This is unleashed Are you listening?
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This is unleashed Are you listening?
Can you hear me? Hear me.
This is unleashed Are you listening?
Can you hear me? Hear me.
This is unleashed. Are you listening?
Can you hear me? I got to tell you, I am
incredibly intrigued to see how much worse this thing is going
to get. I mean, is it going to go to 14?
I'm the Mets ever going to win again?
Oh my God, absolutely horrific fashion.
Wow, what's going on, everybody? I guess the good news is, from a
Mets perspective, at least you got a little batting practice, a
little test run last year. So Devin Williams will probably
find his game at some point this season.
After an atrocious April in the Bronx last year, he is having an
even worse April in Queens this year.
So at least that's a sliver of good news.
Like, I think Devin Williams probably going to figure things
out. The other real good news that
Juan Soto is going to come back starting today.
Those are good news things, good news pieces, good news items.
The bad news is what really plagues the Mets it, it might be
too much for this thing to actually get where you guys want
it to go. I know it's early, but Mike, you
could not write a worse script for the 2026 Mets.
The booze last night. For those of you who actually
went like, there is, there's different types of booze.
There's like booze way like, Nah, Boo.
All right, This guy's old for 14, Boo.
And then there's that, that guttural, like just from the
deepest part of your belly and your sporting soul where it just
sounds different. It's got venom, it's dripping
with anger. And that was the sound last
night in Queens. So wow, good morning, everybody.
BT Unleashed, what's happened? Apologize for the delay.
We had some issues there. J Rod, at least for the start of
the show, will not be able to hop in.
He's trying to work on some stuff.
It's all good and unfortunately for today, at least for some of
the show, hopefully not all the show, that does include phone
calls. So we're working on that.
Things happen, we plow through, not a big deal.
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So I salute you guys. All right now this this is when
you know things are bad. All right, let's get this up on
the board there, Jay, Rod, how about this tweet?
You want to talk about a ruthless tweet by the Minnesota
Twins? I'm not actually a fan of this.
I'll I'll get into that in a moment.
You start to see this more and more and more with teams where
they're clowning other. I know it's an intern or a young
social media, you know, person. I get it and this is kind of
their world. But how about this tweet from
the Twinsies? Things you can get in a dozen
and get a dozen eggs. You want an omelette?
You want a little mushroom and cheddar?
What do you want? You want some roses?
You want pink? You want white?
You want yellow? Oh, you want 12 met losses?
You could get that as well. Keep that up, J Rod, because
understand guys, where this tweet dropped from, this didn't
come from the LA Dodgers back-to-back champions or the
Yankees. Even Yankees would never do that
who have won four straight and stabilized their season and all
the Champions and A championships and all the great,
you know, all time transcendent names.
This came from the Minnesota Twins, who in 2016 had a record
of 59 and one O 3. In 2018, they were 78 and 84.
In 20 and 2021, they were 73 and 89.
In 2022 they were 78 and 84. And then last year, the same
team that took the social media to kick you while you're down
met fans. Seventy wins and a ghastly 92
losses. So that that is the team that is
clouding you. You are officially I.
Believe. Oh my gosh.
I think we got. Changed.
Oh my gosh, what just happened? How did I get put on here?
I, I don't know, but hopefully we're still on the air.
Jay, what's going on? There, We're still on air.
We're still on air. Hold on, Let me hop off this.
I told you we had some. We're good.
It's all good. I think Jay Rod figured this
out. He was getting all worked out.
And you see this is where you get calmer BT this is where you
get more mature BT this is where you get more measured.
BTI think back in the day, I would we've gotten all worked
up. Oh, what's going on?
Come on, we got to start the show.
Come on, we're 4 minutes late. You know what, you live a lot of
life, you figure things out. I know my guys hustling on the
other end, it's all good. So, you know, I don't know if
we'll see Jared upside down within the next 10 seconds.
He might pop back in at some point, but whatever it takes to
get it right. He was he was really nervous.
He's getting all worked up. I'm like, dude, we're good.
Trust me. I got a lot of content.
We got a lot of things to hit. Mets fans are fired up.
Yankee fans are pumped up again. I got a mini mock draft for you
one through 16. Some big stuff in the NBA last
night. Wendy with a concussion, the
Sixers with a stunning win, which obviously on sub level,
you know, could affect the Knicks here.
So we've got a lot going on. So what is this year at BRAC 227
BT currently sitting in the hospital with my seven-year old
son and my newborn baby daughter, 2 hours old, listening
to the show, starting her off, right?
Well, listen, every family's different.
So I don't know when you're gonna give her that first tablet
or that little phone, whatever it might be.
Whenever you give it to her, make sure you have her sub and
they can get that subscription. Doesn't matter if she's two
hours old, that is. I mean, that's, I mean, that's,
that's just that just makes me feel awesome.
Here's the dude who's in the hospital, his wife just gave
birth, his seven-year old son, a Big Brother, 7 years older.
So when people start knocking, you know, for for dates or
people, you know, start getting a little loud in the schoolyard.
This guy's got 7 years on his sister's peers.
So he's obviously going to protect her.
And he calls two hours after his daughter is born.
God bless you, God bless her, God bless your wife.
That is absolutely awesome. It's a make like, you know, I
mean, I think we get the first, first one there, but it's
amazing. Like when you go into the
hospital and you know, some it's different.
I mean, obviously there's some, some people are in labor for
some women are in labor forever. Some people have C sections.
So it's literally a scheduled procedure, which is pretty easy.
It's like going to McDonald's, you're in and you're out.
It was, it was easy, you know, like, oh, what's up?
We got to be there, doc. All right, let's go, honey, you
know, but I, I remember God, it's just especially the first
one, but then my second, which was a girl, which we really
wanted. We prayed really hard once we
had our boy. We're really praying for a girl.
And, and I remember like being in the my, my wife's obviously,
you know, anesthesia getting she's she's the star of the
show. I'm just there along for the
ride. Not much I could do pacing,
nervous, praying, sweating, you name it, texting my buddies.
And then the nurse comes in. All right, dad let you know,
let's go. And then you go in there and you
you walk out of the room and you just know one way of life.
And it was a pretty great life. You know, it was the two of us
and work was going great and family was great.
And then you walk into another room and you can't, you just
can't imagine how much better it gets.
So that's really touching. That is absolutely awesome that
that's already made my day. Wow, that's very humbling that
you're even listening to the show two hours after your
daughter was born. Man, that's awesome.
At PG17 under score 89 Nets, Mets will be lucky to get to 70
and 92. I mean, listen that that's a
bigger picture issue. The problem is, though, is that
now the Mets are officially the worst team in baseball.
They're 7 and 16. They literally had the worst
record, and now they're just losing every kind of way that
you could possibly lose. Now.
They haven't really hit much at all.
Mcclain's had a couple of really good outings and last night was
another one and you know, you, you sitting there you thinking,
all right, we finally have a lead.
Lindor goes yard early. You know, not that there was a a
full house in Queens, but you know, you got to claw your way
back. You know, it was cold out middle
of the week early in the week, whatever it is.
So you can't expect the Mets fan to go in there.
You know, like you're getting ready to watch the 86 Mets in
the middle of July and it's 90° out and it's 45,000 a Che.
You got to earn it again. You know, there's a lot of
negative energy with these Mets. So it but but even though the
stadium didn't have a lot of ambiance, you had the lead.
You are you go to the boy, you go to your closer, Devin
Williams and then he can't throw a freaking strike ball ball that
walk walk. He fell behind three guys with
three ball counts, right. He just didn't have his his
change up was nowhere to be found.
He talked about this in the post game and when Devin I really
anybody, I don't care if you throw 101 miles an hour, but
when you're trying to beat big league hitters with just
fastballs, it's not going to work out.
You know, they're going to be selective and when you do put it
over the heart of the play, they get a barrel things up.
So to me, I don't think that there's a worse way to lose.
Like I almost think it will be easier or better.
Like if you think now it's still a loss so it really doesn't
matter. But wouldn't you kind of rather
have lost like, I don't know, six to two and like, no real
drama at the end that he just, all right, bats didn't do a
whole lot, but maybe not six to two because then that probably
means McClain didn't have a really good outing.
The point is, though, I don't know when you're mired in this
lengthy losing streak that is really now at this point,
threatening to destroy, absolutely destroy whatever
remains in whatever direction this 2026 Mets season is going
to go. When you have a lead after
losing 11 straight games and you go to your closer and he can't
throw a strike. And then your first baseman, who
we all know is not really a first baseman, throws to third
base on the bunt safe. By the way, Bichette played that
wrong. He had the wrong foot on the
bag. His left foot was on the base.
If it's this, and I criticized Ben Rice for this about two
weeks ago, it was a little subtle criticism.
But as you're trying to learn a position, these things matter at
this level. And I don't know for sure.
All right, Like in real time, you knew he was safe at third
base. But if Bichette's right foot is,
and I know he's learning the position, but if his right foot
is anchored on 2nd, on third base, you get much more of a
stretch and you go when you receive the ball, maybe he's
out. Either way, it's an aggressive
play. They were talking about this on
the game. And I love aggression, but you
better be right like you if if you're going to do that, you
have to at least you can't be wrong.
So now we have bases loaded and then, you know, I mean, the Mets
could have lost 11 to 3:00 last night if they didn't.
Whatever that dude's name is, comes out and basically strikes
every struck everybody out was phenomenal.
And then the Mets go down one 2-3 in the night.
Just a catastrophic start, a horrendous loss.
I mean, the numbers right now on Devon way, we thought last April
was bad for the Yankees. Devon Williams is ERA right now
is not true on this 9.95 and his WHIP is almost 3.
So there is so much wrong here. And really guys, and Mendy said
this after the game, but he's absolutely right.
Like if you're thinking that Juan Soto fixes everything,
you're going to be waiting a long time for things to get
fixed. Doesn't work that way in
baseball. First of all, now I know he's a
great hitter, but it's not like Juan Soto is guaranteed to come
back and go 3 for four with five ribbies tonight.
Now, he very well might, but he very well could start 2 for 15
because that's baseball, Susan. That's random.
And you know, you think about a great NBA player, like if he
even Jason Tatum coming off the ruptured Achilles, like his
first game back, he didn't have 4 points.
You know, he's pretty much averaging 2324 points right
away. Because it's a different sport
and it's a different level of failure and it's a different,
much higher rate of production in basketball.
So, you know, I, I thought what Mendoza said was right.
I mean, other guys got to start carrying the mail.
I mean, these guys just got to wake up.
It is just disgraceful the way the Mets look and that sound.
Again, I got to get back to this.
That was the sound of a fan base that hates this team.
Not even the sound of a fan base that is incredibly disenchanted
with the performance of this team, which is obvious.
That's a given. But that sound was different.
That was an ominous sound. That was a sound that me telling
you would really, by extension, me telling Stearns and me
telling Cohen, I hate what you've done to our team.
I hate what you've done to the roster.
I hate the new guys you brought in.
I hate the way we look. I cannot stand this team.
And if it doesn't change soon, this will be the ugliest season
in the history of the New York Mets.
Listen, they've had bad seasons before when I first started
watching baseball. And I told you guys, Jay, you
can keep that up, buddy. And I told you this before, I'm
a Yankee fan. My, my dad's an old Dodgers fan
who wound up becoming a Mets fan, right?
Even though, even though what he called the fan my last show, he
told everybody that he's now a Yankee fan.
So that's actually the kind of fan that I get on.
But since it's my dad, I'll give him a pass.
Kind of fluctuate, Yanks and pick one.
Mets, Yanks, Mets, Yanks, Yanks, Mets.
Who do you root for dad? Either way, I think he's more of
a Mets guy cuz I'm looking at a picture right now of my dad in a
Mets uniform. Literally in my office at Mets
dream camp connecting on a double off the left field wall
off of Al Jackson, a former pitcher which he almost took
deep in the Mets Cam in it when he was in his 40s.
He went for like 3 or 4 years. So anyway, he's a Mets fan
right? But when I was growing up, we'd
watch the Mets and then I would have to go and, you know, hey,
dad, put the inks on whatever. So we always watch Connor's
Corner. And based on when I was born and
just based on when I was introduced to baseball, like
late 70s. Yeah.
Like figments, like little snapshots.
I remember like, laying on the couch or laying on on the bed
with my dad watching the game when he got back from softball
or before he went to the precinct on a Sunday or before
we had big Sunday dinner. But really, early 80s.
And I know all the names from the late 70s, those teams were.
I mean, they were just, they were some of the worst teams.
They weren't as bad as the 62 Mets.
They were literally some of the worst teams.
New York baseball, including the wretched Yankee teams with
Horace Clark. Were the Giants some bad teams
when they were in New York? Awful.
Just unwatchably, unspeakably pathetic.
Just no hope. Like Dave King been hitting 2O2
and you know, I mean, who, who's some of these other guy?
Like I remember Ron Hodges was the catcher and Bob Baylor was
an infielder and like Mark Baumbach was a pitcher.
They were just, they were awful. The difference with those teams
is that they were still like lovable, like, you know, they
didn't have a high payroll. There were no expectations.
And more specifically, those Mets, because Lee Mazzilli was
still on those teams and he was from Brooklyn, is from Brooklyn.
Lincoln kid, right? It's not like this group of Mets
where the payroll is through the roof, the expectations through
the roof. Every Mets fan known to man is
walking around, you know, telling everybody how the Mets
are taking over the city and the Mets are doing this and the Mets
are doing that and the Yankees are relegated to this.
Well, and I'm really don't jump into this, you guys know that.
But how's that working out now? Yanks have won four straight.
They've had four gems in a row from their starting pitchers,
and the Mets have lost twelve straight, their longest losing
streak since 2002. All right, so this sound is
dangerous. It is teetering on the precipice
of implosion. Now, the first obvious thing
that's going to happen is if this doesn't correct itself very
soon, Mendoza is going to be fired.
And that's unfortunate, but it's a big boy business.
He's making good money. He's not going to be on the
streets destitute. He'll get another job in
baseball. He'll be fine.
All right, But is it really, truly his fault?
I mean, nobody's doing their job.
They get paid an inordinate amount of money to perform at a
level much higher than what they're doing.
So I'm not saying that those are some great tactician, he's not.
But to to dump this at his doorstep, I think he's missing
the mark now. He will be the sacrificial lamb
if this doesn't change within, you know, I, I would say, you
know, 4-5 games for Juan Soto. If the Mets are one and four,
one and five or two and six, he's gone.
That's it. The Mets have been handed a
gift, at least in theory, from the schedule makers because
coming off this horrendous run, you know, Dodgers, cubbies,
Well, now you got three with the Twins, who are all right, better
this year and they do have some good ball players, but certainly
not one of the elite teams in baseball.
Then you got the Rockies who stink and you got the Nationals
who stink. I mean, if you can't figure this
out now, it is a wrap. Like really you got so you got
you got eight games left. Like if the Mets were to go one
and seven or two and six, they have zero chance to win the
division. And at that point you're praying
that you can get to the mid 80s and have a push for the last
wild card. Like, I understand that you
can't like you can't win a divisional title in April.
I get that. But you really could put
yourself in such a position that you're going to have to play
such an incredibly, almost unrealistically high level of
baseball to get past what you what you've done so far.
They got the worst record in baseball.
They're 7 and 16. And how about this All right, No
team in the long distinguished great history of baseball been
around a long time. No team in baseball history has
lost 15 of 22 to start a season and then won 90 or more games.
So there's problems everywhere you look.
No one's hitting no one's fielding pitcher starting
pitchers do a good job. Bullpen implodes.
Bullpen does a decent job start or stink.
You know when when they do hit they they don't when they do
hit, they catch the ball. When they don't hit, they drop
the ball. They've been messing on the
bags. This is just as bad.
This is an unmitigated disaster. Disaster from every conceivable
angle. The Mets are a joke Right now.
They are a joke. All right, let me get Cape.
Cape God. I see what you're doing.
Cape God 2558 and that Red Sox lost taste last night up there
in Cape Cod. How about that?
Yeah, BT it's going to be a Mets town now, right?
Don't you wish you had Sal by your side right now to torture?
I never got into the torture. Like, whatever, you know, we
we'd be having. He'd be losing his mind.
I'm sure he's losing his mind on his channel.
But no, I mean, what? Whatever.
Like to me, you know, I, I really do try to separate the
Yankees and the Mets and and, you know, I don't know that I
always did that with Tiki. I do think that I to be fair, I
do think that I was a little, what's the word, you know, a
little bit of a shit stirrer with the Mets when when Tiki and
I first went to the mid days on the fam.
But that was really, I don't even know why I did that.
That was really just a deviation from what I usually do.
Like you guys know, I love baseball.
I think you, I think, I hope you think that I know baseball and I
always try to put these these teams in separate tiers because
they're separate teams in different leagues.
So yeah, I mean, I, I did see I fell asleep for a minute last
night watching Hoops and then. I saw Sal screaming on on sports
night. He's been pretty calm up to this
point. But I think last night, I mean
last night doesn't blow a gasket for a Mets fan.
I don't know what the hell people are waiting for, Joe.
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
We can hear you now, brother. Look at camera.
Thank God. You OK, man?
Are you OK? Dude?
I called you. It's all good.
Man, if you if you guys saw me, dude, I was freaking out.
But I'm glad we could get it working.
Just want to say thank you guys so much for 20 K just had to get
that out. The way that's awesome that a
boy Jay Rudd. So now just to clarify, Jay, are
we straight with the WE calls? Will we be able to take the
calls here? You tell?
Yeah, we should. Be good to take the calls.
Only thing, I'm just going to communicate with you in the chat
in the call room, so I won't speak to you face to face, but
I'll talk to you in the chat in the call.
Room meaning, So when we have a call there, I'll just look down
and I'll and I'll see who it is. No, I mean I could still do this
whole thing. I mean to the callers
themselves. OK, got separate room, I'll talk
to you through the chat. When?
I do. But you'll be able to say, hey,
we have Joe in Brooklyn, right? Absolutely awesome.
Battle Boy J Rod. Great, Good job.
I mean, it really is amazing. Yeah, Guess who's back, back,
back. It is amazing the the symmetry
here to the start of Devin Williams this season.
Like you just you really can't make it up.
You just can't make it up. It's it, it's it's amazing where
they are. And man, oh, man, I don't know
AI don't know a single met fan. And I got my met buddies on the
chat like, they hate this team. They they they loathe the David
Stearns, do not believe in him. They hate what he's done.
You know, Nimbo's having a really good year.
Alonzo was not Diaz's hurts. He got at least factor that in a
little bit. And I, I think that, you know,
I, I think could, I think two things could be true, even if it
doesn't seem that way right now. The moves that they made could
be the right moves even if they feel wrong right now in terms of
getting rid of players and jettison some players.
The players that they brought in could ultimately prove to be the
right move. I guess.
Like, I'm not going to fully abandoned hope and say that the
Mets will not be a playoff team. I'm not into hot takes.
I'm not here for that, you know, I'm not here for the clicks and
the repurposes. I'm here to do a show, all
right? I'm here to do a smart show.
I'm here to do a show that is based in the reality of what
I've watched already for all these teams, but also a show
based in in projections that just that that based on what I
believe with the sport and the personnel for each team.
Now, do I have great faith that the Mets turn this around?
No, I don't. I I definitely don't.
I'm looking forward to seeing Christian Scott pitch.
I'm looking forward to seeing who's he's going to go on
Thursday. Mcclain's been great.
Peroth is going to be better. Maybe Lindor's starting to find
it. I mean, but there's still a lot
of empty sticks in the order. I mean, you still don't have a
set lineup here. And you know, Juan Soto, as as
great as he is, he's not coming out like Jaylen Brunson dropping
40 immediately, You don't think? And if he does, does he do it
again tomorrow? Like, you know, I got news for
everybody. Juan Soto, even if Juan Soto has
his best year ever, Juan Soto is going to hit 330, like, and then
he's not going to. But like that would be his best
year right outside of the the condensed season in 2020.
And even if he does that, yeah, that'll give some other guys
around him better pitches. And yeah, sure, you know,
downstream when you've got to navigate Soto, you're a little
bit more vulnerable the next time somebody gets in the box
because you're kind of tapped out, you're going fast and
you're working hard. And residually that can benefit
all the other guys. Like there's a baseball aspect
to it that very well might be a play.
But like, if is Beatty going to start hitting?
Is Benji going to start hitting? Is Vientos going to start
hitting again? I mean, I I don't know.
I don't know what's what's going to happen with all if Devin
Williams going to figure things out.
I think he will. You know, it was Colin.
I'm not here to make excuses. He was awful.
And it's just something about his body language, like, I don't
know, man. I, I, I didn't feel it with the
Yankees, even though we rectified things.
But he lost his job to Bednar, but he still had a pretty good
season after, after this, this awful April.
And when the Mets got him, I said I thought, OK, I get it,
boys. Got $10 million, I think one
year, 10 mil, something like that, whatever it is.
No, no more than that, right? That's what the Yankees had.
The Yankees had one year, $10 million.
My bad. And I thought that because he
was able to correct it after such an atrocious start in the
Bronx where he was getting lit up and he was getting booed, it
showed me some of his, you know, his baseball personality and his
baseball toughness. But you know, nobody wants to
see an ERA that's almost 10 and a WHIP that's almost 3 and it's
back-to-back to back bad games here.
So especially when you have a chance to get 3 outs and end an
11 game disgusting losing streak, which he failed to do,
which is just beyond frustrating if you're a Mets fan, but Chet
looks scared to make a play there.
Interesting. Will the under score Long Beach.
Thank you for that. Will I appreciate it if the Mets
aren't struggling, Vientos just gets the out at 1st and Stearns
needs to address the media today.
Well, I don't know if Stearns will the he he addressed it the
other day. So I wouldn't hold your breath
on that. I'm I'm going to give Vientos
not not a not a full pass here because you're a Major League
player and if you commit to a play like that, you've got to be
right. Listen, just like when the Mets
send Lindor home from first on the double by Soto in the gap
against the Pirates. And they talked about playing
aggressively going into the we've talked about this, how the
scouting report was. If you put stress on the Pirates
defense where they're going to you speed them up, they're going
to make some mistakes. And the Mets thought that they
were vulnerable there. So they remain married to their
scouting report, which is why I didn't crush them.
OK, Now that was also really the first gap before Lindor forgot
how many outs there were later on, you know, in the season or
getting picked off in first base because he's looking at his oven
Mitt and myriad other vientos dropping a pop up a week and a
half ago. Whatever it was in Queens before
he called the next one. Like the message of baby's been
a disaster at the plate in the field.
They have been an absolute sloppy mess.
All right. But I, I do think that I prefer
a mistake born out of aggression rather than a mistake being
passive. And, and he's not a, he's not a
true first base, but he's not a third baseman, that's for sure.
So I don't know really, it's just the H at this point, but
he's playing first base. Last night he was, he's not a
first baseman by trade. And you know, when things are
going wrong and you've lost 5791011 games in a row now 12,
Well, now the onus is on everybody and everybody feels it
differently. Everybody compartmentalizes it
differently. But I can tell you one common
theme in that clubhouse is that everybody's trying.
That sounds counterintuitive, like, well, yeah, you've lost
now 12 straight, you better be trying hard.
But in baseball, that actually has an adverse effect.
You squeeze the bat too tight. And what happens when you
squeeze the bat? Well, you actually lose bat
speed. Like when you engage.
You're not, I'm not saying I'm Ted Williams here, but this is
pretty basic stuff. When you squeeze the bat so
hard, you you just lose that elasticity and that, that, that,
that, that whip, right? Because you're now you like
you're, you're, you're tense and your forearm muscles start to
RIP and you're just not flowing in that, that whip and that
torque and that explosion through the zone.
You actually lose speed on your, on your, on your swing speed.
It's, it's documentable. It's true physics.
And same thing with a baseball. You know, you see a young kid
who's having a rough time throwing a strike, whatever it
might be. The tendency here is the kind of
like grip the baseball, like even though, you know, you want
to get a four scene, but like maybe a little kid just kind of
goes like this and squeezes it where really if you have a nice
loose grip and it's just kind of flex in there.
You know, if you're going to you're like that, if you're
going 4 unite, but you just let boom and then it flies out of
the hand and that's when you get those revolutions and that's
when you cut through the air and that's when you throw the ball
harder. All right, it's funny, like in
basketball, you know, you missed a shot.
You could you can begin defensively and that could be an
asset. You can hit the window with
vigor and you know you can that that can propel you to making a
play in football. You can just try to run through
somebody's chest with your helmet and bang, maybe a pick up
for your team. Pick me up for your team.
In baseball, generally when you try to do too much, it almost
never works. So the end I'd much rather see
him like what do I do? Or, or just not even looking at
third base. You know, yes, you should have
gotten the out at first. Obviously you got to know the
speed at second. He had just stolen second.
He runs well, you got to know this stuff there, but the
Bichette did not feel that well to to the other point there.
And he's also learning to play, you know, third base.
I I know nobody wants to hear it, but these see everybody
thinks about when you're specific to Bichette.
Think about what we first saw in in spring training.
Now I remember, I don't, I don't mean when he first got down
there and he was taking ground. There was like, I mean, the
first game I I'm pretty sure the first throw that he made was up
the line, like the first ball that was hit to him in the game
in, in, in spring was a bad throw.
And they're all here we go. I'm like, he's going to be fine.
Like relax, Like he's going to catch the ball.
He's going to understand he's got more time because the ball's
on him quicker. You know, he's he's a shortstop,
he's got good hands, He's got the requisite tools.
But navigating a base when a first baseman and Vientos does
have a really good arm is pretty close to you when you got a
runner who's flying, bearing down on you.
All right, You're a major leaguer.
You know, you're not 9 or 10. You got to know that, but it's
not instinctual is what I'm saying.
So his the wrong foot was on the bag.
So that's a little thing, but that equals a big thing.
Mistake there. Mistake Vientos mistake, Devin
Williams not throwing a strike, mistake everybody.
I mean, it's just really, really horrendous.
Horrendous MKMK. How do you say that then?
MK DOSA He's like a. Classic.
It's been a couple weeks I think, but I always messed that
up. Yeah, you know what if it was
like MKAY, DOSA and thank you that you're right for sure.
It's it's almost like I think it's an acronym, but it's MK
Yeah, MK DOSA. Got it.
Unfortunate about the Mets, but New York City should run the
draft. Should run the NFL Draft 251016.
I'm already ready for the football season.
Oh, I thought you meant in terms of like the New York still
hosting it rather than Pittsburgh.
Oh man, I got some draft stuff in a little bit last night on
The Jets. Come not yet J Rob, we'll get it
up a little bit. We did our mini mock all right,
so we took turn. So I had the first pick and then
rich had the second pick, so he picked for The Jets.
Then Jake picked 3rd that I was 4th and like we did a snake so
on and so forth. So I wound the pick of The Jets
at 16 and the Giants at ten. Yeah.
I mean, tomorrow night is going to be absolutely wild.
I can't wait. I think there's going to be more
trades. Jets and the Giants have premium
picks. I think Dallas at 12 and 20 is
just very motivated to make a trade.
I'm very curious, Like, very curious.
Like where's Caleb Downs going to go?
Where's Sonny Styles going to go?
You know, where's Sadiq going to go?
The tight end from Oregon, who I love.
What about the three or four receivers?
Where are they going to go? Who's going to drop maybe into
second in Denzel Boston and maybe from U Washington.
Maybe he drops it around too. What about Ty Simpson?
There's some really good offensive lineman, Mawagoa from
Miami, Spencer Fano from from Utah.
I know the the lineman are incredibly exciting and The Jets
and the Giants aren't taking a while.
The Giants actually could. I shouldn't say the John Jets
won't. Giants maybe.
Then you've got the whole Bailey and Reese discussion at #2
Jeremiah Love is a running back. I mean, it's the draft is going
to be awesome. I cannot wait.
All right, Ken, C-N7 N Stern set the franchise.
Thank you for that, buddy. I appreciate it.
Ken Stern set the franchise back years.
No core short contracts. So a whole new roster in two
years, Players out of position all over the place.
Stearns must go. Yeah, Well, listen yesterday and
thank you for that. I appreciate it.
If you look at yesterday's thumbnail for the show, it's a
picture of David Stearns with the caption asking the question.
Most hated man in in in New York sports and I don't even know who
a close second is at this point. Like he's got to be.
I mean, I might be Lindor. I mean, if you're, you know,
maybe Cashman. But the Yanks have won four
straight. They stabilize thing.
Let me throw a little something out there for the Yankees as
well. We'll get to that mini mock.
We got a little NBA for you, J Rod.
Let me know when we can start taking calls.
Oh, whenever you're ready. Oh.
We got stuff I don't know. We were ready for that.
We got Brad. We're ready.
My bad. We're OK, Brad.
Is where is Brad at? Let's get him up there.
Here we go, Brad. BT Unleash.
What's going on, dude? Hey BT.
How's everything going? Everything's good.
Brad Smithtown. Okay, Mediola, he's out east.
What's happening, dude? Yeah.
So first. Off to keep it light.
You're right. The moment that my son was born
almost two years ago now. Can't believe he's almost 2.
That moment just changes you. You don't understand how much
it's going to. When people ask me what is it
like to be a parent, you don't know it until that moment.
And that moment will sit with me for the rest of my life.
Amen, man. And then I'm sure when, you
know, God willing, we become grandparents down the road.
It's a it's a different level. It's yeah.
I mean, when when the nurse first hands you the baby and you
get to hold it, it's like, wow, this this is ours.
That's is nothing. It's the best thing in life,
ma'am. No questions.
So if you know me from the fan, I've, I've, I said I was going
to follow you. I called you on your last day.
Think right before your dad, actually, luckily enough.
But with that being said, I'm usually fiery.
I'm usually the kind of guy that's going to get on here
that's going to scream his head off about his teams.
Yeah, but I am. So.
Despondent by this Met team. Wow can't I actually said to my
father-in-law this morning when I dropped off my son because
they watch him thank God so me and my wife can both work.
Yep. I said we're not.
Going to win another game and like I said, that tongue in
cheek. Yep, obviously.
We're. Not going to go 7 and 155 but.
What can go wrong? Does go wrong with this team?
Yeah, and it's just my numbing. Man.
You. Know it it's it does seem like
it's on brand. It's ridiculous, Brad, like, you
know, for this to happen to the Mets.
It does seem like it's on brand. It really does.
And thanks for the call, Brad. Appreciate you, buddy.
Thank you for checking in. Let's get those calls lined up.
J Rod pumping in the first one. Thank you very much.
You know, I mean, think about this.
It's and even if you don't lean into this, like, you know that
I'm a positive jets fan somehow, I mean, again, positive until
presented with evidence to the contrary.
And then I morph into deranged lunatic, unkillable mode and I
am what I am. But at least going into drafts
and going into seasons, I skew optimistically because I want
to. I'd rather walk around life a
little bit more optimistic than pessimistic and then react to
stuff if I have to. Like, that's at least my natural
setting most of the time with most things, right.
But you got, I mean, only the Mets, only the Mets would get
Juan Soto from the Yankees and pop champagne like they won the
World Series, right? And make, you know, make jokes
everywhere and listen that and then win 83 games and not make
the playoffs like that. That's that's on brand for the
Mets. It is what it is, you know, And
until that changes, you might dislike when I say that, but
it's the reality of who they've been in what's been mostly a
tortured existence for the Mets. And then you follow it up this
year. It's early, all right, But you
have a, a, a balloon payment, a balloon, you know, a, a, a
payroll that is balloon. That's what I meant to say.
Thank you. Basically 350.
I don't even know what the number is.
I keep saying three, it might be more than that, right?
350, whatever. Three.
I think it's 372 actually. That's popping into my head now.
Whatever it is, it's exorbitant and you've got the worst, you've
got the worst record in baseball, and the optics look as
bad as they could look. Dropping balls, a mess on the
bases, blown saves, not hitting. It is just beyond gross at this
point. If you guys just tuned in.
Now, listen, here's the good news.
The Mets can change history, OK? Because in the history of the
game, no team has lost 15 of 22 to start a season.
Now, I don't know about, you know, once the season starts,
but you know, middle or back in like the I remember the Yankees
at matter of fact, the year of the subway series, Yankees, you
know, would have been 2000. Yankees had a horrendous
September and they beat the Mets in the World Series.
Like I remember Joel Tur, they had a series down in Tampa when
Tampa was awful and Joel Tur is like, what is going on?
I, I could, I feel like they were 9 and 18 in September.
Could be off on that couple of games either way, but it was
bad. It was alarming coming off
back-to-back championships and then they won the World Series.
So, you know, there's there's always got to be one team that
does something first. I mean, the Yankees rubbed 3 sip
against the Red Sox. Yankees became the first team to
flush that lead down the shoot. Of course, it had to be against
the Red Sox, which was as painful the moment that I've had
as a Yankee fan. But maybe the Mets can defy
logic. Maybe the Mets can defy, you
know, the the early tone to their season and be the first
team to lose 15 out of 22 to win 90 or more.
Now they don't even have to really do that because think
about all the years of baseball. 99% of those seasons or 98% of
those seasons include or do not include the wild card.
So the Mets don't have to win 90 games to be a playoff team.
The Mets could win. I'm just saying 8788, depending
upon how the and it looks like it's a very crowded MLB.
You know, the Yankees right now have the best record in the
American League, but it's not like they're, you know, 17 and
four. I mean, they're 14 and 9, which
is good, better than it was with four straight wins.
And there's just a lot of parody, at least early.
So, you know, we've seen you can win 88 games, get into the wild
card, mess around, make a little noise and then in, you know,
when Peralta starts pitching better, which I think he will in
succession, you give the baseball to a Peralta McClain.
You know, we'll see what Christian Scott is.
We'll see what some of the other pitchers do.
But the top of the rotation, you've got a chance to really
put up a lot of zeros. And then, you know, Soto should
be Soto and we'll see what the rest of the lineup has and what
they are. But you know, I'm not putting
them in the ground here. But you know that that
Tombstone, if this goes on another, another couple of
weeks, then it's then it's then they're dead, then it's over.
Because then you then the character of this Mets team will
be, I mean, it's already being tested, right?
See the what's funny every, we're going from everybody
saying Lindor should be the captain to what I perceived.
And that's kind of stop now #1. Cohen said he'll never have a
captain, which I think is stupid.
I don't know why you'd limit yourself to that.
Not that you can't change your mind, but I don't, I don't know
why he said that. I don't really agree with that.
But whatever, it's his team. It doesn't really matter to me.
So a guy who was positioned by many of you to be the captain,
it's one thing, right? And now obviously the field, the
on field product has disintegrated to the point where
it's it's a AAA circus, right? And there's no leadership
either. So the baseball parts got to
stabilize itself and the leadership has to present itself
in a way that is real. And, you know, the Mets got rid
of a couple of guys who played hard and played well.
And, you know, I'm not saying everybody were boys, you know,
based on politics or some other stuff.
But, you know, Brandon Nimmo was loved by those fans.
And when Brandon Nimmo did something, well, you guys felt
it. And it sounded different when
Pete went yard, you know, and it was in Queens, it sounded
different. It just, it brought a different
level of juice because he's one of you now.
You got to hope guys like Polanco when he gets back
healthy and some of these other players they brought in on short
one or two year deals figured things out.
Otherwise, the Mets are going to be stripping down and trading
away assets. And then maybe they will be a 73
or a 74 win team. That's the hole that they dug.
That's the reality of it. All right, J Rod, who do we have
up next? Bud?
Let's get another car. Let's get Allen.
From Dallas up here, all right back to the great state of
Texas. Allen is in Dallas.
What up Al? Hey, what's going on, BT?
First of all, congratulations on your success thus far here on
YouTube and continued you and love your passion.
I've always been a big fan of it.
I appreciate that man. Just.
Getting going. Thank you though.
Yesterday was a good day to hit 20,000.
Thanks man. Yeah, awesome.
A couple of. Questions.
Couple of comments, one where we're aligned and when we're
total polar opposites, OK. 45. Year Atlanta Hawk fan in Dallas
from New York. Wow, is that crazy?
Just give me the quick. Back story why I grew up in New
York, I grew up. Four blocks away from St.
John's and Queens boy. I I.
Did. And I was always a big Dominique
fan and a big fan of Willis. Yeah, yeah, Kevin Willis.
But. All.
Those teams I love. Dominique.
Was one of my all time favorites.
I loved them, loved them, excited.
About what happened the other night, even though you basically
gave us the game, here's my advice to Nick fans.
Go ahead, you better. Beat us now.
Because. You.
Look at the Hawks next year. With a lottery pick and cap face
and an ability to add 27 footers to that lineup.
I'm not worried about the. Hawks cap space.
Are you kidding me? Out?
Who cares? Nobody's good.
Come on. I'm worried about the series,
not about that Hawks cap space. This series is going. 6-7 OK, I
always, I have the Nixon 6. I do.
I think the Knicks have one huge advantage in his matchup and
that's Mitchell Robinson, especially with the Landale
injury the Hawks have no size on.
I know, I know. And and that's another reason,
by the way, I was so pissed off with the shot discrepancy.
I know you're talking about Mitchell Robinson, but Jaylen
Brunson took 26 shots in in in Game 2.
And Carl Anthony Towns, who is obviously has a very different
game than Mitchell Robinson, but he took twelve shots.
It can't be plus fourteen in favor of Jalen Brunson.
Just can't be. I'm excited that Nikhil can come
back to Atlanta, coming off at 9 of 29.
I expect him to play really well Thursday night.
Hey, listen, I appreciate it. You're a.
Hawks fan way to represent. That's awesome, man.
I, I, I think that, you know, I know the Hawks rebound.
I know they, you know, I, I, I know that they don't fear the
Knicks. I don't think anybody does.
I know, I know and I listen, I initially said Nixon 5 early
last week or late last week and then I amended that and I tacked
on another game. But I'm going to stick with
that. I would say Nixon Knicks will
lose another game. Knicks will win in six.
I think it's the. I think if the Hawks win
Thursday night, I think the series goes dead.
I mean the. Knicks win Thursday night.
I think the. Knicks win in six.
OK, that's logical. What else you got?
Anything else on The Jets? Yeah.
Can they? Please draft our valor, Reese #2
they're not going to, I don't think they.
Are they have to it? Makes no sense really.
It really doesn't you. He's an upgrade to Will
McDonald, a guy who can get to the quarterback who plays no run
defense. Zero.
I know I. Know it makes no sense it.
Really doesn't. And with the excuses that oh,
because Bailey's the guy who can contribute now, Yep, to save
Aaron Glenn's job. It's ridiculous.
Well, I by the way.
Alan, I don't know if that's narrative.
That narrative is true. And thanks for the call, buddy.
Appreciate you reaching out. Yeah, thank you, dude.
And I definitely appreciate the kind of words as well.
Just because people say something over and over and over
doesn't mean that it's true. I mean, you know, first of all,
they might not draft Bailey. I feel like they're going to.
And we'll do my mini mock in a little bit with for The Jets
Collective last night with myself and Rich and Jake Asman.
Listen, he had a lot of quiet games.
He seems to be a bit of A1 trick pony talking about Bailey, you
know, he is definitely faster and more explosive than some of
you make him out to be. Like you guys make it seem like
he's running a 472. He was at 40.
He was clocked at 4-5. So he's got more burst and and
more explosion than that. I think some of you actually
give him credit for, but it's easy to say, all right, more
polyp because Reese is only 20 years of age.
I get that. And he's got a lot of studs
around them. Caleb Downs, Sonny Styles, so
whatever. But the thought is, you know,
Reese could be a star and Bailey at least is going to be solid in
terms of that floor ceiling, which I'm getting so tired of
hearing that. Just take the best player that
you think at when he maximizes his talent with proper coaching
and he gets used to playing in the NFL, give me that guy now.
I think they're going to take Bailey.
I'm not going to be enamored with that, with that pick.
I really don't want Bailey. We could be dead wrong and come
out and get 12 1/2 Saxby, Rookie of the year, the DPO, the
defensive player rookie, you know what I'm saying?
Not the not necessarily the DPO why, but the defensive rookie of
the year. That's what I was looking for
maybe. Or you can come out and get 3
1/2 sacks and we're like, why the hell didn't we take Reese?
I would take neither. I'm looking to trade out.
I'm on the record with this. I have not once changed my
opinion. I really.
Of course, The Jets are in a weird spot at #2 they need a
quarterback. There's only one quarterback,
that's Mendoza. You know they're not going to
take a running back at #2 they don't need an offensive lineman
this early. They can mess around.
I think they'll get a guard with their fourth round pick or some
unforeseen trades. They will.
They will add some interior offensive line help.
The Jets certainly will. They could go corner at 16.
Obviously, receiver thoughts about moving up, like there's
myriad things that they could do, and I'm excited about all of
them. Ironically, the one thing that's
exciting me the least, or really not exciting me at all, is the
prospects of drafting Bailey. At least with Reese, I'd be more
excited. I'm just going to have a very
benign reaction if and when and I do think it's going to be
Bailey. They draft David Bailey out of
Texas Tech at Avery summit. Reportedly Williams admitted a
lot as I heard this last night admitted Alonso's home run
mentally messed with him going into 25 season.
So we figured that that was the case.
But interesting to hear him admit it.
Mental aspect of the game is underrated.
Oh my, no, I don't think it's underrated in baseball.
That you kidding me? I don't think there's any.
The two sports that have to be the most mental are golf and
baseball. I mean it has to be So I, I did
hear that last night on the telecast watching the game.
I would think that it would be a little bit more applicable like
if they would have said that last year and I didn't hear that
cuz I don't think he had that admission last year like on on
yes, like if Michael Kay said that, like, you know, hey, he
talked about the home run with Pete and you know, maybe that's
part of the reason he's off to a rough start.
Maybe that context would have been a little bit more
interesting like because I say that Avery, because he obviously
brought that into last season, which makes total sense, right?
And then he was able to rectify that.
And amidst the booze and the discontent rightfully sold from
Yankee fans, he stabilized things.
He figured things out. And for a big chunk of the
season, he was he was pretty dominant, you know, a couple of
a couple of a couple of valleys here and there.
But when he was on, and I would say he was on for about 70 ish
percent of the season, maybe a little bit more like you kind of
look like Devin Williams. So he was able to get past that,
that mental impediment or that mental obstacle.
So why is it still an issue now? I mean, you know, not think
about this like if last year was just a complete disaster, like
if he never recovered from from a shitty April and it just
languished all year and it's directly and he talked about it
in the offseason coming into the season and it was attributable
to the Alonzo home run and he just never figured things out
mentally and it worsened as the year went on.
Well, that would be more logical.
What what's the excuse now? Throw strikes, throw the ball
over the plate. I mean, basically every single
bat. Not I don't think he I don't
even think it was basically I think every hitter that he faced
last night had a three ball count.
He had he went to three balls. So he had no and I know that the
change up wasn't there. You got to figure it out.
You're one of the best closers in baseball.
Your team needs you figure it out.
It's not my problem that you change up, isn't there?
See, this is one of the beauties.
Thank you, sweetheart. Thank you, baby.
This is one of the beautiful things that live in at home.
It is piping hot. Thank you, honey.
You see, this is awesome. It is.
It's very try to burn me. I texted my wife.
I said, you know, can you please bring me in a little coffee?
So she's working on some stuff, you know, and here we go.
We got a nice little couple different mug.
Bro, what is this? Smile.
Be happy, Jets gonna. That's a good player.
We got a lot of good things here, Jay.
There we go. Oh my.
God, maybe I'll start getting massages.
During the show, you know, you know that turned this.
Into like the Paul Pierce podcast bro, but I like Paul
Pierce. But I'm not looking to get to
that territory now. I'm good with that man I'm good.
All right, so quickly on the Yankees here, I want to get to
that mini, but you can get the Avery tweet off their thank you
or chat off there. Thank you very much.
We'll get back to the phones in a minute.
Now there's the Mets and then there's the Yankees who have won
four straight. Yankees still have issues with
their offense. I'm not going to be the guy who
just because they won four straight either one dump on the
Mets. We talked about the Mets.
If you want to call about the Mets, we'll get back to the
Mets. This announced Yankees separate
entity. Well, the one thing that I've
said about the Yankees, and this goes back to the winter, is that
I absolutely believe that the Yankees will without a doubt
have the best pitching rotation in all the baseball when these
guys come back. Now, this opens up a real
possibility for big improvements in the bullpen as well.
Follow me. So the Yankees last four starts,
all right. Cam Schletler, who has been
phenomenal as a second year pitcher going back four wins,
four starts, 6 innings, no runs, two walks, 6 KS Check
outstanding. Will Warren, 7 innings, two
runs, no walks, 11 KS. Even better, Will Warren, that
best game he's ever pitched. He's had a couple of good ones.
That was phenomenal. Ryan Weathers, who's already had
a couple of gems, right? One of which was wasted because
the Yanks offense didn't do anything.
Seven of the thirds, one at one walk, 8 strikeouts, phenomenal.
And then Louise Hill last night was pretty damn good.
Didn't strike out. A lot of guys made the Red Sox,
put the ball in play, went deep into the game, got a little
wild. He wasn't thrilled when Boone
pulled him. I like that, you know, not that
he was like, you know, out of pocket, like gripping Boone, but
you can tell he was pissed off and that's competitive and I
love that. 6th to the thirds, no runs, couple of walks, couple of
the strikeouts. So in succession, Schlittler,
Warren Weathers, he'll check, check, check, check.
Now think about this downstream and think about as Cole begins
to ramp up as Rogon, as Rodon begins to ramp up the and I
something else that I said, I said what I said about the
Yankee rotation during the winter being the best in
baseball. That's one aspect of it.
This Yankees bullpen stinks. I can't stand it, but matter of
fact, I said last week, I think it's the worst Yankee bullpen
that I've seen in 30 years. Like I I would stand by that.
I've done research plus I've watched it all.
So I don't, you know, but I just wanted to make sure I didn't
miss anything. I actually think it's the worst
in 30 years. But the good news is there's
internal solutions right now. I don't know how this is going
to go, but is there a chance will Warren get shipped to the
pen? Sure.
Is there a chance that weathers, you might want to have that?
Well, you already have freed. So do you want a rotation with
three lefties? Because you'd have weathers
you'd have rode on, you'd have freed.
I don't know. That's up for the for them to
figure out. But weathers is an option,
especially if he's throwing more strikes like he's doing, you
know, more times out than not as a Yankee, because the last thing
you want is a guy who's got filthy stuff throwing 100, but
you don't know where it's going. Walk a guy, walk a guy, you
know, got to put one down the down the middle.
Boom, two run 33, run home or you got to go to the bullpen.
So Weathers, as long as he's throwing strikes an option,
Louis heel, I think Louis heel is the best option for the
bullpen. I'm not in a rush to get Will
Warren there. I'm not in a rush to get
Weathers there. I think heel would fit that
well. And then even Clark Schmidt
coming back. I mean, think about these names
I'm throwing at you. I mean, the Yankees are going to
have rotation, you know, knock on wood.
Everybody's rehabs come along, everybody's fine.
Everybody's structurally sound. Here we go.
Give him a month to figure things out.
Let's go with Freed. Let's go with Cole.
Let's go with Cam. Let's go with Rodan.
Let's go with Weathers. I'll say Weathers because he is
just he is dominant when he's on.
And now all of a sudden you slide in a Warren and a heel and
then eventually you have a Clark Schmidt come in.
You got a couple of young flame throwers in the minors who will
be up soon and you have Bednar who is going to make you sweat.
He's just not going to be Mariano.
He's more like Wetland actually putting guys on base.
If you remember John Wetland, John Wetland was like that a
lot. So good stuff for the Yankees.
Stamping big bomb, big double couple of RB is, you know, Aaron
Judge, you know, has what nine home runs hasn't even really
gotten going yet. Ben Rice has been phenomenal so
far, you know, and and they still got to figure things out
with the lineup. This is not a completed product
by by any means here. You know, still too many
fluctuations with the lineup. I said the other day and I would
do this every single day when there was a righty on the mound.
I'm Ben Rice, my lead off hitter.
I don't care how unconventional it is.
I don't care what anybody thinks.
If Shohei Oltani, who went 5050 a couple of years ago, can bat
first for the Dodgers, don't tell.
Ben Rice can't bat first for the Yankees, don't tell.
I don't want to hear it, you know, And well, well, show, hey,
can run. Ben Rice isn't that fast.
Wade Boggs batted first forever. He couldn't run at all.
All right. And then the one year they put
him in the three spot, he had like 27 or 28 home runs for the
Red Sox. I think that was an 86.
But Wade Boggs was a lead off man.
Unconventional, but a lead off man for the Yankees.
OK. And others have done it as well.
So you don't have to run. This is not the the Cardinals of
the 80s. Or you need Ricky Henderson or
you need Lou Brock. Give me somebody on base when
when the other pitcher throws a now the ABS changes this and
it's favorable to somebody like Rice who has a very discerning
eye. He's going to be on base.
He's going to tax you. He's going to make you throw
strikes. He's going to happily take a
walk, keep the train moving. Guess who gets up after the
opposing pitcher just threw 7 or 8 pitches to Ben Rice.
That's Aaron Judge. And then you go lefty is against
the righty starter, lefty Rice, righty Judge, lefty.
I know Bellinger was fifth last night.
You go Bellinger 3 against the righty, then you go Stanton.
So you got left, right, left, right, and then you piece things
together. If Jazz gets hot, he moves up.
You know, obviously Rosario against the lefty, he's going to
factor in. You want to bat him first for
now, maybe a little caballero, see what Volpe does when he
comes back. But you know, the Yankee
pitching is what stabilized the losing streak, and the Yankee
pitching is what, if they do get to the World Series, is what's
going to get the Yankees back to a World Series.
All right, a rod. A Rod.
Jay. Rod, Rod, Rod.
Next call. What do you got?
All right, we got our main. Man Seth from North.
Carolina. Seth, what's going on, buddy?
How are you? I'm at the point where.
I feel like heads need to roll with this met squad.
Some heads are going to roll. It's an old rock song.
Yeah, OK. I don't care, Tommy.
For curse for when the curse by hugging Mr. and misses met.
I don't care if it's Stearns, I don't care if it's Mendoza.
This fan base is at the point where they want blood.
They do. They do Well OK, now let's let's
have AI love the emotions. I know we can't.
You get they. Can't get rid of mandami until
at least 2029. Yeah, the the.
The the mayor's, the mayor's there for a couple of more
years. We get that.
So I mean, first of all, do you believe in the Mandami curse?
I mean, I know Sid believes in this.
Many Met fans saying socialism. Destroys everything all.
Right. So you believe in it.
I got you. Well, he's not out all right for
a couple of years. So what's the next level of
recourse here? What do you want?
Blood. Whose blood is dripping first?
It's got to be Mendoza. Exactly.
But the problem. With that is much like how Fudge
got replaced by Scringer in the Harry Potter books.
This looks I'm using it for contacts Harry Potter think of
and. Those are like fudge.
Sweeping shit under the rug instead of confronting the
problem. I kind of get it, I kind.
Of get where he's coming. You like it, Jay?
Does it make? Sense basically because.
Of his incompetence, the NL ES version of Voldemort's back on
top, and that's Atlanta. Seth, you are an interesting
cat. All right, Seth, thank you.
I would thank you for the call there.
I would appreciate or I mean, I appreciate the reference even
though it went right over my head.
I'd never got into that at all. I would have.
Can you give me a stormtrooper reference?
You know, can you give me a Rocky reference?
Can you give me something that I can?
No, I don't. It it's really like a Lord of
the Rings. No, he's he's got it better than
me. Like I'm thinking like a Dobby
character, like it's kind of like a smaller guy.
I got you. That kind of gets like
overtaken. I I see what he's coming.
I, I listen. I'm not saying that it.
Was an illogical comparison. It's just above my intellect, or
I should I say above my literature and cinematic
interest level that you couldn't pay me to watch.
Although I will say this, like a lot of people, that's, that's
pretty much always my response. Like, oh God almighty, I could
never watch that stuff. And I really haven't.
But people like some of my buddies who feel the same way,
they're like, dude, I, I'm with you because they've known me
forever. They're like, I, I I thought the
same thing and and I gave it a shot.
They're like, it's really not that bad.
Is, is it, is it worth? I mean, I'd better get into it
now with the kids. What are we doing?
Yeah, dude, also. Man, I mean, I'm sure not to
talk. About this stuff.
But but did you see the fan? Have like the.
Hawk to a girl on yesterday. Dude.
No, no, I didn't see it. Embarrassing.
All right, next, we're not going to say anything else.
No, no, we worry about. Our show, I did not see that she
was on show. I was just like.
What the hell is this bro? Are they trying to reverse the
curse here a little bit? Because she.
Yeah. Hey, listen, desperate times
call for different desperate measures, like, you know,
everybody tells what they got to do.
Burning incense. Have it on Haktua, you know,
Grimace. I mean, you know, the purple is
the purple seat still out there? By the way, I'm just curious.
I know, I've I've seen. A couple comments about the
thing, but man dude, I did not see that.
I didn't see you. You are my guy, bro.
Yeah. You like Seth?
All right, next call. What do we got there, Jay?
Keep pumping in, brother. We've got Nick from Hamel.
Nick from. Hamilton Nick is on Unleash
What's up Nick? Hey, what's up, BT?
Hey, how you doing? I think I'm.
Not a fan of Mendoza, I don't understand how he survived last
year and I'll never forgive him for that.
And my biggest gripe with him is like, if you watch the game in
the later innings especially, they panned him every two or
three minutes and he is always doing the same thing, hands in
his pockets, staring into the abyss.
Like he's never talking to anybody.
He's never patent guys on the ass.
He's never instructing defense. He's never doing anything.
I mean, he does nothing for 9 innings.
I mean, his job is on the line. Have some pride, have some
dignity. Do something like getting I just
I. It drives me crazy when he just
stands there, hands in pockets, staring into nowhere while Devin
Williams is walking the ballpark.
OK, let me ask. Nick, I got you.
Listen, I knew the frustration is going to be high.
I get it. And when you're frustrated, you
start to look at body language and all that stuff, which is why
I always find it a little cathartic when Aaron Boone gets
thrown out of the game. I'm like, yeah, go down.
You know, now you, yeah, show some pride.
Have you? I don't have some pride man, but
but but I'm. Going to ask you like, is it
going to solve anything? Like I'm all for both.
That's not the point. You, you can't just say like,
what's it going? To do and throw your hands up
like I don't, I don't understand that defense either.
I hear people saying like, well, oh, Lindor's making mental
mistakes. What are you going to do?
Like what I'm going to do Like what I'm saying like if you're
Mendoza, like, oh, what's it going to do?
Do something, Something, something is better than
nothing. BT yeah, yeah.
I. Know, but the thing that you
have to do too, Nick and again I'm I'm I'm largely with you
because I I'm the kind of person you guys know this by now.
I react to emotion much more than like that, that passive,
like no emotion, he just says. Oh, it's, it sucks.
There's talent in the room. What are we?
It's like it just it doesn't work, dude.
No, no, he, he sounds. He's on repeat, man, it's boring
and it's inspiring nobody. However, these are the.
To be fair to him, you don't know what he's doing behind
closed doors #1 All right, and but also, I definitely guess
what? Well.
Let me finish. Whatever he's doing behind
closed doors is not working. So, so that's so that's actually
on him. So if he is a little bit of a
different person when the cameras aren't there, it's not
effective. And that's a strike on him
either way #2 if he's kind of the same way behind closed
doors. And Nick and Hamilton and many
of you I'm sure, or or agreeing with Nick, show some fire, get
thrown out, you know, don't just stand there.
If he deviates too far from his actual personality, well, now
that signals desperation. And that could be even more
detrimental to the team. It's desperate times, BTI mean.
The signal. Can I ask you one more?
Thing do you think? Do you think keeping Mendoza on?
Because I think he should have been fired a long time ago.
Do you think keeping him on makes Stearns look better or
worse? Like keeping him on directs the
blame towards Mendoza? Or do you think, like, I'm
trying to figure out why Stearns is keeping him on so long?
If he fires him, is that an admission that we should never
should have kept him after last year and that makes Stearns look
worse? Or is he keeping him on to say,
like, this is my guy, this is the core, we're going to stay
the course and I know better than you.
Like what do you how do you perceive?
Good question this. Guy lasting this long in.
Terms of how it makes Sterns look, I think it makes him look
worse, but I could see where maybe he's keeping him on to
keep the pressure on Mendoza and not directed towards himself.
I, I just don't, I don't know what to make of it because it
makes no sense to me that this guy is surviving this.
It's a good question. Now I.
Will say. And Nick, thank you for the
call. Really good stuff.
Good stuff, man. It's not like they played 50
games here. I mean, you know, they're 7 and
16, which is literally the worst record in baseball.
I know. I mean, you started getting to
that 30 game neighborhood, which, you know, after this
homestand, they'll be there. You know, 30 games is basically
20% of the season. You know, I mean 3060912150 and
then you got 12 left. So it's probably 2627% which,
which, or pardon me, 1718%, which isn't, you know, too much
to overcome, but it's no longer nine games.
You know, you start to get into the mid 20s approaching 30, you
start to get a bit of an identity for team, Although
we've seen myriad examples, not just with the Mets and not just
bad, but also good, where how A-Team looks in April does not
necessarily look, you know, represent how they're going to
or foreshadow how they're going to look at the end of the year.
So I'm just trying to navigate this with not so much with
patience, but with with with measure.
All right? Because we've done this so many
times, so many different ways, with so many different baseball
versions of the Mets and to a lesser extent with the Yankees.
And the answer that you see now isn't always the ultimate
answer. Now, this might be different,
OK. Because this team collectively
has won nothing together. I'm not a big fan of the
manager. I, I said, I, I mean, I was
talking going into the office and really before anybody was
really bringing up Mendoza's job security, I was saying last year
that he had a bad year. And I talked that I gave a lot
of reasons where he let certain guys run where I thought there
was an obvious pinch runner call.
The manipulation, the bullpen was not very good.
You know, he kept the enthos at third base too long.
Who was a butcher over there before he let Beatty play a
little bit more baseball reasons, right?
And I do like Mandy as a person. It's not personal at all, but I
chronicled a lot of the reasons why the pressure is on him now
to start the year. I did not think that he would
get fired at the end of the season last year, nor did I
think that he should get fired at the end of last season.
But you know, now we're in that territory where if it don't
change, he's out. Now, to answer you directly, I'm
going to give you a theory because I don't, I don't know
the answer. And it was a very good question,
Nick. Like, why does he still have a
job? And this pertains to how Stearns
is proceeding. This entire situation #1 And I
stored that, you know, it's, it's not 50 games, it's it's
still fairly early. But just to move past that, it
could be a couple of things. Number 1, he really believes in
them. I mean that that could be
possible that he looks at David Stearns as a good baseball man
apart me, he looks at Mendoza as a good baseball man.
And by the way, you know, we don't know exactly.
I could guess, but I think for the most part that Stearns and
Mendoza philosophically about the building out of the roster
and some of the moves that they made and letting some of the,
you know, players that you love leave.
I really don't think that Mendoza was kicking and
screaming, saying, oh, I need Pete.
Oh, there's no way you could trade them or what do we do?
All Mcneil's got to stay here. I think that organizationally
they were on the same page, right?
And that they pretty much had the same thoughts.
Now, you might have a little variance with one guy or a
little bit of a push back here, like in a war room, but I don't
think they were polar opposite. So I think fundamentally and
philosophically they subscribe to the same stuff.
And if you have somebody under you like the manager and you
believe in their baseball acumen and you believe in their
baseball sensibility and you believe in their baseball
upside, and you're also on the same page, just from a again, a
a philosophical point of view, why would you fire him without
giving him more room to figure things out?
Now, here's the other thing, though, the worst this gets and
the worst this looks now it now self preservation starts to come
into the equation. Like if I'm Stearns and you
know, obviously David Stearns did what he did, which means he
really believes what he did. Run prevention, Polanco, Simeon,
you know, bench making the team, Peralta, Devin Williams, Luke
Weaver, all the other things that they did.
So the longer this drags on and and the as the Mets look just
utterly inept and going nowhere. Now, most of you are, I think,
rightfully bypassing Mendoza in terms of level of culpability
and sticking the finger at the right person.
And that's turns and Stearns feels it.
Not that he's going to get fired this year, maybe in the
offseason. He's not going to get fired mid
season. But what he very well might do
and probably will do and on some level should do if this doesn't
rectify itself soon, is get somebody in here that he thinks
could do a better job with this roster.
Because it's his roster and he's the one who looks like shit.
He's the one who looks bad. You know, I mean, it is, it is
rough sledding, bro. It really, really is rough.
Rough sledding for the New York Mets.
Ease. What do we got here at the Dowk
1986 BT Jonah from Albany here. I chose the May 15th game for my
bachelor party. Going to a Mets game for your
bachelor party? Please talk me off the ledge
because I'm honestly thinking of not going to my own party.
LGM Bleep Stearns, I mean, hopefully you have a little
something planned after the bachelor party, buddy.
I mean not the I mean, come on, I mean yo, not not you know, not
not to sound, you know, crassier, but you got to have a
little more the up the sleeve than just going to a Mets,
especially if the Mets look like this.
You need some misses met up in the.
Action dog, dude. Come on man.
Wait, hold on BT. I've got I've got a question
real quick 'cause I saw this tweet and I'm I'm curious.
We got I think you may if you had didn't read it wrong, then I
need to hear your take. Oh, go ahead, the.
So. Omar Yousef BT just saw your
Ewing Dwight tweet. Hope you read it backwards.
And you meant you'd take Ewing over Dwight?
Of course I would. OK, I read it backwards.
You said false to. Them saying you're such an
idiot, Love me. Love me, yeah.
I was on a little. That is awesome because I was.
Going to say yo it's BT about a hop on today and be like.
No, like the ultimate Dwight Howard fan.
Oh my God, no, not my bad, true or.
False. You ranked Patrick Ewing higher
than Dwight Howard among the greatest players in NBA history,
and I wrote in caps massive false No, no, that's a let me
delete that. Not that not that that's not
going to live out there forever. I'm an idiot.
Oh God, that's too awesome, man. You're.
Going to laugh yourself there J. Rod that is.
That is my bad. Don't be me.
I read it a little bit too. I was on a tweet and binge this
morning. I never really tweet in the
morning except links to show and stuff.
What a moronic tweet. My God, I take that back.
I love the Malo. Me Malo.
I got another call up there or no, Let's see.
Not yet, but everyone hit that link.
I'll post it again real quick. We already got a bunch.
Of all good, let me get do me a favor.
So let me set this up first. I want to get into the mini mock
here. So last night we had episode #5
our mini mock, myself and Rich Simini and Jake Asman.
It is a weekly show. Go like it, go subscribe it.
Go subscribe to it. I should say and we're having a
blast. Make great chemistry, great
content. Rich as an insider, obviously
you know me and Jake are going to bring the heat with opinion.
So we did a mini mock one through 16.
We ended at The Jets tray. We didn't make any trades
otherwise it would have been too convoluted.
What we did was we basically just went in in sequential
order. So I had the first pick #1 Rich
had the, excuse me, second pick #2 and then Jake went three, and
then it was, you know, me 4, Rich 5, Jake 6, so on and so
forth. Now let me show you what we did
here. All right, so this is last
night. Look at that from The Jets
Collective. That is sweet.
All right now number obviously Mendoza #1 quarterback, Indiana,
The Jets, Rich took David Bailey, which of course none of
us loved on the show last night, But you know, that's Rich's
pick, the edge from Texas Tech. The the next pick was the
Cardinals, Arvel Reese, linebacker, little edge as well.
Ohio State. This was back to me.
I was really thinking, listen to Bailey Fell or Reese Fell.
I was thinking about getting Robert Salo some defense, but
I'm going to go with Jet or I did go with Jeremiah Love, the
running back from Notre Dame, Caleb Downs, which is somebody I
want The Jets to get him. Rich took him at #5 he knew I
would be happy about that. He was right.
So Caleb goes 5th, the Browns, Francis Mauoga, the Mauioga, I
would say his name wrong, but the outstanding offensive tackle
from Miami. Now, obviously we've seen a lot
of stuff Commanders can make a trade, whatever, but the
commanders at number said this was actually in my pick.
You know, maybe a little receiver action, maybe a little
offensive line. I went Sonny Styles linebacker,
Ohio State. This was a good pick.
I think this I I think this could actually really truly
happen. Mansoor Delane, quarterback LSU
8 to the Saints #9 Ruben Bayne, the edge, who was a great short
arms, we know, but edge rusher, disruptor, explosive, just a big
motor going to Kansas City. They could also go receiver.
They could also go tight end maybe, but I had this talk about
some heat here. I got a lot of heat from the
giant fans. Kenyan Sadiq.
I have them taking a tight end from Oregon.
I happen to think that Sadiq is a better prospect, like is a
much better tight end than some of these other wide receivers.
And I know that there's so many good ones really.
But to me like and I think there's a there's a real chance
the giants go receiver 10. I really do.
But if I think Sadiq, you know, who runs A4 four and destroyed
the combine and has sick mitts and can block and it's just a
matchup nightmare, I wouldn't If I think he's that great
potentially, why wouldn't I take him?
You already have neighbors and eventually neighbors will be
back to full speed. So if you have Siddique and
neighbors as vertical weapons for Jackson Dart, you know some
people didn't like the pic. I love it anyway #11 this was
Rich. Spencer Fano, the the
outstanding old lineman from Utah.
This was a little bit off the board for me.
Good pick though, by Jake Dallas #12 they've got 12 and 20.
Dylan Thiemann, the safety from Oregon, I believe he transferred
to Oregon. I believe strongly The Jets will
maybe try to make a trade with the Rams for receiver here, but
if they don't, the Rams, I would imagine they will definitely go
receiver. I also think the Rams could go
online, but based on the way that and we were doing this in
real time, like it's not like I was like, all right, Rich, who
you taking? All right, Jacob, like it was
like all right, who? Oh, we got to adjust here.
So it had a real war room feel with with some adjustments and
some some things on the fly. So if you guys want to watch
that in real time, go and check it out on The Jets collected.
Anyway, I think that the Rams could take online, but since
Carnal Tate is there, I pick them.
Wide receiver, Buckeyes. Vega Ionone, the old lineman
from Penn State, no penalties and no sacks allowed.
He is a real and he just seems to fit that Raven profile.
The Buccaneers. This was Jake's pick.
Kendrick Faulk or Keldrick Faulk, Pardon me, the edge
rusher from Auburn. And I got absolutely crushed on
this. And I understand why.
He's a little smaller than some of the other receivers that are
still available. This was my pick, KC
Concepcione, Texas A&M. So I addressed the receiver
spot, but none of you, I mean none of you like the pick there.
The funny thing, though, is like if the Rams took KC Concepcione,
he had 90 catches his second year.
But because these attached to The Jets here, he's small.
They need this. I love him.
I know we dropped a few passes last year, watched a lot of tape
on him. I mean, listen to the other guys
are obvious. You know who the other receivers
are. I think conception's a little
less obvious, but that's what I went.
So those are the one through 16, a little mini mock there Jets
collective and I wanted to get to that here on unleashed.
What do you think about that J Rod?
Anything pop up? I'm liking it I think.
It's good. I think it's interesting, you
know, I think because you did it without the trades, like I'm not
sure how, you know, like how do do you foresee, you know, some
trades going down within that top six?
Oh my God. OK, so let me tell you who.
I think very well might make trades here.
Let me just look at the board again here.
Can you pop that board up once more, Jay?
Yeah, of course. I can't believe the draft is.
I mean, it's it's here, man. All right?
I think The Jets can make a trade.
I think the Cardinals can make a trade.
I think the Titan stamp pat. I think the Giants can make a
trade. I think the commanders can make
a trade. I think the Saints stay pat.
I could see Kansas City make it a trade.
I could see the Giants trading 5 or 10 up or down.
I think there's a good chance the dolphins move off that 11
spot. You know Dallas wants to get off
the 12 spot. The Rams are always open for
business, though. I don't know how many first
round picks they have. You know, like I don't know if
they can swing it with the what what capital they have
remaining. They've traded so many picks.
I could see the Ravens sitting there.
I could definitely see of the two jets picks.
I listen, I'd love them to trade too.
I don't think that they will. I think there's a high rate that
they they're going to stick and pick it too.
I think grade 16. And then the other thing you
have to look out for, and this is a, a quarterback thing maybe
for Ty Simpson, where the Cardinals, cuz the Dolphins have
two first round picks as well, where the Cardinals make a move
back end of the first round and maybe take a swing on Ty
Simpson. So there's a lot of play.
Jay, you still there? I'm not sure if Jay is still
there. May have lost Jay.
OK, we'll get him back up. All good.
So hopefully you guys like that mock.
Yo, last night was a pretty interesting night in the NBA as
well. Pretty interesting night in the
NBA. I'll get to that in a minute.
Let me get some more tweets up here.
Hopefully you guys get a couple of more calls.
We'll start wrapping up in a little bit.
I don't see the Cowboys passing on Keldrick Falk at #12 They
might not and and listen, but I don't really know it.
It's easy to to read the tea leaves here and say Dallas wants
to make a trade. Sonny Styles seems to kind of
play be the kind of player Dallas would make a move for,
but somebody might beat them to the punch or Sonny Styles might
get drafted too early. Where it's just not a real
feasible in terms of packaging up to move up 7 slots, you know,
if you want to jump to seven or if you want to move to six and
make a trade with the Browns. Like, I don't know, can they
move up 6? I mean, you could, but will they
have the appetite for that? But no, I, I think Keldrick
Faulk with that was Jake's pick. That was an interesting one.
I did like that. What else we got here?
Wait, we got to talk basketball last night?
Because my goodness, I mean I can't go on another like
Vujsovich rant. All I can say is that guy needs
to be sent to like an Eastern European gulag.
Like a medieval torture chamber. Easy buddy.
Where? He's got like the hand.
How bad is he? Rusevic?
Yeah. I mean, he's the worst pick and.
Roll Defender since Enos Cantor. Oh, that's a good Cantor.
Was the worst. I mean no the.
Celtics have easily had the three worst pick and roll
defenders ever. Enos Cantor won, then we had
Greg Monroe and now we have Nicola Vucevic.
I mean if Tyrese Maxi and Edgecombe are in the game.
Yep, like you literally I just don't understand the thought of
even having this. He should be on the bike.
He shouldn't even be sitting on the bench when those dudes are
in the somebody's getting a little.
Nervous. Of course.
Where's the kids say?
I hate when my kids say this because, like, somebody's
getting angry. You ever hear a kid say that
I've got instead of angry hangry?
Well, and you know what? They're always.
Right, they're always right because as soon as I eat, as
soon as someone does anyone eat something.
Oh, I'm good. I'm not angry anymore.
Yeah, man, I am nervous. I'm a little nervous because
it's. Like now because you know me.
And my roommate were going out of it.
I was like Celtics, we've got Mitch Robinson, we'll neutralize
him with the foul thing. Now it doesn't look like that
moves working so well anymore and you put you put Mitch
Robinson in the game with Vucevic, yeah, Vucevic might
have 0 rebound, have negative rebound and by the way as.
You as you try to get and now there's a couple of things here.
As disgusted as I was with the Knicks and the Hawks the other
night, from a Knick perspective, the fact that the Celtic Sixers
series appears to be going deeper obviously kind of quells
some. You feel a little better.
OK #1 So. But as you talk about Mitch and
think about a Knick matchup, understand you now have a deep
series on your hands. And Oh yeah, by the way, if you
get past the Sixers, which I think that you will, Yeah, same.
You got to play. A Knicks team that.
Beat you last year, just just to remind you, Jay Rod, in case you
forgot about that, which I don't think Tatum got hurt, Jason.
No, I'm kidding. That's the weak.
That's the weakest excuse ever. Like when the Celtics fans bust
that one out and they go, yeah, we were down like 15, dude.
Multiple 20. Point lead.
Yeah, all. Right, so last.
Night was a very interesting night in the NBA.
So, and I had this written that obviously Sixers win that goes
back to Philly. You know, I remember seeing
Edgecomb when he was at Baylor of St.
John's and St. John's was actually trying to
get him. He he's going to be he's good.
And we know about, you know, Matt, I mean, like the Sixers,
it's hard to respect him. Because you know, everything
within beat and it always banged up.
But there are other players. They've got some Tyrese Maxi is
just he's always been terrific and Edgecomb's a handful.
The other thing that happened is that the Blazers beat the Spurs
and Wimpy got a concussion. So that's going to linger into
that series for a while. And you know, LeBron 28, eight
and seven and the Lakers beat the the Rockets again.
And then tonight I listen as as much as I'm going to be dialed
in, you know, baseball, obviously, that's what we start
the show with the magic Pistons game.
That's the biggest game of the the early slate here in the NBA
playoffs because the Pistons have now lost.
Let me see couple against the Knicks the other night.
The I think the Pistons have lost four straight playoff games
at Detroit or in Detroit Detroit basketball, they got to win this
game. I mean the magic or team you'll
want to mess around with the magic or team last year and even
this year that just have given the Knicks fit.
So I've I've I've always respected them and I've known
that they're coming here and it's just like it's been assumed
by the Pistons and you know, Celtics and and the Knicks,
right. If the Orlando now, I don't
think the magic win tonight. I don't, but if the Magic win
tonight, they are winning that series, that series will be
over. And even though there's going
to, you know, be many chances for the Pistons to come back
and, you know, get a game and then even things up, it would
not be a fluke at that point. Like the Orlando Magic are a
good team who present a lot of matchup issues.
They really do. So I, I think this is the, for
all the things that we're going to watch tonight, I'm just happy
that that the draft isn't tonight.
I mean, tomorrow night's going to be rough enough between the
draft and the Knicks and the Hawks and obviously Yanks and
Mets. Like tonight's a baseball night.
It's always a baseball night in my home, but it's a little
secondary to an out of market game Magic Pistons game of the
night, game of the early slate in the NBA playoffs there.
J Rod. It's a monster game, bro.
I can't. I mean, I can't wait for.
That one because, yeah, like you're saying the implications
of that, you know, I guess if the Pistons win now you go back
to the idea of OK, anyone series, you know, either of them
can do it. But yeah, you're right.
I mean, if the Magic win, oh, it's looking rough for the
Pistons, It's looking rough for the Pistons coaching staff.
It's looking rougher. I mean, obviously, I don't think
you know, Kate and Jalen Duran are solid in their position on
the team for the rest of that roster.
Oh, if you go out on the first round, oh, it could be it could
be raps for everyone else. By the way, I guess I was.
Off on this at BB Bart six O 9 Detroit.
So lost more than that. Jim Rome said the other day it
was 10 or 11. Oh, many, many years worth.
There you go. I'm actually just going back to
the most recent sample. Detroit Piston fans are great.
They really are. I used to have so much fun, man.
So this is the early 2000s, Jay. I'm living there.
I'm working there. I'm doing the Mid East.
I forgot about that. OK.
Awesome. I loved it, you know?
Detroit gets a lot of knocks for a lot of reasons.
You know, it's crime and some other stuff.
It's I, I, I always try to elevate Detroit.
I loved it like that. First of all, it was a great, it
was the first job that I had where I'm like, OK, I'm, I'm
kind of like I, I, I'm not saying that I made it because
when you get that mentality, especially as your own
broadcaster, it's dangerous. It's like a boxer.
It's like Rocky, you know, he's like, I made it.
I got the mansion now and then. And then Mr. T busted him up
and, you know, we had to figure things out again.
He got a little content and complacent.
I'm not implying that at all. But at that point, you know, and
especially then where content was, it was only radio the the
desire like the mark was I got to get to a top 10 market.
Like if it, if you've seen the Howard Stern movie anything, if
you're old enough to remember the way radio used to really be
terrestrial like you when you crack a top 10 market, that's an
achievement. And at that point, I don't think
there, I don't think Detroit is top ten anymore.
I think they just slid out of the top 10.
But when I was working there, they were 8 or 9.
So it was my first top 10 market and it was just such a vibrant
sports scene, man. Like first of all, going to
Michigan games, going to the big house was unbelievable.
Unbelievable going to the big house.
Now Michigan fans hate when I say this, but I but I but I
believe it. I've also been to the horseshoe
at Ohio State. Ohio states better.
It's a better game they experience.
It's it's it's more raucous. It's different to me.
Advantage the horseshoe, sorry, over the big house, right over
Michigan Stadium. But going to Michigan Stadium,
110,000 people was was something that I always saw on TV.
It was awesome, right. And then that's when Tom Izzo
was just cranking things up really.
And so I was going and I was going to the Breslin Center,
going to watch Michigan State regularly.
The Pistons were just beginning their renaissance with Ben
Wallace and and Rick Carlisle. Yeah, man.
That time, OK, that's where I'm there early 2.
Thousands so I'm going to literally because I'm I'm
single, I'm young. I lived in one of the I lived in
one of the suburbs off I-75. I lived in this town called
Troy, right, beautiful town. I lived off a little tiny golf
course, had a little apartment, but really nice spot right And
right next I was, if you know the area, those of you who do
like the Somerset Mall, it is a big is, is a big spot there,
nice restaurants, just really, really nice.
And I would just, you know, drive from my apartment complex
and get on 75 and go north and go to the Palace Palace at
Auburn Hills. And I was credentialed and I
would sit courtside. I would literally go to every
single game and then I would hang out after it.
Like I would go out every single night.
Right across the street was a club.
I was in the club. I forget the forget the name of
it. I would go to the club and like
the Pistons would walk in. Cliff Robinson.
Remember Cliff Robinson, a Navy? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
A little young. But Cliff, he just he, he died
too. Great dude.
We called him Uncle Cliffy. Actually, we called him Uncle
Spliffy because every time he walked into the into the club,
he smelled like weed. So we called, we did.
We called him Uncle Spliffy. Right.
And just a cool cat, like hanging out with regular people.
Like I remember this guy. He was.
On those and. He was on those jail Blazers.
Yes, Yeah. Yeah.
Well. No, no, he was.
Before that. You played against Jordan in the
finals. Got it with Clyde Drexler, Terry
Porter. OK, yeah, white guy.
That I'm forgetting the big. White guy Sabonis No, no, the
was after Sabonis was was part of the jail Blazers team.
He was a Piston. Clifford Robinson was a net may
have been on the Hawks for a minute play to UConn before
UConn got really powerful. Great guy and just a good NBA
player. Just man, I haven't thought
about him in a while. Good freaking dude, right?
So we'd go to every game and then he would go out there and
who else was on that team? Dana Barrows was on that team
and Stack with Stackhouse was there for you.
Ben Wallace, Like they were just beginning their ascent.
So I I love that. Like Detroit was awesome, man.
It was it was a lot of fun. And then they build Comerica,
then they build Ford Field. Like it was it was it was just
it was a lot of fun. It was I don't even know.
I don't even know why we're talking about Detroit.
It was something in the chat. What the hell was it?
Oh, the Pistons. Geez, Pistons.
Wow. I was looking at the TV because
Mad Dog is driving me nuts. I'm going to have to die.
I might have to get on Mad Dog a little bit tomorrow because
personally he's kicking and screaming about something.
But I just see the at the volume down and I see Stephen a
laughing. He's getting on Saint John's for
going after getting a 23 year old point guard from Europe.
Oh, the guy we were talking about?
Ellis. What's his name again?
Ellis. Yeah.
It made though that that's the. He's still yelling.
That's the. Name of the game, buddy.
But I that's why I got a little district.
No, Detroit basketball is awesome.
Their fans are great. And when they were playing at
the Palace, it was a 21,000 seat venue, one of the bigger I think
it was that and Philly were the two biggest NBA venues.
Dude, it was so much fun, man. It was so so.
I know Piston fans are ready for tonight and revved up.
I think the Pistons will win. But if the Pistons don't, that's
that series is a wrap. The Magic will win and Pistons
will not beat them. Four out of six times will not
happen. Nope.
What do we got here? I was going to actually I.
Thought of this before the show, before everything just like got
all hectic. I was going to ask you this.
All right, Omar Youssef, BTI know you don't like.
Braun, but it's pretty cool what he's doing with this ragtag
roster without Luke, Luke and Reeves.
Yep, Le Reeves is going to come back.
Luca will not though that blow that blow, that blow by on KD
and double pump reverse jam. He had to look 28 years old.
There's no that listen, I just gave him love.
He had 28, eight and seven. Listen, the things I I love
Lebron's game. I appreciate Lebron's game and I
appreciate the fact that he's comported himself as a, as a
good citizen. I mean, really being in the
spotlight from the time he was 14 years old, playing Catholic
High School in, in the suburbs, in Ohio, in Akron.
I mean, the guy's never had one legal misstep, you know, it just
hasn't. So I think he's a good family
man. I mean, I, I, you know, I hear
stuff about parties, but I don't know, I got no beef with LeBron
except that he's just too much about LeBron.
He's too much about the ego. He really is.
And he's not Michael Jordan. Like that's my big like we
weren't having this go conversation, which comes to me.
It's it's open and shut. It's MJ and then it's Kareem and
that it's LeBron. Probably LeBron could even be
Magic War Bird. But I said, listen, I don't
think I've got the. Numbers to to really get into
the Shannon sharp skip right now with you come on you saying
LeBron could potentially be lower than Magic could be what
else that. Hurts my heart well.
I get it. Did.
LeBron have to bounce around
from team to team to get a championship.
Did LeBron? Sure, but it's come on, it's.
A different era where other players, it's a tougher era.
It's a harder era right now because you you had to go to
battle with what you had. You know what I mean?
Now, he also had Kareem. But Kareem, you know, Kareem
played a long time in Milwaukee. It's not like he got ABS.
Well, he got when he was a rookie in 79.
Kareem was still pretty much in his kind of in his prime.
Sure, maybe at the back end of the party.
He didn't have vintage like Oscar Robertson, Milwaukee
Bucks, Lou Alcindor. I mean, he just didn't, you
know, we had James Worthy, he had Michael Cooper, had Byron
Scott had Pat Riley, you know, had had Kurt Rambis.
But no, I, I do penalize LeBron and I'm probably not going to
put magic ahead, but I do believe there's a conversation
to be had. You know, magic and think about
this for you young bucks out there.
So in the as a rookie in the 1979 Finals, right, Kareem had
migraines and he couldn't play, couldn't play the first game.
Magic Johnson jumped center. Yeah, Center.
Of course, of course. I mean.
It's a great story. It's a it's better than a great
story. It's all time.
I mean, it's all time, but you're telling me?
2016 finals is an all time. I'm not saying it's not.
No, no, I'm not. I'm just saying that there's
number one. It's subjective.
I'm not saying that you're wrong.
You're just not right for me. Sure, I've got another.
Question My boys and I were debating this the other day.
If this is a. Big if I don't.
Even believe this at this point bro if the Celtics.
Came. Back and Jake not come back,
obviously they're fine. But if Tatum won Finals MVP this
season, you think that is a top three NBA Finals story?
Not moment, not like game comeback story of all time of
all. Time.
All time. Oh boy.
Comes back and wins finals. MVPI know what you're saying.
I I. Appreciate the the incorporation
of of of injury and history and the Celtics brand.
I would my first instinct is no, only because he's he's already
won one. You know, I think about this
like it put it this way, if the and they're not, I don't think
they're going to win, but if the Knicks win the championship this
year, that would sue. I I think that would supersede
the Self and Tatum because the Knicks haven't won since 73.
Yeah, I think that's a fair take.
No, I, I think that's. Totally fair.
A good question I wouldn't have thought.
About it in that context. I like that.
That's a fun debate. And I I know what you're getting
after there. Maybe, you know, LeBron winning
for Cleveland, That's huge. Yeah, that was 1.
Obviously, you know, any of the Jordan 3 peats, you could give
it to Bird 86 you could give it to no question.
Obviously the Magic Johnson moment you just mentioned, Yeah,
you could even, you know, if you were more of an old headed take
and you weren't to say this isn't a moment, but you could.
As a Celtics, you could be like. Oh, the 11 championships in a
row, there's like a greater story and moment behind it.
Yeah. So.
But yeah, it was just a question I have.
I like hey, listen, that's what. Bring that stuff to the table.
That's good. I like that thought provoking
stuff. That a boy Jay.
Now let's get another tweet or or message up there.
We'll start wrapping things up. We did the the mini mock there.
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I could do this. Hold on.
I should be able to remember I've referenced a few times that
picture that I took of the of the Subs on the wall, right?
Let me work with the camera. Let me see if you guys will be
able to see that. Can you see that?
Look at that. That's actually on my wall as I
walk out. My old school, old school type
it up. Wanted to make it ragged, wanted
to make it gritty, wanted to make it sloppy.
And you can see the you know, as I delineate between each little
tiny benchmark there. So I finally got the scratch out
the 20 GS, which was pretty cool last night yesterday at some
point. All right, let me get the Maddie
KB NJ 63. Cliff Robinson was the guy
guarding MJ yes, during the infamous Jordan shrug.
Yeah, in the finals. I believe he was in the picture
when MJ did the shrug 100%. So you know, when MJ is just
going bonkers from that. And he wasn't really a
three-point shooter as, you know, mid range, obviously
attacking the rim, get into the free throw threes here and
there. But it was just red hot from
downtown. And we all know the imagery
where, you know, Jordan's running down the court.
He's like, yo, what do you want from me, man?
God made me different. That's basically what he's
doing. He's like, hey, my problem,
Nobody's like me. And Cliff Robinson is absolutely
in that frame. He's got the headband.
Cliff was a headband guy. Cliff may have.
Well, no, let me slow down here. I was going to say Cliff was the
first headband guy. They rocked the headbands in the
70s like the ABA. Even some in the NBA.
He is kind of one of these. First dudes though with like the
bald headband look. I don't know, like I feel like
this is definitely an early image of that of what's that's
what else? Did it well, I got.
I got somebody. For you you, you probably don't
even remember this, but Christian Laettner wore a
headband in the NBA when he was drafted by the Minnesota
Timberwolves. I mean, I wouldn't remember.
That at the time, but that is wild that he was a dude rocking
that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But it wasn't the ball look. Obviously it was like the j.crew
hair that I wish that I had, that I never had.
What else we got? I guess Billups did it.
Chauncey Billups did it a bit, yeah.
I think a few of those Ben Wallace did it.
Yeah, Yeah, the. Fro though.
But yeah, of course he wore the headband.
Let me tell you something, Ben. Wallace, I saw a picture of him
the other night sitting next to RIP Hamilton at the Pistons
game. He looks phenomenal, man.
I mean, he his suit was, you know, those guys that have like
just muscle, muscle upon muscle, like kind of like Shannon Sharpe
and like the suit can't even conceal it where like the biceps
and the and the thighs are just bulging through a suit.
Ben Wilder still looks like that.
And I remember. Oh yeah, dude, what?
The hell see that? You see that?
He's like an old dude, but he's like literally Shannon Sharp.
I loved him man, and let me. Tell you something about Ben
like so when I was in Detroit before I got the midday job, I
was, I won't bore you, but it doesn't matter.
But I was for a couple of months, I was doing like weekend
shows and I was doing some other stuff around, you know, getting
sound going to like Red Wings games and and just hustling,
right. And I would go to the Piston
games and I would get sound there to the game.
Rick Carlisle, you know, and when you first and I hadn't
really done that before. I had done I'd done shows in Las
Vegas at at a network nationally and in Allentown, PA before
that. And I'm not saying I was great
on the air doing shows. I was still in the early stages,
you know, a little raw for sure, but I felt comfortable doing it.
I did not feel comfortable going into locker rooms necessarily
asking questions. Like it wasn't my natural thing.
I had never done it, you know? So I remember going to the
Pistons locker room for the first time and like, RIP was
cool and Stack was cool and Rick Carlisle was really cool.
I mean, they were all cool. Chucky Atkins, Dana Barrows,
some of those other guys, Michael Curry.
And I remember going up to Ben and he really was the most
intimidating athlete that I ever interviewed in my life.
Number 16869. He is absolutely yoked, right?
And whether it was the fro, which was, I mean, the 70s were
standing back saying that thing is insane.
The craziest Afro ever. And then when he went to the
braids. It was a totally different look,
but then you talk to him and he was the nicest guy in the world.
He was such a good dude, really. Oh, I love Ben Wilde.
I loved Ben Wilde. I got a little piston story for
you very, very quickly. Then we'll wrap it up.
Give the Piston some love, try to get him a win tonight.
Give a little Piston mojo. Yes, Sir.
All right. So.
I am, oh let me see, 2002 ESPN New York O3.
I think this is probably O2, right?
And I'm doing a midday show in Detroit.
And I know I mentioned this part once where I'm doing the show at
one of our sister stations in Tampa and I'm driving to Orlando
in the summer league, right? And they had just reacted,
Rodney White from UNC Charlotte, 8th or 9th overall pick.
So I'm there to cover him, but I'm doing my midday show and
I've become pretty good friends with Rick Carlisle.
I think I mentioned that at some point.
And they were recruiting Chauncey Billups.
They were trying to get him as a free agent.
So I'm. I'm.
I'm just sitting there. Larry Bird's bot.
True story. Larry.
He's coaching the Pacers. Larry Bird's behind me.
Paul Silas is behind me. Isaiah Thomas is there.
It was. It was amazing, man, as a
basketball fan to be there. Yeah.
And the Magic did something this before the summer league became
this massive production in Vegas, right?
It was like they were like we had different pods.
But this in Orlando, it was like the Pistons, the Heat, because
Tony Gonzalez was playing on the Heat summer team, the tight end,
right? What?
Yeah. Yeah, it was it was awesome,
Jay. It was really cool.
That's sick. My eyes were so.
Wide I was young broadcaster which is great so I'm sitting on
the so so there were no fans it was at the Orlando Magic
practice facility OK and you fans couldn't go and watch see
what I'm saying told you there you go and and.
He was good. And so the fans couldn't go and
watch the game. So it was just NBA people,
scouts, personnel, Bird coaches, GMs. So I'm sitting in the
bleachers bullshit with Rick Carlisle, who I'm friendly with
this at this point, he goes, hey, hold on.
I got to take this call. This is a true story.
It's Chauncey Billups, right? So I'm like, yeah, of course.
Go do what you got to do. It's free agency.
It was just getting ready to start, or maybe it had just.
I don't want to get him in for tampering.
I'm sure it had just started, right?
It wasn't before it. So he's talking to him and and
the gym is kind of quiet and he goes, Hey, Chauncey, hang on a
second. I want I want to put you on the
phone with somebody. This guy's, you know, one of the
big radio. You know, he's hyping me up, one
of the big radio guys in Detroit and he knows basketball as it
could got, you know, talk to him.
Rick gives me the phone and I'm talking to Chauncey Billups and
Hand to Can't to God, and he's a free agent and I'm like, hey,
and I had read something about him where I knew he was getting
into golf. And I'm like, hey, you're going
to love it around here, man. There's a lot of golf courses.
Suburbs are great, awesome energy.
Pistons fans are phenomenal. You know, they're all into it
like sports radio that they're everyday, they're calm, there's
great energy. This team's like, you're you're
the missing piece now, you know, listen, I take a little credit
for Chance and they eventually won a championship.
That's not why he signed. But how funny is that dude?
That is too. An NBA coach gives.
Me the phone to somebody that he that was their number one free
agent target and I'm bullshit with Chauncey on the phone.
Hey, you brought. You brought him.
Over from the cells, man. Let's go.
That's right, man. Good.
Convincing. Yeah.
Drafted out of it. Do you know what?
School, he went to Chauncey. Remember it was he was what, 3
or 4? It was Antonio Daniels from
Bowling Green and Chauncey was from Colorado, two fairly
obscure basketball that is random because the.
Only other guys I can think of are Spencer Dinwiddie and Derek
White as Colorado basketball players.
Attaboy, I'm sure there's. A couple others though no there.
Definitely are, but not as many. All right, not a prevalent, you
know, basketball goal. Hey, good show today man A.
Lot of Yankees, yeah, A ton of that stuff.
Lot of calls, a lot of a lot of chats, a lot of say, hey, like
it, subscribe it. How many viewers we got now?
We had about 300 at one point. Yeah.
We got to get yeah, that started.
We got to get that up, got to get this out there.
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Tomorrow is going to be phenomenal.
We're going to figure out, you know when I'm going to go on
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But I'll do a little something live as a draft is happening
obviously simultaneously at Nick playoff game.
So we'll be juggling a bunch of stuff.
You know when be the concussion. We'll keep an eye on that
Pistons magic tonight going to be massive.
Celtics take one on the chin last night at home.
So that's a series as well. And you know, will it become 13?
Will it become 13 for the Mets? Have an awesome day, everybody.
Catch you tomorrow. Peace.