,520
people don't think that you take
the game as seriously as maybe 

1864
01:31:47,720 --> 01:31:50,320
some others do, that doesn't 
make you villainous. 

1865
01:31:50,320 --> 01:31:53,280
Now, when he pulled down Mitch 
that that was a villainous move 

1866
01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:55,880
there. 
So in the sense of this rivalry,

1867
01:31:56,040 --> 01:31:59,480
he is the number one villain. 
But I just didn't think that 

1868
01:31:59,480 --> 01:32:02,760
that was fair by Benji. 
You say that he's top five 

1869
01:32:02,760 --> 01:32:05,840
villains in sports. 
No, you think about like, think 

1870
01:32:05,840 --> 01:32:08,760
about how you felt about Dennis 
Rodman all those years, right? 

1871
01:32:09,000 --> 01:32:11,800
Think about that. 
Like, that's that's a villain. 

1872
01:32:11,800 --> 01:32:15,200
And some people love Rodman too.
But this is from Neil White. 

1873
01:32:15,520 --> 01:32:18,640
I don't like homers. 
Nick's homers are some of the 

1874
01:32:18,640 --> 01:32:20,240
worst. 
I remember a random guy on the 

1875
01:32:20,240 --> 01:32:23,160
train back in the 2000 saying 
we're going to get Weber. 

1876
01:32:23,160 --> 01:32:25,040
I was like, what? 
What are you smoking? 

1877
01:32:25,720 --> 01:32:28,240
Well, now you don't have to ask 
what somebody smoke and just go 

1878
01:32:28,240 --> 01:32:30,560
outside and you can just tell 
what everybody's smoking in New 

1879
01:32:30,600 --> 01:32:32,880
York City. 
Back then, you had to conceal 

1880
01:32:32,880 --> 01:32:35,560
it. 
Yeah. 

1881
01:32:35,560 --> 01:32:40,880
I mean, listen, I I I will say, 
and I'm allowed to say this 

1882
01:32:40,880 --> 01:32:44,920
because I'm one of them. 
If I wasn't such a devout Nick 

1883
01:32:44,920 --> 01:32:47,600
fan, I'd probably hate the Knick
fans. 

1884
01:32:47,720 --> 01:32:50,480
I really, I really would. 
I mean, they win a plan. 

1885
01:32:50,480 --> 01:32:52,800
I get it, have fun, and these 
viewing parties are cool. 

1886
01:32:52,800 --> 01:32:56,680
But like, I remember a couple of
years ago was it when RJ Barrett

1887
01:32:56,680 --> 01:32:59,440
hit that crazy three off the 
window against Boston? 

1888
01:32:59,840 --> 01:33:01,800
Maybe that was. 
It I was there for that shot. 

1889
01:33:02,360 --> 01:33:03,520
Were you there? 
It was that. 

1890
01:33:03,520 --> 01:33:06,120
That's one of the best sports 
moments I've ever seen live. 

1891
01:33:06,120 --> 01:33:08,640
That was crazy. 
Yeah, no, that I was watching on

1892
01:33:08,640 --> 01:33:11,080
TVI wasn't there live. 
But you know, and then after 

1893
01:33:11,080 --> 01:33:13,640
like they had the the videos and
the cameras on the Knick fan and

1894
01:33:13,640 --> 01:33:16,720
the Knick fans were going nuts. 
You know, Knicks for clicks. 

1895
01:33:16,720 --> 01:33:19,240
Like, you know, you put 
something out there on social 

1896
01:33:19,240 --> 01:33:21,360
media about the Knicks and it's 
going to get a lot more traction

1897
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:25,040
than Philly or the Celtics or 
pretty much everybody maybe 

1898
01:33:25,040 --> 01:33:27,760
outside of the Lakers. 
I mean, it's just got crazy run 

1899
01:33:28,040 --> 01:33:30,640
and crazy reach because Knicks 
fans are awesome, but they're 

1900
01:33:30,680 --> 01:33:33,960
but they're crazy and they're 
they're and and it's and I love 

1901
01:33:33,960 --> 01:33:39,160
crazy, but sometimes crazy 
becomes unrealistic. 

1902
01:33:39,240 --> 01:33:42,240
But you also have to understand,
you know, when that person was 

1903
01:33:42,240 --> 01:33:45,320
saying C Webb is going to come 
to the Knicks, think about the 

1904
01:33:45,320 --> 01:33:47,240
run that those Knicks fans were 
on. 

1905
01:33:47,240 --> 01:33:51,320
Don Cheney, Lenny Wilkins, you 
know, Marbury, Eddie Curry, 

1906
01:33:51,320 --> 01:33:52,600
Jerome James. 
Yeah. 

1907
01:33:52,600 --> 01:33:56,520
I mean, year after year 20, 
three wins, 28 wins, sub thirty 

1908
01:33:56,520 --> 01:33:59,480
wins, never been bad enough to 
get the 1st overall pick. 

1909
01:33:59,640 --> 01:34:01,440
And they never got lucky with 
the lottery. 

1910
01:34:01,440 --> 01:34:04,160
Like they would always draft 
like 8th or 9th and just take 

1911
01:34:04,160 --> 01:34:05,760
some scrub. 
That just what I mean. 

1912
01:34:06,120 --> 01:34:08,320
So give us a little freedom 
here, man. 

1913
01:34:08,320 --> 01:34:11,960
We we we've had a long run Now. 
I don't know if I was younger, 

1914
01:34:12,160 --> 01:34:14,680
if I'm in my 20s, would I be at 
that watch party? 

1915
01:34:15,160 --> 01:34:16,520
I don't know. 
I mean, if I wasn't doing what 

1916
01:34:16,520 --> 01:34:18,800
I'm doing for a living, maybe, I
mean, maybe because I've done 

1917
01:34:18,800 --> 01:34:21,440
stuff like that when I was 
younger, you couldn't pay me to 

1918
01:34:21,440 --> 01:34:22,440
be a part of that. 
Now. 

1919
01:34:22,440 --> 01:34:25,840
Not, not at this age, not with 
the responsibility that I have 

1920
01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:27,320
in terms of getting up and doing
a show. 

1921
01:34:27,320 --> 01:34:30,120
And I'd rather go and, you know,
coach my my kids and, and then 

1922
01:34:30,120 --> 01:34:32,960
come home and watch the game. 
But that's what happens as you 

1923
01:34:32,960 --> 01:34:35,440
get a little bit older. 
I'm sure if I was 20 something, 

1924
01:34:35,440 --> 01:34:38,360
I'd be, I'd be all looped up and
all juiced up and I'd be in the 

1925
01:34:38,360 --> 01:34:41,560
middle of all the craziness. 
So I'm not taking shots at the I

1926
01:34:41,560 --> 01:34:46,280
am, but I have to keep it real. 
Like, you know, a non Knick fan 

1927
01:34:46,640 --> 01:34:49,320
probably looks at the Knick fans
like these. 

1928
01:34:49,360 --> 01:34:52,480
I can't stand these people. 
You know, it is what tough is 

1929
01:34:52,480 --> 01:34:54,760
what it is. 
Who do we have now there, Jay? 

1930
01:34:54,760 --> 01:34:56,400
What's? 
Up we got the boy, Steph. 

1931
01:34:58,760 --> 01:35:03,560
Let's get it. 
Hey man, I just want to say Rep 

1932
01:35:03,640 --> 01:35:06,160
John Sterling. 
Having grown up in New York as a

1933
01:35:06,160 --> 01:35:10,920
kid I with occasionally 
listening on the Yankee radio. 

1934
01:35:10,920 --> 01:35:14,640
When I was around 7-8 years old 
I became a Met fan at 9:00. 

1935
01:35:15,040 --> 01:35:19,960
Why Why'd you call a Mets? 
Fan that was a school thing. 

1936
01:35:20,480 --> 01:35:22,560
A school I went to in the 
Hillcrest District in Queens 

1937
01:35:22,560 --> 01:35:25,440
would go to a Met game every one
Met game every spring. 

1938
01:35:25,440 --> 01:35:26,400
Gotcha. 
Gotcha. 

1939
01:35:26,560 --> 01:35:28,960
All right, Keep going. 
Yeah. 

1940
01:35:30,280 --> 01:35:33,200
There were times when I listen 
in and every time I hear the 

1941
01:35:33,200 --> 01:35:36,760
whole ball game over the Yankees
win, the Yankees win thing, I'd 

1942
01:35:36,760 --> 01:35:38,840
always crack up. 
And then when I started doing 

1943
01:35:38,840 --> 01:35:44,120
game calls here on YouTube back 
in 22, on the occasions I get to

1944
01:35:44,120 --> 01:35:47,560
call Yankee games, I'm very 
shoestring with how I approach 

1945
01:35:47,560 --> 01:35:49,760
game calls. 
Pick up whatever I can get, 

1946
01:35:50,760 --> 01:35:54,440
heavily improv. 
So when I do Yankee games and 

1947
01:35:54,440 --> 01:35:57,000
they win, I basically do the 
same as kind of like shout out 

1948
01:35:57,160 --> 01:35:58,920
to John. 
It's kind of sad that he's gone 

1949
01:35:58,920 --> 01:36:00,280
now. 
It's very sad. 

1950
01:36:00,440 --> 01:36:01,800
Can can we hear a shout out? 
Good. 

1951
01:36:01,800 --> 01:36:03,720
Let's hear what you got. 
Ball game over. 

1952
01:36:03,800 --> 01:36:07,600
The Yankees win. 
The Yankees win. 

1953
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:09,680
Yeah, a little high, a little 
high pitch there. 

1954
01:36:09,680 --> 01:36:11,720
John is a little bit more. 
Is it baritone? 

1955
01:36:11,720 --> 01:36:14,360
You would know that Jay is as a 
musician, not bad. 

1956
01:36:14,400 --> 01:36:16,440
And boy, you launched into that 
immediately, like you were just 

1957
01:36:16,440 --> 01:36:17,680
you. 
You couldn't wait for me to ask.

1958
01:36:17,680 --> 01:36:21,120
I don't have to convince you at 
all, but my last syllable you 

1959
01:36:21,120 --> 01:36:24,320
were already singing. 
Not a boy, Seth. 

1960
01:36:24,880 --> 01:36:26,160
You're an entertainer, just like
John. 

1961
01:36:26,200 --> 01:36:30,800
As for the Knicks series, one 
thing we need to do is 

1962
01:36:30,800 --> 01:36:33,600
neutralize and beat. 
I mean, Maxi, I can live with 

1963
01:36:33,600 --> 01:36:36,840
going on. 
It's with The Dirty play that 

1964
01:36:36,840 --> 01:36:39,800
frustrates me. 
We I want blood for what he did 

1965
01:36:39,800 --> 01:36:43,920
to Mitch a couple of years ago. 
Yeah, I know, but you got to. 

1966
01:36:43,960 --> 01:36:46,840
It's a delicate dance, man. 
You can't get wrapped up in 

1967
01:36:46,840 --> 01:36:48,960
that. 
Number one did just it's not the

1968
01:36:48,960 --> 01:36:52,040
90s like Oakley could go hunting
on somebody with a hard screen 

1969
01:36:52,400 --> 01:36:54,040
and just throw an elbow at 
somebody's face. 

1970
01:36:54,360 --> 01:36:55,560
Not getting, not getting thrown 
out. 

1971
01:36:55,920 --> 01:36:58,520
Yeah, but yanking someone in 
their ankles? 

1972
01:36:58,520 --> 01:37:01,840
I know. 
I mean, that should be, that 

1973
01:37:01,840 --> 01:37:04,880
should have been flagrant in 
that game and and beat should 

1974
01:37:04,880 --> 01:37:06,480
have been suspended for the rest
of. 

1975
01:37:06,480 --> 01:37:07,560
The season, Seth, I'm not saying
that. 

1976
01:37:07,560 --> 01:37:13,920
I'm not saying I disagree, but 
the the ability to get payback, 

1977
01:37:13,960 --> 01:37:17,120
it's just really not there. 
You want to even if you do it 

1978
01:37:17,120 --> 01:37:19,000
late and like a lot of people 
say, well wait till you win the 

1979
01:37:19,000 --> 01:37:20,800
game and then you can maybe do 
something right. 

1980
01:37:21,120 --> 01:37:23,000
You hear this a lot in baseball.
And thanks for the call there 

1981
01:37:23,000 --> 01:37:23,880
Seth. 
I appreciate it. 

1982
01:37:23,880 --> 01:37:25,040
Enjoy the series. 
Thank you. 

1983
01:37:25,480 --> 01:37:27,760
Like you hear this a lot in 
baseball. 1 of you guys gets hit

1984
01:37:28,400 --> 01:37:31,360
and you know, my mentality is 
like just if you think it's 

1985
01:37:31,360 --> 01:37:34,760
intentional, just hit somebody. 
Like just going go take somebody

1986
01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:36,240
out. 
Not in the head below the neck, 

1987
01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:38,280
hit him in the back, hit him in 
the ribs, hit him in the ass. 

1988
01:37:38,440 --> 01:37:41,520
But drill them like I've always 
said that and a lot of people, 

1989
01:37:41,840 --> 01:37:43,000
I'm guessing they're a lot 
younger. 

1990
01:37:43,000 --> 01:37:45,360
I'll get this. 
Oh, I'd rather win the game. 

1991
01:37:45,360 --> 01:37:47,960
My mentality is do both, dude, 
do both. 

1992
01:37:48,120 --> 01:37:49,640
You know? 
Like, I get it. 

1993
01:37:49,640 --> 01:37:52,080
If it's 43 and it's the 8th 
inning of the American League 

1994
01:37:52,080 --> 01:37:55,640
Championship Series, then you 
play in Toronto and Judge gets 

1995
01:37:55,640 --> 01:37:57,640
hit the prior inning. 
I don't know that you have to 

1996
01:37:57,640 --> 01:38:02,200
whack Vladdy with two on, of 
course, but this notion that you

1997
01:38:02,200 --> 01:38:04,200
can't juggle both, to me is 
ridiculous. 

1998
01:38:04,480 --> 01:38:10,320
The difference, though, in the 
NBA is that, you know, even if 

1999
01:38:10,320 --> 01:38:13,440
the Knicks are up a game, you 
don't want to mess around and 

2000
01:38:13,440 --> 01:38:14,520
bite. 
You definitely want to throw a 

2001
01:38:14,520 --> 01:38:16,800
punch because then you're out 
the next game. 

2002
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:20,000
And even if you're up in the 
series and that's in check, you 

2003
01:38:20,000 --> 01:38:22,880
know, if something happens, 
Sixers, I'm saying if the Knicks

2004
01:38:22,880 --> 01:38:25,560
are up in the series and it's 
pretty much over, well, no 

2005
01:38:25,560 --> 01:38:27,200
impact on the Sixers. 
This season's going to end 

2006
01:38:27,200 --> 01:38:28,840
anyway. 
And then, you know, if 

2007
01:38:28,840 --> 01:38:30,840
somebody's involved with that, 
then you got a problem. 

2008
01:38:31,160 --> 01:38:34,400
I listen, I could you, you know,
you just know who could 

2009
01:38:34,400 --> 01:38:36,760
potentially be involved. 
And it's a very short list. 

2010
01:38:37,040 --> 01:38:39,560
Jalen Brunson will not be 
involved in any of this. 

2011
01:38:40,000 --> 01:38:42,400
OG on an Obi will not be 
involved in any of this. 

2012
01:38:42,440 --> 01:38:45,680
Like he'll he'll insert himself 
to break up and he'll step up 

2013
01:38:45,680 --> 01:38:48,680
and have somebody's back, but 
not like in an aggressive all 

2014
01:38:48,680 --> 01:38:50,480
right, we got massive problems 
kind of way. 

2015
01:38:50,480 --> 01:38:53,080
So Jalen's not doing it. 
OG is not doing it. 

2016
01:38:53,080 --> 01:38:56,800
There's no way bridges doing it.
I don't think cat will do it. 

2017
01:38:57,840 --> 01:39:00,680
I think the real the two people 
that you got to really worry 

2018
01:39:00,680 --> 01:39:03,240
about and put quotes around the 
worry because some of you want 

2019
01:39:03,240 --> 01:39:07,680
to see this would be Alvarado 
and obviously Mitch Robinson. 

2020
01:39:07,880 --> 01:39:11,520
Those are the two to me. 
You know, if Shaman gets some 

2021
01:39:11,520 --> 01:39:15,640
run, maybe he's tied up with 
somebody, maybe even Josh Hart, 

2022
01:39:15,640 --> 01:39:18,520
like Josh Will. 
I think Josh is just too smart. 

2023
01:39:19,200 --> 01:39:23,680
He, he seems to have this acute 
awareness of what the limit is 

2024
01:39:23,680 --> 01:39:26,160
like. 
He really he straddles that line

2025
01:39:26,160 --> 01:39:30,720
of emotion and you know what, 
what's a step too much about as 

2026
01:39:30,720 --> 01:39:33,240
well as anybody that plays with 
that level of emotion. 

2027
01:39:33,240 --> 01:39:35,320
So I don't even worry about that
with Josh Hart. 

2028
01:39:35,640 --> 01:39:37,400
All right, BTI appreciate 
everything. 

2029
01:39:37,400 --> 01:39:39,960
Who's this from Ryan Courtright 
1828. 

2030
01:39:40,240 --> 01:39:41,720
They're very nice. 
Thank you, Ryan. 

2031
01:39:41,720 --> 01:39:44,160
I appreciate that, bud. 
BT appreciate everything you do,

2032
01:39:44,160 --> 01:39:45,520
brother. 
Go Knicks, go Yanks. 

2033
01:39:45,760 --> 01:39:48,880
I want to hear your X factors 
for the Knicks Sixers series and

2034
01:39:48,880 --> 01:39:52,960
how can the Knicks exploit the 
sixer deficiencies? 

2035
01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:57,120
All right now #1 I think the, 
and I said this a little bit, I 

2036
01:39:57,120 --> 01:39:59,320
don't know when you tuned in 
here, but if I think of like 

2037
01:39:59,320 --> 01:40:03,040
when I look at X factors here, I
think if the Knicks and they, 

2038
01:40:03,040 --> 01:40:05,320
they were having a real rough 
time doing this for most of the 

2039
01:40:05,320 --> 01:40:07,280
season. 
Like how many first quarters did

2040
01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:08,600
we watch and the Knicks were 
down? 

2041
01:40:08,920 --> 01:40:12,080
3718 I'm like, what this, how am
I going to take this team 

2042
01:40:12,080 --> 01:40:13,920
seriously? 
So what about during the regular

2043
01:40:13,920 --> 01:40:19,080
season? 
31193920 Like if you watch the 

2044
01:40:19,080 --> 01:40:22,600
Knicks on a nightly basis, you 
remember that being a consistent

2045
01:40:22,600 --> 01:40:24,840
theme, especially when. 
When they were at their lowest 

2046
01:40:24,840 --> 01:40:28,080
point, they didn't start well. 
Now, if the Knicks could have 

2047
01:40:28,080 --> 01:40:32,720
greats, not even great starts, 
good starts, solid starts, and 

2048
01:40:32,720 --> 01:40:37,080
even if they're down one or two,
I just mean not not getting 

2049
01:40:37,080 --> 01:40:40,760
choked out early, you know, 
Well, now what happens is you 

2050
01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:44,120
get to that 3-4 minute mark in 
the first quarter, here comes 

2051
01:40:44,120 --> 01:40:46,160
some Subs. 
Phillies going to have to do the

2052
01:40:46,160 --> 01:40:48,640
same thing. 
And that's a stark advantage, 

2053
01:40:48,640 --> 01:40:51,880
Knicks. 
Now, if you're down big, the 

2054
01:40:51,920 --> 01:40:55,520
ability to carve into the lead 
is is is sure is there because 

2055
01:40:55,520 --> 01:40:58,520
the Knicks would still have a 
personal advantage at that point

2056
01:40:58,680 --> 01:41:00,640
with their Subs versus Philly 
Subs. 

2057
01:41:01,040 --> 01:41:04,280
But if it's too big, it's going 
to be mitigated. 

2058
01:41:04,280 --> 01:41:07,520
Ideally, you have a couple of 
point lead, you hand it to the 

2059
01:41:07,520 --> 01:41:10,440
Subs and then they stretch it. 
You know, maybe it's 3 or 4, 

2060
01:41:10,440 --> 01:41:13,360
five points at, you know, at the
four minute mark, here come a 

2061
01:41:13,360 --> 01:41:16,440
couple of Subs. 
Now it balloons to 9/10/11 and 

2062
01:41:16,440 --> 01:41:18,280
now you're playing downhill the 
rest of the night. 

2063
01:41:18,480 --> 01:41:20,000
To me, that's the biggest 
advantage. 

2064
01:41:20,040 --> 01:41:24,880
It really is number one, I think
that the four best players on 

2065
01:41:24,880 --> 01:41:28,960
this team, clearly 2 on each 
team, like that's one thing. 

2066
01:41:29,000 --> 01:41:30,720
I would do this with tiki a lot,
right? 

2067
01:41:31,040 --> 01:41:35,400
We'd get into maybe the NBA 
Finals or conference finals. 

2068
01:41:35,800 --> 01:41:37,440
We really didn't have to do it 
with the Knicks back then. 

2069
01:41:37,440 --> 01:41:39,040
We were doing it on the national
scene, right? 

2070
01:41:39,360 --> 01:41:42,520
And I came up and I've had this 
for a long time, this, this 

2071
01:41:42,520 --> 01:41:44,880
foolproof. 
Generally, if I'm not, maybe 

2072
01:41:44,880 --> 01:41:47,160
it's not perfect, but generally 
foolproof method. 

2073
01:41:47,560 --> 01:41:52,080
I would, you know, really take 
the 10 sometimes. 

2074
01:41:52,080 --> 01:41:55,360
I wouldn't do all 10, seven or 
eight players right in a given 

2075
01:41:55,360 --> 01:41:57,160
series. 
And I would write down in order 

2076
01:41:57,400 --> 01:42:01,880
who I perceive to be the best 
players in order within the 

2077
01:42:01,880 --> 01:42:06,040
series, encompassing both teams.
And obviously from there, if 

2078
01:42:06,040 --> 01:42:08,920
I've got like 5 to 2. 
And I would only do this on a 

2079
01:42:08,920 --> 01:42:11,120
matchup that I wasn't really 
sure about. 

2080
01:42:11,480 --> 01:42:13,760
And I feel pretty good about the
Knicks winning the series and 

2081
01:42:13,760 --> 01:42:15,960
six. 
So I'll do it as an exercise in 

2082
01:42:15,960 --> 01:42:19,880
a moment, but it would generally
be a bit of a compass for me. 

2083
01:42:20,200 --> 01:42:23,800
Like if it was like a team X 
best player, team Y best player,

2084
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:28,040
then it's team X, then it's team
Y, meaning both teams have the 

2085
01:42:28,600 --> 01:42:33,200
two and two or three and one. 
That's different now, unless the

2086
01:42:33,200 --> 01:42:36,320
bench is incredibly better for 
the team that has won, I just 

2087
01:42:36,320 --> 01:42:38,320
couldn't. 
I couldn't get my mind around 

2088
01:42:38,320 --> 01:42:40,960
the inferior team winning. 
I just couldn't right, and I 

2089
01:42:40,960 --> 01:42:42,800
would do that for betting. 
I would do that in terms of 

2090
01:42:42,800 --> 01:42:44,920
giving you perspective on who I 
thought would win the series. 

2091
01:42:45,160 --> 01:42:50,400
Now it's a little different here
because assume health the best 

2092
01:42:50,400 --> 01:42:53,120
player in this series. 
I mean, I said I said in B 

2093
01:42:53,120 --> 01:42:56,640
before, but I'm you know, I'm 
still going to go Brunson. 

2094
01:42:56,640 --> 01:42:59,160
It's close, man. 
I could go and B and I could I'm

2095
01:42:59,320 --> 01:43:02,840
going to go Brunson one. 
I'm going to go and B2 I'm going

2096
01:43:02,840 --> 01:43:07,040
to go maxi 3. 
I'm going to go cat 4. 

2097
01:43:07,040 --> 01:43:10,320
Now, obviously cats elevated 
play the way they run the 

2098
01:43:10,320 --> 01:43:13,680
offense through him, his 
assertiveness like aggressive 

2099
01:43:13,680 --> 01:43:15,240
cat. 
We like aggressive cat. 

2100
01:43:15,280 --> 01:43:19,040
We we love aggressive cat. 
So hopefully aggressive cat does

2101
01:43:19,040 --> 01:43:20,640
not disappear. 
I don't think he will. 

2102
01:43:20,640 --> 01:43:21,960
I think this is who he's 
becoming, right? 

2103
01:43:21,960 --> 01:43:24,400
He's figured things out, figured
things out with this team, 

2104
01:43:24,600 --> 01:43:27,560
figure things out in the city. 
So and you could shake this 

2105
01:43:27,560 --> 01:43:30,920
order up any way you want, But 
the point is 2 and two Brunson 

2106
01:43:30,920 --> 01:43:33,680
and B maxi cat. 
Well, now you start getting to 

2107
01:43:33,680 --> 01:43:35,800
all right. 
Who do I think is the next best 

2108
01:43:35,800 --> 01:43:38,760
player? 
I would say OG, certainly based 

2109
01:43:38,760 --> 01:43:40,040
on the way he's played last 
game. 

2110
01:43:40,920 --> 01:43:45,760
And I would probably go, I would
probably go Josh Hart. 

2111
01:43:45,760 --> 01:43:47,360
I just want to see one thing. 
I want to make sure I'm not 

2112
01:43:47,360 --> 01:43:48,800
missing anybody. 
Hold on, Josh Hart. 

2113
01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:53,120
Let me go back to that. 
Hang on a second. 

2114
01:43:53,400 --> 01:43:56,320
Boom. 
Let's see here. 

2115
01:43:56,600 --> 01:43:59,880
All right, you know, obviously 
Paul George is I got to I'm 

2116
01:43:59,880 --> 01:44:03,400
going to just put his name on 
the side here, Ubre whatever and

2117
01:44:03,400 --> 01:44:05,720
bead Edgecomb is talented, but 
he's not there yet. 

2118
01:44:05,720 --> 01:44:07,400
I think the Knicks will be able 
to get up in him. 

2119
01:44:07,400 --> 01:44:11,160
He's he's young and he's he's 
going to be a monster, but he's 

2120
01:44:11,160 --> 01:44:14,000
not ready yet. 
I don't think to deliver the 

2121
01:44:14,000 --> 01:44:17,120
kind of consistent night to 
night performance to win, to 

2122
01:44:17,120 --> 01:44:19,320
have that kind of influence 
again, the the bench is awful. 

2123
01:44:19,520 --> 01:44:21,200
It's about Drummond, Edwards, 
Barlow. 

2124
01:44:21,200 --> 01:44:23,160
I mean, talk about Grimes. 
We brought him up before. 

2125
01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:28,520
So even if I was to say Paul 
George after cat, which I I I'm 

2126
01:44:28,520 --> 01:44:30,440
not going to say, I'm going to 
say OG. 

2127
01:44:30,720 --> 01:44:33,920
But even if I said Paul George, 
then I would go OG, then I would

2128
01:44:33,920 --> 01:44:38,760
go heart and then, you know, 
bridges, I still can't go 

2129
01:44:38,760 --> 01:44:42,480
bridges, but you know, maybe 
Mitch and then maybe bridges 

2130
01:44:42,480 --> 01:44:44,320
like that. 
It's just Nick, Nick, Nick, 

2131
01:44:44,320 --> 01:44:47,280
Nick. 
And that's one of the big 

2132
01:44:47,280 --> 01:44:50,200
inherent advantages. 
So I mean, from a term, from a 

2133
01:44:50,200 --> 01:44:55,000
strategy, from an execution, 
from a, you know, a pressure 

2134
01:44:55,000 --> 01:45:00,040
points or or just, you know, 
things that will determine 

2135
01:45:00,040 --> 01:45:02,720
whether or not the Knicks win or
a matchup driven thing. 

2136
01:45:03,200 --> 01:45:05,360
It's going to come down to this.
I mean, Jalen Brunson is going 

2137
01:45:05,360 --> 01:45:06,680
to have to play really, really 
well. 

2138
01:45:06,680 --> 01:45:10,040
It's going to be a star, and so 
is Embiid, obviously, and so is 

2139
01:45:10,040 --> 01:45:13,240
Maxi cats going to he can't 
afford any real dip. 

2140
01:45:13,680 --> 01:45:16,360
And I don't think that you may 
be one game because then B it's 

2141
01:45:16,360 --> 01:45:19,360
big and strong and good, but I 
think cats going to play well. 

2142
01:45:19,640 --> 01:45:23,200
And then after that, like I 
fully expect OG out and Obi to 

2143
01:45:23,200 --> 01:45:26,520
bang threes from the corner to 
get a lot of dunks, to be a 

2144
01:45:26,520 --> 01:45:29,880
nuisance on defense. 
And then you even throw in, I 

2145
01:45:29,880 --> 01:45:31,800
didn't even mention Alvarado, 
Josh Hart's going to do his 

2146
01:45:31,800 --> 01:45:34,880
thing, finish in rebounding. 
Like I just think the Knicks are

2147
01:45:34,880 --> 01:45:37,920
better. 
I do now, to be fair to Philly, 

2148
01:45:39,400 --> 01:45:42,720
the this version of the Knicks 
is their best version, as as I 

2149
01:45:42,720 --> 01:45:46,720
said before, but this version of
Philly is also their best 

2150
01:45:46,720 --> 01:45:51,240
version that we've seen. 
So Jay, you, you heard my very 

2151
01:45:51,240 --> 01:45:54,120
inexact, although it's worked a 
lot, you know, mathematical 

2152
01:45:54,120 --> 01:45:58,120
computation. 
You know who I want you to list 

2153
01:45:58,120 --> 01:46:02,280
in order. 
Hold on 12345. 

2154
01:46:02,400 --> 01:46:05,920
We'll go up to 106789 in order. 
We'll do it quick. 

2155
01:46:06,280 --> 01:46:09,520
The best players in the series 
#1 for you, Brunson. 

2156
01:46:10,440 --> 01:46:14,120
I've got a hot take that I want 
to expand on a little bit in a 

2157
01:46:14,120 --> 01:46:14,880
bit all. 
Right. 

2158
01:46:14,880 --> 01:46:18,440
Go back to Brunson one. 
Brunson 1, Maxi 2. 

2159
01:46:18,840 --> 01:46:21,880
Interesting. 
That's my big I got you. 

2160
01:46:21,880 --> 01:46:31,040
Thing I'm going to go and bead 3
Yep, cat 4 Yep OG 5. 

2161
01:46:31,120 --> 01:46:34,040
OK, Paul, George. 
It's tough. 

2162
01:46:34,040 --> 01:46:36,920
It's tough because both of them 
are like the same guy to me at 

2163
01:46:36,920 --> 01:46:39,080
this point. 
I'm I'm taking bridges over Paul

2164
01:46:39,080 --> 01:46:41,720
George. 
You're taking bridges over 

2165
01:46:41,720 --> 01:46:43,320
George. 
Woof. 

2166
01:46:43,640 --> 01:46:45,320
OK, I don't know. 
I just. 

2167
01:46:45,320 --> 01:46:48,680
Believe, I believe I got you. 
And Paul George, he's played OK,

2168
01:46:48,800 --> 01:46:50,280
that last game seven, he didn't 
play. 

2169
01:46:50,280 --> 01:46:52,000
Great, I got you. 
He had a great shot on. 

2170
01:46:52,000 --> 01:46:56,640
Sam, I got you OG Bridges, 
George, and now we're up to 

2171
01:46:56,640 --> 01:46:58,280
seven. 
Now you got to go into the 

2172
01:46:58,280 --> 01:46:59,880
Knicks Subs, right? 
You got to go, Mitch. 

2173
01:46:59,960 --> 01:47:04,680
Probably Mitch. 
Yeah, I'd go Mitch and wait, 

2174
01:47:04,680 --> 01:47:06,120
who's another one of Nick's 
Subs? 

2175
01:47:06,120 --> 01:47:07,360
No, Deuce. 
I'd go Deuce. 

2176
01:47:07,360 --> 01:47:08,760
I'll do that, dude. 
Yeah, yeah, Deuce. 

2177
01:47:09,200 --> 01:47:10,240
Absolutely. 
Good call. 

2178
01:47:10,240 --> 01:47:14,240
Deuce over Alvarado. 
And then who's like the six or 

2179
01:47:14,240 --> 01:47:16,080
six man? 
Oh, Kelly Ubre. 

2180
01:47:16,160 --> 01:47:17,440
I put Kelly. 
Ubre. 

2181
01:47:17,680 --> 01:47:21,040
I put Ubre over Deuce too, so 
I'd go Mitch. 

2182
01:47:21,400 --> 01:47:24,360
Mitch Ubre Deuce. 
OK. 

2183
01:47:24,360 --> 01:47:27,040
So either way, you've got one 
Nick, you've got 2 Nicks, you've

2184
01:47:27,040 --> 01:47:32,720
got 3456, you've got 6. 
I forgot Josh Hart too. 

2185
01:47:32,800 --> 01:47:34,880
Yeah, you did. 
Yeah, I had hard. 

2186
01:47:34,920 --> 01:47:38,360
I was just, I was like, OK. 
I'm going to throw Josh Obery. 

2187
01:47:38,680 --> 01:47:39,720
Yeah. 
Well, yeah. 

2188
01:47:39,800 --> 01:47:43,760
And Mitch Robinson. 
All right, this is. 

2189
01:47:43,760 --> 01:47:46,160
So now it gets complicated. 
So let me just run through the 

2190
01:47:46,160 --> 01:47:49,520
whole. 
Top All right, Bronson maxi. 

2191
01:47:49,720 --> 01:47:50,960
Hold on. 
I'm I'm writing it down. 

2192
01:47:50,960 --> 01:47:54,880
Hold on, Bronson, Maxi. 
Indeed, Towns. 

2193
01:47:55,200 --> 01:48:01,000
OG Bridges. 
Oh wait, OG bridges George. 

2194
01:48:01,280 --> 01:48:06,480
OK, hard Robinson. 
What about Deuce? 

2195
01:48:07,040 --> 01:48:09,560
I'm going to put it, wasn't that
10 though? 

2196
01:48:09,560 --> 01:48:14,000
That was 10 though, right? 
No, Mitch would be 9 and then 

2197
01:48:14,000 --> 01:48:18,000
deuce 10 ubre or deuce ubre. 10 
Ubre 10. 

2198
01:48:18,200 --> 01:48:20,600
OK, so OK, good enough. 
So you got you got Brunson, you 

2199
01:48:20,760 --> 01:48:23,240
got Cat, you got OG, you got 
Bridges. 

2200
01:48:23,240 --> 01:48:26,560
That's 4 if you got hard as 
five, you got six. 

2201
01:48:26,560 --> 01:48:31,240
You got 6 Nicks and four Sixers.
OK, but the difference is, and I

2202
01:48:31,240 --> 01:48:32,680
think that's fair. 
I don't think it should 

2203
01:48:32,680 --> 01:48:36,080
necessarily be 7 Nicks, although
I mean, Deuce does have the 

2204
01:48:36,080 --> 01:48:37,920
ability to impact games more 
than Ubrey. 

2205
01:48:38,200 --> 01:48:40,040
Like Ubrey's not dropping 20 
something. 

2206
01:48:40,400 --> 01:48:42,600
I wouldn't surprise me if Deuce 
has a game where he's, you know,

2207
01:48:42,600 --> 01:48:46,440
4 for five from downtown, 19 
points plus minus, you know, 17 

2208
01:48:46,720 --> 01:48:49,680
good defender. 
And I respect Ubrey, but there's

2209
01:48:49,680 --> 01:48:54,080
no way you can rationalize 
putting 7 Sixers with three 

2210
01:48:54,080 --> 01:48:54,840
Nicks. 
No chance. 

2211
01:48:55,040 --> 01:48:58,560
Hell no you. 
Could possibly do 7 Nicks and 

2212
01:48:58,560 --> 01:49:01,360
three Sixers. 
Probably the best way would be 6

2213
01:49:01,360 --> 01:49:05,560
and 4 favoring the Knicks so I 
agree with you, but then the 

2214
01:49:05,560 --> 01:49:08,680
difference would be once you get
past the top 4. 

2215
01:49:08,680 --> 01:49:14,000
Oh my gosh VJ Edgecomb 2 this is
sorry I like my list is terrible

2216
01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:17,480
my. 
List is. 

2217
01:49:17,640 --> 01:49:18,240
Terrible. 
Yeah. 

2218
01:49:18,600 --> 01:49:19,720
I forgot about Edgecomb. 
Too. 

2219
01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:21,080
No, I know. 
That's what I mean. 

2220
01:49:21,080 --> 01:49:24,840
Like like you have to throw him.
It's honestly it might be 5 and 

2221
01:49:24,840 --> 01:49:25,960
five. 
It really might. 

2222
01:49:25,960 --> 01:49:30,120
Like you got to throw you got to
throw Edgecomb at least over OG 

2223
01:49:30,120 --> 01:49:31,800
and Bridges. 
You know what, hold on a SEC. 

2224
01:49:32,640 --> 01:49:34,600
I'm, I'm, I'm going to do this 
right. 

2225
01:49:35,640 --> 01:49:36,440
All right, you do it. 
Yeah. 

2226
01:49:36,880 --> 01:49:39,600
And then we, I, I got to, we 
have to at least do this right. 

2227
01:49:40,360 --> 01:49:42,440
Hey Jesus, we gave you 4 
versions already. 

2228
01:49:42,440 --> 01:49:45,680
Everyone all right? 
Yeah, Then my roommate commented

2229
01:49:45,680 --> 01:49:47,560
Dominic Barlow. 
All right, calm down. 

2230
01:49:47,560 --> 01:49:48,920
The hell out of here. 
Calm down, buddy. 

2231
01:49:49,120 --> 01:49:49,600
All right? 
Yeah. 

2232
01:49:49,760 --> 01:49:51,920
Your roommate go take out the 
trash roomie. 

2233
01:49:52,280 --> 01:49:55,160
Let's go with. 
All right, Brunson. 

2234
01:49:56,880 --> 01:49:59,200
Let's go. 
I like Maxia, too. 

2235
01:49:59,440 --> 01:50:01,080
Brunson, Maxi. 
And. 

2236
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:05,600
Bead cat. 
Hang on those 4IN whatever order

2237
01:50:05,600 --> 01:50:10,000
are irrefutable done. 
Now we get to me. 

2238
01:50:11,640 --> 01:50:14,480
OG is absolutely #5. 
OK to me. 

2239
01:50:14,560 --> 01:50:19,520
I'm with you there. 
OK, I'm going to go Edgecomb 6th

2240
01:50:19,760 --> 01:50:21,720
over. 
You had bridges much higher than

2241
01:50:21,720 --> 01:50:23,080
I thought. 
Yeah, I'm no. 

2242
01:50:23,160 --> 01:50:26,080
And then I forgot about. 
Edgecomb, then I'm going to go 

2243
01:50:26,080 --> 01:50:30,480
George. 
Now I'm going to go Bridges, 

2244
01:50:31,080 --> 01:50:37,800
Mitch and deuce. 
So 8-9 and ten are Nicks and 

2245
01:50:37,800 --> 01:50:42,960
then we've got so that's three, 
4566 and four. 

2246
01:50:42,960 --> 01:50:45,280
We get back to six and four. 
We just forgot about it there. 

2247
01:50:45,400 --> 01:50:47,080
You go. 
I'm with you there. 

2248
01:50:47,080 --> 01:50:50,680
I'm with you on that list. 
Jeez, complicating stuff. 

2249
01:50:50,680 --> 01:50:52,760
Yeah, that was tough. 
Here's here's one of my 

2250
01:50:52,760 --> 01:50:54,200
questions. 
Yes, Do you? 

2251
01:50:54,200 --> 01:50:57,600
Think Tyrese Maxi will be 
remembered? 

2252
01:50:58,040 --> 01:51:00,080
This is a tough question. 
Good. 

2253
01:51:00,880 --> 01:51:05,640
Do you think when we look at the
NBA 20 years down the line we 

2254
01:51:05,640 --> 01:51:08,120
will go yo? 
I mean, this is how I look at 

2255
01:51:08,120 --> 01:51:10,720
the league now. 
Who is the dude I feared the 

2256
01:51:10,720 --> 01:51:12,640
most on the court when I played 
them? 

2257
01:51:13,000 --> 01:51:16,040
Yep. 
Tyrese Maxey after Steph Curry. 

2258
01:51:16,040 --> 01:51:19,960
Now Tyrese Maxey. 
Like will he be remembered in 

2259
01:51:19,960 --> 01:51:22,560
that upper echelon of dude? 
These. 

2260
01:51:22,560 --> 01:51:25,560
This was one of the guys of the 
20 twenties. 

2261
01:51:25,680 --> 01:51:28,360
I think really he must be. 
I I agree. 

2262
01:51:28,680 --> 01:51:31,000
I mean, you got Shay, Gilgeous, 
Alexander, obviously you got to 

2263
01:51:31,000 --> 01:51:35,120
put him up there a healthy Luca.
You know, Lebron's getting old. 

2264
01:51:35,120 --> 01:51:36,960
All respect to LeBron and all 
respect to Curry. 

2265
01:51:36,960 --> 01:51:39,000
I'm kind of moving on from them,
even though they're still still 

2266
01:51:39,000 --> 01:51:44,240
both very viable. 
I'm going to go with Tatum when 

2267
01:51:44,240 --> 01:51:46,520
healthy for sure. 
Jason Tatum's up there. 

2268
01:51:48,120 --> 01:51:51,120
I I believe Kate Cunningham will
be one of those players. 

2269
01:51:51,600 --> 01:51:54,480
I'm just. 
Anthony Edwards, absolutely 

2270
01:51:54,480 --> 01:51:56,120
great call. 
I love the soda. 

2271
01:51:56,360 --> 01:51:58,080
Yeah, I'm with you. 
This is crazy. 

2272
01:51:58,240 --> 01:52:02,360
I might put Tyrese Maxi not an 
overall player. 

2273
01:52:02,360 --> 01:52:04,080
No. 
Anthony Edwards is better, Tatum

2274
01:52:04,080 --> 01:52:05,480
is better. 
All these guys are better. 

2275
01:52:06,040 --> 01:52:10,720
Iris Maxi in terms of a clutch 
player who instills fear in you.

2276
01:52:11,240 --> 01:52:14,840
I I take nobody over him in the 
NBA right now. 

2277
01:52:15,120 --> 01:52:19,760
Every game going into every 
game, I will, I'll be like, all 

2278
01:52:19,760 --> 01:52:21,520
right, I hope he doesn't drop 40
tonight. 

2279
01:52:21,560 --> 01:52:24,160
Like as good as him beat is, I'm
not worried about that. 

2280
01:52:24,160 --> 01:52:26,280
Yeah, it's different. 
Not that he can't do it, but I'm

2281
01:52:26,280 --> 01:52:29,360
just, I'm not thinking that, you
know, Maxi, No, Maxi is 

2282
01:52:29,360 --> 01:52:31,760
different. 
I'm with he's a modern, you 

2283
01:52:31,800 --> 01:52:34,240
know. 
AI he's a, He's an AI 

2284
01:52:34,240 --> 01:52:36,440
approximation like only. 
Bigger. 

2285
01:52:36,920 --> 01:52:38,960
Yeah, only bigger. 
Only bigger and a better 

2286
01:52:39,000 --> 01:52:42,120
three-point shooter and a better
three-point shooter, better 

2287
01:52:42,120 --> 01:52:43,160
passer. 
But. 

2288
01:52:43,360 --> 01:52:45,880
It's different, so it's I agree.
I agree. 

2289
01:52:46,480 --> 01:52:48,520
All right, ma'am, just about 
wrap it up. 

2290
01:52:48,800 --> 01:52:50,600
Wow, what a busy show about wrap
it up here. 

2291
01:52:50,600 --> 01:52:54,000
Did we miss anything, Jay? 
3 burning 3 burning questions. 

2292
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:57,160
Great tribute to John Sterling. 
Rest in peace, John Nixon, 

2293
01:52:57,160 --> 01:53:00,760
Sixers, the Volpi stuff, I think
we're good. 

2294
01:53:00,760 --> 01:53:03,600
I think we got it all, man. 
So appreciate you guys today. 

2295
01:53:03,600 --> 01:53:05,600
Obviously like and subscribe and
get it out there. 

2296
01:53:05,600 --> 01:53:09,640
If you missed the Michael Kay 
interview from last week, it's 

2297
01:53:09,640 --> 01:53:11,000
up there. 
Go find it. 

2298
01:53:11,000 --> 01:53:13,640
Some other old content if you 
new to the channel, I had 

2299
01:53:13,640 --> 01:53:15,840
Stephen A on. 
Stephen A was on with me for 

2300
01:53:15,840 --> 01:53:18,760
about two hours. 
Really just talked about 

2301
01:53:19,000 --> 01:53:20,840
everything, really not even that
much about sports. 

2302
01:53:20,840 --> 01:53:24,480
So if you guys haven't had that 
yet, go check that out. 

2303
01:53:25,000 --> 01:53:27,720
All the shorts are up there. 
Everyday we started breaking 

2304
01:53:27,720 --> 01:53:29,320
down. 
We do the live show Monday 

2305
01:53:29,320 --> 01:53:32,280
through Friday, 10:00 AM till 
about noon, usually an hour, 45 

2306
01:53:32,280 --> 01:53:34,720
minutes or two hours. 
And then what we do is we take 

2307
01:53:34,720 --> 01:53:37,440
components of this and then we 
repackage it. 

2308
01:53:37,440 --> 01:53:39,480
J Rod's going to get to work. 
He's doing a great job with 

2309
01:53:39,480 --> 01:53:41,600
this. 
You know, 8-9 minute spots. 

2310
01:53:41,600 --> 01:53:44,320
So later on it just go. 
If you missed the Sterling's or 

2311
01:53:44,360 --> 01:53:46,800
you wanted to send it to a 
friend or you wanted to hear my 

2312
01:53:46,800 --> 01:53:50,000
take on Volpe rather than going 
through the whole show, you'll 

2313
01:53:50,000 --> 01:53:54,120
be able to see, hey, 6-7 minutes
BT on Volpe, 8 minutes BT on 

2314
01:53:54,120 --> 01:53:57,840
John Sterling, Nick Sixers and 
we do that every show moving 

2315
01:53:57,840 --> 01:53:59,440
forward. 
So it's been good for the 

2316
01:53:59,440 --> 01:54:00,600
channel. 
I know that you guys have 

2317
01:54:00,600 --> 01:54:03,040
appreciated it. 
You've responded to it, and I 

2318
01:54:03,040 --> 01:54:05,280
appreciate you guys for that. 
Thanks to Sullivan propane, 

2319
01:54:05,520 --> 01:54:07,800
thanks to Premio sausage, 
another great start to the week 

2320
01:54:07,800 --> 01:54:09,600
here. 
Like it, subscribe it, get it 

2321
01:54:09,600 --> 01:54:11,320
out there. 
Follow me on X follow me on 

2322
01:54:11,320 --> 01:54:15,360
Instagram. 
Really curious to see how the 

2323
01:54:15,360 --> 01:54:19,480
Yankees honor John tonight. 
I'm going to make it a point to,

2324
01:54:19,480 --> 01:54:22,320
to listen to Susan's open Susan 
Walnut. 

2325
01:54:22,320 --> 01:54:24,120
Of course, she's got to be 
crushed by this. 

2326
01:54:24,120 --> 01:54:27,480
I, I texted her, I, I don't know
if she got back and she doesn't 

2327
01:54:27,480 --> 01:54:29,920
need to, but I, I did reach out 
to her, reach out to Michael Kay

2328
01:54:29,920 --> 01:54:31,760
as well. 
That's who we started with. 

2329
01:54:31,760 --> 01:54:34,920
So just a sad day for the 
Yankees, a really sad day. 

2330
01:54:34,920 --> 01:54:39,560
But I mean, when you're 87 and 
you have this, this lasting 

2331
01:54:39,560 --> 01:54:42,320
legacy, it's, it should be 
celebrated. 

2332
01:54:42,320 --> 01:54:44,720
It's a beautiful thing and we'll
always love John. 

2333
01:54:44,720 --> 01:54:47,560
So rest in peace, John. 
You will be eternally missed, 

2334
01:54:47,560 --> 01:54:48,320
man. 
Salute. 

2335
01:54:48,320 --> 01:54:50,240
So I'm out. 
Have a great rest of your 

2336
01:54:50,240 --> 01:54:51,800
Monday. 
Catch you tomorrow at 10, Joe 

2337
01:54:51,800 --> 01:54:54,760
Beningo. 
Well, Joe B, why did the Mets 

2338
01:54:54,760 --> 01:54:55,920
have to win a couple this 
weekend? 

2339
01:54:55,920 --> 01:54:57,480
Come on, get back on the skid 
there, Mets. 

2340
01:54:57,480 --> 01:55:00,600
That's the Joe B that we want. 
Joe B will join me on Wednesday 

2341
01:55:00,600 --> 01:55:03,000
and I will see you tomorrow 
morning at 10. 

2342
01:55:03,120 --> 01:55:03,400
Peace.