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High School Sportsmanship and Referees, Mets and Juan Soto, Penn State Football · WGBB Sports Talk New York

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  I
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  your
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  Chris
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  Caputo
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  taking
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  you
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  solo
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  tonight.
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  My
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  partner
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  Mike
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  Boudone
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  is
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  traveling
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  home
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  after
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  celebrating
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  his
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  daughter's
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  21st
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  birthday.
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  Happy
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  birthday,
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  Maggie.
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  And
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  get
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  things
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  started
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  tonight
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  by
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  introducing
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  you
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  what
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  having
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  on.
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  And
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  we'll
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  talk
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  some
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  sports
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  tonight.
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  sit
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  Our
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  and
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  a
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  question,
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  make
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  a
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  comment,
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  that
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  would
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  be
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  great.
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  The
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  first
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  thing
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  doing
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  is
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  speaking
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  with
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  Justin
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  Jonas,
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  the
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  assistant
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  executive
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  director
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  of
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  Section
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  8
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  athletics
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  here
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  on
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  Long
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  Island.
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  Later
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  on
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  we'll
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  be
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  talking
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  to
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  James
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  Ciano
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  who
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  is
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  from
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  the
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  Mets
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  up
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  podcast.
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  We'll
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  talk
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  some
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  MLB
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  rumors
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  and
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  finally,
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  if
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  we
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  have
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  some
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  time,
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  talk
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  to
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  A.J.
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  rovner
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  about
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  the
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  College
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  Football
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  Playoff,
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  including
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  Penn
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  State
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  University.
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  So
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  tonight
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  we're
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  kind
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  of
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  going
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  past
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  of
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  football
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  for
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  those
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  of
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  you
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  that
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  are
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  Giants
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  and
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  Jets
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  fans
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  is
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  really
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  not
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  much
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  looking
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  forward
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  to
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  as
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  they
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  both
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  find
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  ways
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  to
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  lose
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  strangely
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  and
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  eerily
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  tonight.
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  Giants
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  on
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  a
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  missed
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  field
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  goal
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  and
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  the
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  jets
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  on
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  an
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  overtime
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  touchdown.
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  And
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  the
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  Buffalo
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  Bills
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  actually
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  just
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  tried
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  to
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  make
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  a
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  comeback
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  but
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  fell
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  two
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  points
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  short
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  as
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  well.
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  But
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  I
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  just
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  want
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  to
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  make
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  mention
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  before
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  we
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  bring
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  in
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  our
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  first
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  guest
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  that
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  about
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  a
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  week
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  ago
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  Louis
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  Carnesecca
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  passed
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  away
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  the
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  all
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  time
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  big
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  time
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  St.
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  John's
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  basketball
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  head
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  coach
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  on
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  November
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  30,
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  just
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  weeks
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  shy
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  of
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  his
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  100th
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  birthday.
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  On
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  January
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  5,
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  Mike
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  and
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  I
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  will
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  welcome
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  in
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  some
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  special
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  guests
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  to
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  commemorate
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  Louie,
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  which
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  will
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  be
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  his
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  would
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  have
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  been
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  his
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  actual
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  100th
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  birthday.
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  We
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  had
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  planned
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  it
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  beforehand
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  but
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  unfortunately
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  Coach
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  Carneseca
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  did
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  not
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  make
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  it
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  that
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  far.
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  Rick
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  Pitino
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  wore
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  a
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  tailor
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  made
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  sweater
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  just
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  like
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  Louie
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  yesterday
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  in
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  their
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  win
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  over
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  Kansas
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  State.
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  And
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  then
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  he
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  laid
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  the
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  sweater
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  at
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  center
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  court
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  after
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  the
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  game
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  against
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  Kansas
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  State,
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  a
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  win
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  for
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  the
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  Red
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  Storm.
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  We'll
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  be
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  having
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  on
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  Robert
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  Wordan,
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  Matt
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  Brust
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  and
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  Marco
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  Baldi
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  and
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  that
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  will
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  be
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  on
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  January
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  5th.
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  So
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  just
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  kind
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  of
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  put
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  that
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  on
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  your
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  calendar.
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  We'll
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  be
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  talking
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  Lou
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  Karnaseka
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  for
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  probably
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  close
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  to
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  an
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  hour.
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  Just
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  that
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  night,
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  our
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  first
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  Guest
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  is
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  welcomed
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  in
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  right
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  now,
• 2:51
  and
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  that
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  is
• 2:52
  Justin
• 2:53
  Jonas
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  of
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  Section
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  8,
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  the
• 2:55
  Assistant
• 2:56
  Executive
• 2:56
  director,
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  which
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  is
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  the
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  governing
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  body
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  of
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  Nassau
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  County
• 2:59
  Public
• 2:59
  High
• 2:59
  School
• 2:59
  Athletic
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  Association
• 3:01
  Sports.
• 3:01
  So,
• 3:01
  Justin,
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  thanks
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  for
• 3:02
  joining
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  us
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  tonight.
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  Yeah,
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  absolutely,
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  Chris,
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  thanks
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  for
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  having
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  me.
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  All
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  right,
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  so
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  Justin,
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  you
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  started
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  out
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  as
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  a
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  sports
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  management
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  major
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  at
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  Towson
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  University
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  and
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  then
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  finished
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  with
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  a
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  master's
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  in
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  athletic
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  administration
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  at
• 3:14
  Adelphi,
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  is
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  that
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  correct?
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  That's
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  correct,
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  yep.
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  So
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  what
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  kind
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  of
• 3:18
  got
• 3:18
  you
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  towards
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  this
• 3:20
  role
• 3:20
  now
• 3:20
  in
• 3:20
  Nassau
• 3:21
  County?
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  Yeah,
• 3:23
  so
• 3:23
  as
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  you
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  stated,
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  I
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  went
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  to
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  college
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  for
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  sports
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  management.
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  I
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  really
• 3:27
  wanted
• 3:27
  to
• 3:27
  be
• 3:27
  involved
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  in
• 3:28
  some
• 3:28
  way
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  in
• 3:29
  the
• 3:29
  sports
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  world.
• 3:29
  I
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  think
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  a
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  lot
• 3:30
  of
• 3:31
  high
• 3:31
  school
• 3:31
  kids
• 3:31
  don't
• 3:31
  know
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  exactly.
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  They'll
• 3:33
  know
• 3:33
  if
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  they're
• 3:34
  not
• 3:34
  good
• 3:34
  enough
• 3:34
  to
• 3:34
  play
• 3:34
  in
• 3:34
  the
• 3:35
  pros,
• 3:35
  but
• 3:35
  they
• 3:36
  don't
• 3:36
  know
• 3:36
  how
• 3:36
  exactly
• 3:36
  to
• 3:37
  get
• 3:37
  into
• 3:37
  the
• 3:37
  sports
• 3:37
  field
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  on
• 3:38
  a
• 3:38
  professional
• 3:39
  side.
• 3:39
  So
• 3:40
  I
• 3:40
  started
• 3:40
  at
• 3:40
  Towson,
• 3:41
  took
• 3:41
  an
• 3:41
  internship
• 3:41
  at
• 3:42
  the
• 3:42
  football
• 3:42
  program
• 3:42
  down
• 3:43
  there,
• 3:44
  worked
• 3:44
  my
• 3:44
  way
• 3:44
  up,
• 3:45
  got
• 3:45
  my
• 3:45
  first
• 3:46
  part
• 3:46
  time
• 3:46
  gig
• 3:46
  with
• 3:47
  the
• 3:47
  now
• 3:48
  Washington
• 3:48
  Commanders
• 3:49
  from
• 3:50
  New
• 3:50
  York
• 3:50
  from
• 3:50
  Long
• 3:50
  island,
• 3:51
  wanted
• 3:51
  to
• 3:51
  move
• 3:51
  home,
• 3:51
  so
• 3:52
  took
• 3:52
  a
• 3:52
  position
• 3:52
  with
• 3:53
  the
• 3:53
  Brooklyn
• 3:53
  Nets.
• 3:54
  Was
• 3:54
  there
• 3:54
  for
• 3:55
  about
• 3:55
  six
• 3:55
  years,
• 3:55
  Did
• 3:56
  a
• 3:56
  lot
• 3:56
  of
• 3:56
  work
• 3:56
  with
• 3:57
  the
• 3:57
  Nets
• 3:57
  and
• 3:58
  you
• 3:58
  know,
• 3:58
  then
• 3:58
  Nassau
• 3:58
  Coliseum
• 3:59
  with
• 3:59
  the
• 3:59
  G
• 3:59
  League
• 4:00
  franchise,
• 4:00
  Long
• 4:01
  Island
• 4:01
  Nets.
• 4:01
  And,
• 4:02
  you
• 4:02
  know,
• 4:02
  through
• 4:02
  those
• 4:02
  roles
• 4:03
  was
• 4:03
  able
• 4:03
  to
• 4:03
  make
• 4:03
  some,
• 4:03
  you
• 4:03
  know,
• 4:04
  great
• 4:04
  contacts.
• 4:05
  Always
• 4:05
  knew
• 4:05
  I
• 4:05
  wanted
• 4:05
  to
• 4:06
  give
• 4:06
  back
• 4:06
  to
• 4:06
  my
• 4:07
  community
• 4:07
  and
• 4:07
  work
• 4:07
  in
• 4:07
  the
• 4:08
  high
• 4:08
  school
• 4:08
  atmosphere
• 4:09
  of
• 4:09
  things.
• 4:09
  So,
• 4:10
  you
• 4:10
  know,
• 4:10
  I
• 4:10
  was
• 4:10
  lucky
• 4:10
  enough
• 4:11
  to
• 4:11
  get,
• 4:11
  you
• 4:11
  know,
• 4:12
  brought
• 4:12
  in
• 4:12
  for
• 4:12
  an
• 4:12
  interview
• 4:13
  with
• 4:13
  Sexy
• 4:13
  Nate
• 4:13
  Athletics,
• 4:14
  which,
• 4:14
  as
• 4:14
  you
• 4:14
  said,
• 4:15
  is
• 4:15
  the
• 4:16
  pretty
• 4:16
  much
• 4:16
  the
• 4:16
  overarching
• 4:17
  body
• 4:17
  for
• 4:17
  high
• 4:17
  school
• 4:18
  athletes
• 4:18
  in
• 4:18
  Nashville
• 4:19
  county.
• 4:19
  And
• 4:19
  kind
• 4:19
  of
• 4:19
  the
• 4:20
  rest
• 4:20
  is
• 4:20
  history.
• 4:20
  I've
• 4:20
  been
• 4:20
  here
• 4:20
  for
• 4:21
  about
• 4:21
  three
• 4:21
  years
• 4:21
  and,
• 4:22
  you
• 4:22
  know,
• 4:22
  loving
• 4:22
  every
• 4:22
  day
• 4:22
  of
• 4:23
  it.
• 4:23
  Okay,
• 4:23
  so
• 4:23
  about
• 4:24
  three
• 4:24
  years
• 4:24
  doing
• 4:24
  this.
• 4:25
  Talk
• 4:25
  a
• 4:25
  little
• 4:26
  bit
• 4:26
  about
• 4:26
  your
• 4:26
  experience
• 4:27
  with
• 4:27
  both
• 4:27
  the
• 4:27
  Long
• 4:27
  Island
• 4:27
  Nets
• 4:28
  and
• 4:28
  Brooklyn
• 4:28
  Nets.
• 4:28
  You
• 4:28
  did
• 4:28
  a
• 4:28
  lot
• 4:29
  of
• 4:29
  youth
• 4:29
  basketball
• 4:29
  things
• 4:30
  for
• 4:30
  them
• 4:30
  and
• 4:30
  you
• 4:30
  also
• 4:31
  had
• 4:31
  some
• 4:31
  experience
• 4:32
  as
• 4:32
  an
• 4:32
  account
• 4:32
  executive.
• 4:34
  Yeah,
• 4:35
  so
• 4:35
  I
• 4:35
  started,
• 4:36
  as
• 4:36
  most
• 4:36
  people
• 4:37
  do
• 4:37
  in
• 4:38
  professional
• 4:38
  sports,
• 4:38
  on
• 4:39
  the
• 4:39
  ticket
• 4:40
  sell
• 4:40
  side
• 4:40
  of
• 4:40
  things.
• 4:40
  So
• 4:40
  usually
• 4:41
  how
• 4:41
  it
• 4:41
  works
• 4:41
  is
• 4:41
  you
• 4:42
  get
• 4:42
  in
• 4:42
  on
• 4:42
  the
• 4:42
  ticket
• 4:42
  sell
• 4:43
  side,
• 4:43
  kind
• 4:43
  of
• 4:43
  find
• 4:44
  where
• 4:44
  you
• 4:44
  want
• 4:44
  to
• 4:44
  go
• 4:44
  with
• 4:45
  your
• 4:45
  next
• 4:45
  step
• 4:45
  and
• 4:45
  then
• 4:46
  you
• 4:46
  pursue
• 4:47
  that.
• 4:47
  And
• 4:47
  I,
• 4:47
  I
• 4:47
  found
• 4:48
  a
• 4:48
  very
• 4:48
  quick
• 4:50
  transition
• 4:50
  to
• 4:50
  the
• 4:51
  youth
• 4:51
  basketball
• 4:51
  side
• 4:51
  of
• 4:52
  things
• 4:52
  from
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  accounting
• 4:53
  executive
• 4:53
  position.
• 4:54
  So
• 4:54
  I
• 4:54
  was
• 4:54
  able
• 4:54
  to
• 4:55
  really
• 4:55
  bring
• 4:56
  back
• 4:56
  Long
• 4:56
  island
• 4:57
  basketball
• 4:57
  to
• 4:57
  Nassau
• 4:58
  Coliseum.
• 4:58
  We
• 4:59
  did
• 4:59
  the
• 4:59
  Long
• 4:59
  island
• 4:59
  championship,
• 5:00
  I
• 5:00
  believe
• 5:00
  my
• 5:00
  second
• 5:01
  year
• 5:01
  with
• 5:02
  Nassau
• 5:02
  Coliseum,
• 5:03
  which
• 5:03
  was
• 5:03
  the
• 5:03
  first
• 5:04
  time
• 5:04
  in
• 5:04
  over
• 5:04
  40
• 5:04
  years
• 5:05
  it
• 5:05
  was
• 5:05
  played
• 5:05
  there,
• 5:06
  in
• 5:06
  my
• 5:06
  opinion
• 5:06
  should
• 5:07
  be
• 5:07
  the
• 5:07
  home
• 5:07
  of
• 5:07
  it
• 5:07
  Every
• 5:07
  year
• 5:08
  it's
• 5:08
  a
• 5:08
  perfect
• 5:08
  venue
• 5:08
  for
• 5:09
  it.
• 5:09
  But
• 5:09
  we
• 5:10
  were
• 5:10
  able
• 5:10
  to
• 5:10
  do
• 5:10
  that
• 5:11
  really
• 5:11
  kind
• 5:11
  of
• 5:11
  give
• 5:11
  back
• 5:12
  to
• 5:12
  the
• 5:12
  youth
• 5:12
  basketball
• 5:12
  community
• 5:13
  and
• 5:13
  give
• 5:13
  kids
• 5:13
  a
• 5:13
  really
• 5:14
  cool
• 5:14
  opportunity
• 5:14
  to
• 5:15
  play
• 5:15
  professional
• 5:16
  courts
• 5:16
  both
• 5:16
  at
• 5:17
  Barclays
• 5:17
  center
• 5:18
  as
• 5:18
  well
• 5:18
  as
• 5:19
  National
• 5:19
  Coliseum.
• 5:20
  Again,
• 5:20
  we're
• 5:21
  talking
• 5:21
  with
• 5:21
  Justin
• 5:21
  Jonas,
• 5:21
  the
• 5:22
  assistant
• 5:22
  executive
• 5:23
  director
• 5:23
  of
• 5:23
  Section
• 5:23
  8.
• 5:25
  So
• 5:25
  in
• 5:25
  your
• 5:26
  role
• 5:26
  as
• 5:27
  assistant
• 5:28
  executive
• 5:28
  director,
• 5:28
  you're
• 5:29
  under
• 5:29
  Pat
• 5:29
  Pizzarelli,
• 5:30
  I
• 5:30
  believe,
• 5:30
  right?
• 5:31
  Yes.
• 5:32
  So
• 5:32
  what
• 5:32
  is
• 5:33
  that
• 5:33
  like?
• 5:33
  What
• 5:33
  is
• 5:33
  it
• 5:33
  like
• 5:34
  on
• 5:34
  an
• 5:34
  everyday
• 5:34
  basis?
• 5:35
  What
• 5:35
  is
• 5:35
  your
• 5:35
  role?
• 5:37
  Yeah,
• 5:37
  so
• 5:38
  we
• 5:38
  really
• 5:39
  oversee
• 5:39
  everything
• 5:39
  as
• 5:40
  it
• 5:40
  relates
• 5:40
  to
• 5:40
  Nassau
• 5:41
  county
• 5:41
  sports
• 5:41
  and
• 5:42
  for
• 5:42
  high
• 5:42
  school
• 5:42
  athletics.
• 5:43
  So
• 5:43
  we
• 5:43
  oversee
• 5:44
  all
• 5:44
  the
• 5:44
  high
• 5:44
  schools
• 5:45
  and
• 5:45
  middle
• 5:45
  school
• 5:46
  programs
• 5:46
  in
• 5:46
  the
• 5:46
  county.
• 5:47
  For
• 5:47
  public
• 5:47
  schools,
• 5:48
  I
• 5:48
  should
• 5:48
  mention,
• 5:49
  really
• 5:49
  oversee
• 5:50
  everything,
• 5:50
  you
• 5:50
  know,
• 5:51
  day
• 5:51
  to
• 5:51
  day
• 5:51
  operations.
• 5:52
  So
• 5:52
  we
• 5:52
  handle,
• 5:53
  you
• 5:53
  know,
• 5:54
  assigning
• 5:54
  the
• 5:54
  officials,
• 5:54
  hiring
• 5:55
  the
• 5:55
  officials,
• 5:56
  getting,
• 5:56
  you
• 5:56
  know,
• 5:56
  obviously
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  officials
• 5:57
  to
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  right
• 5:58
  positions.
• 5:59
  We
• 5:59
  also,
• 5:59
  you
• 6:00
  know,
• 6:00
  oversee
• 6:00
  the
• 6:00
  scheduling
• 6:01
  aspect
• 6:01
  of
• 6:01
  things,
• 6:02
  making
• 6:02
  sure
• 6:02
  that
• 6:02
  all
• 6:02
  the
• 6:02
  games
• 6:03
  are
• 6:03
  played
• 6:03
  on
• 6:04
  time.
• 6:05
  But
• 6:05
  the
• 6:05
  biggest
• 6:05
  role
• 6:05
  we
• 6:06
  have
• 6:06
  outside
• 6:06
  of
• 6:06
  running
• 6:06
  the
• 6:07
  playoff
• 6:07
  and
• 6:07
  championship
• 6:08
  games
• 6:08
  is
• 6:08
  really
• 6:08
  the
• 6:08
  legislative
• 6:09
  side
• 6:09
  of
• 6:09
  things.
• 6:09
  So
• 6:10
  we're
• 6:10
  always
• 6:10
  on
• 6:11
  top
• 6:11
  of
• 6:11
  making
• 6:11
  sure
• 6:11
  everyone's
• 6:12
  following,
• 6:12
  you
• 6:12
  know,
• 6:12
  by
• 6:13
  the
• 6:13
  state
• 6:13
  rules,
• 6:13
  which
• 6:13
  we
• 6:13
  abide
• 6:14
  by
• 6:14
  following
• 6:15
  by
• 6:15
  the
• 6:15
  Section
• 6:15
  8
• 6:16
  rules,
• 6:16
  which
• 6:16
  we
• 6:16
  have
• 6:17
  some
• 6:17
  things
• 6:17
  that
• 6:18
  delineate
• 6:19
  off
• 6:19
  of
• 6:19
  the
• 6:19
  state
• 6:19
  rules.
• 6:20
  But
• 6:21
  our
• 6:21
  real
• 6:21
  main
• 6:22
  focus
• 6:22
  is
• 6:22
  just
• 6:22
  making
• 6:22
  sure
• 6:23
  things
• 6:23
  are
• 6:23
  running
• 6:23
  smoothly.
• 6:24
  And
• 6:24
  obviously
• 6:24
  we're
• 6:24
  keeping
• 6:25
  everything
• 6:25
  as
• 6:25
  student
• 6:26
  athletes
• 6:26
  because
• 6:27
  now
• 6:27
  in
• 6:27
  a
• 6:28
  time
• 6:28
  where
• 6:28
  NIL
• 6:28
  is
• 6:29
  growing
• 6:29
  at
• 6:29
  the
• 6:29
  college
• 6:30
  level
• 6:30
  and
• 6:30
  that
• 6:31
  entire
• 6:31
  landscape
• 6:31
  has
• 6:32
  changed,
• 6:32
  we
• 6:32
  have
• 6:32
  to
• 6:32
  keep
• 6:32
  an
• 6:32
  eye
• 6:33
  on
• 6:33
  our
• 6:33
  high
• 6:33
  school
• 6:33
  athletes
• 6:33
  and
• 6:34
  make
• 6:34
  sure
• 6:34
  they
• 6:35
  can
• 6:35
  keep
• 6:35
  their
• 6:35
  eligibility
• 6:36
  moving
• 6:36
  forward.
• 6:37
  Okay,
• 6:38
  so
• 6:38
  do
• 6:38
  you
• 6:38
  have
• 6:39
  a
• 6:39
  typical
• 6:39
  day
• 6:40
  or
• 6:40
  when
• 6:40
  you
• 6:40
  go
• 6:40
  in,
• 6:40
  do
• 6:41
  you
• 6:41
  not
• 6:41
  know
• 6:41
  what
• 6:41
  to
• 6:42
  expect
• 6:42
  when
• 6:42
  you
• 6:43
  walk
• 6:43
  in
• 6:43
  the
• 6:43
  office?
• 6:44
  That's
• 6:44
  a
• 6:44
  good
• 6:45
  question.
• 6:45
  I'm
• 6:46
  a
• 6:46
  very
• 6:47
  calendar
• 6:47
  driven
• 6:47
  person,
• 6:48
  so
• 6:48
  I
• 6:48
  time
• 6:48
  my
• 6:49
  day
• 6:49
  as
• 6:50
  I
• 6:50
  see
• 6:50
  fit.
• 6:51
  But
• 6:51
  I
• 6:51
  guess
• 6:52
  a
• 6:52
  typical
• 6:52
  day.
• 6:52
  Get
• 6:53
  in,
• 6:53
  obviously,
• 6:53
  as
• 6:53
  I
• 6:54
  think
• 6:54
  most
• 6:54
  people
• 6:54
  do,
• 6:55
  check
• 6:55
  your
• 6:55
  emails,
• 6:55
  catch
• 6:55
  up
• 6:55
  on
• 6:56
  what
• 6:56
  you
• 6:56
  may
• 6:56
  have
• 6:56
  missed
• 6:57
  the
• 6:57
  night
• 6:57
  before.
• 6:57
  But
• 6:58
  right
• 6:59
  in
• 6:59
  the
• 6:59
  morning,
• 6:59
  we're
• 6:59
  making
• 7:00
  sure
• 7:00
  all
• 7:00
  the
• 7:00
  games
• 7:00
  for
• 7:01
  the
• 7:01
  day
• 7:01
  and
• 7:02
  outlook
• 7:02
  for
• 7:02
  the
• 7:02
  week
• 7:02
  are
• 7:02
  covered
• 7:03
  by
• 7:03
  officials
• 7:03
  making
• 7:04
  sure
• 7:04
  that
• 7:05
  there
• 7:05
  was
• 7:05
  no
• 7:05
  issues.
• 7:06
  I'm
• 7:06
  a
• 7:06
  co
• 7:07
  chair
• 7:07
  of
• 7:07
  the
• 7:07
  sportsmanship
• 7:08
  committee,
• 7:08
  so
• 7:08
  we
• 7:09
  oversee
• 7:09
  anyone
• 7:10
  that
• 7:10
  we're
• 7:11
  in
• 7:11
  basketball
• 7:11
  season
• 7:11
  now,
• 7:12
  so
• 7:12
  that's
• 7:12
  a
• 7:12
  good
• 7:12
  example.
• 7:12
  We
• 7:13
  oversee
• 7:13
  all
• 7:13
  the
• 7:13
  technical
• 7:14
  fouls,
• 7:14
  injections,
• 7:15
  any
• 7:16
  issues
• 7:16
  as
• 7:16
  it
• 7:17
  relates
• 7:17
  to
• 7:17
  spectators
• 7:18
  or
• 7:18
  student
• 7:18
  athletes.
• 7:19
  So
• 7:20
  that's
• 7:20
  in
• 7:20
  trouble.
• 7:21
  A
• 7:21
  really
• 7:21
  good
• 7:21
  portion
• 7:21
  of
• 7:22
  the
• 7:22
  day.
• 7:22
  But
• 7:22
  also
• 7:23
  we're
• 7:23
  going
• 7:23
  over
• 7:24
  meetings
• 7:24
  with
• 7:24
  our
• 7:25
  coordinators
• 7:25
  for
• 7:26
  sports,
• 7:26
  meeting
• 7:26
  with
• 7:26
  coaches,
• 7:27
  athletic
• 7:27
  directors,
• 7:28
  really
• 7:28
  Just
• 7:28
  kind
• 7:28
  of
• 7:28
  keeping
• 7:29
  the
• 7:29
  ship
• 7:29
  afloat.
• 7:30
  So
• 7:31
  I'm
• 7:31
  more
• 7:31
  calendar
• 7:31
  driven,
• 7:32
  like
• 7:32
  I
• 7:32
  said.
• 7:32
  But
• 7:33
  it's
• 7:33
  one
• 7:33
  of
• 7:33
  those
• 7:34
  positions
• 7:34
  where
• 7:35
  something
• 7:35
  happens
• 7:35
  and
• 7:35
  on
• 7:35
  drop
• 7:36
  of
• 7:36
  a
• 7:36
  dime,
• 7:36
  you
• 7:36
  gotta
• 7:36
  be
• 7:36
  there
• 7:37
  to
• 7:37
  handle
• 7:37
  it
• 7:38
  again.
• 7:39
  Chris
• 7:39
  Caputo
• 7:39
  here
• 7:40
  with
• 7:40
  Justin
• 7:40
  Jonas
• 7:41
  from
• 7:41
  Section
• 7:42
  8.
• 7:43
  So
• 7:43
  you're
• 7:43
  working
• 7:44
  with
• 7:44
  high
• 7:44
  school
• 7:44
  athletics
• 7:45
  and
• 7:45
  sometimes
• 7:46
  the
• 7:46
  back
• 7:46
  end
• 7:46
  of
• 7:47
  it,
• 7:47
  and
• 7:47
  sometimes
• 7:48
  there's
• 7:48
  good
• 7:48
  stuff
• 7:48
  and
• 7:49
  sometimes
• 7:49
  there's
• 7:49
  bad.
• 7:49
  What
• 7:50
  would
• 7:50
  you
• 7:50
  say
• 7:52
  the
• 7:52
  best
• 7:52
  part
• 7:53
  of
• 7:53
  the
• 7:53
  favorite
• 7:54
  part
• 7:54
  of
• 7:54
  your
• 7:54
  job
• 7:54
  right
• 7:55
  now?
• 7:56
  Yeah,
• 7:57
  I'm
• 7:57
  a
• 7:57
  big
• 7:57
  fan
• 7:58
  of
• 7:58
  our
• 7:59
  playoff
• 7:59
  and
• 7:59
  championship
• 8:00
  structure.
• 8:00
  I
• 8:01
  think
• 8:01
  we're
• 8:02
  one
• 8:02
  of
• 8:02
  the
• 8:02
  best
• 8:02
  counties
• 8:02
  in
• 8:02
  the
• 8:03
  state
• 8:03
  of
• 8:03
  how
• 8:03
  we
• 8:03
  do
• 8:03
  things,
• 8:03
  where
• 8:04
  we
• 8:04
  get
• 8:04
  the
• 8:04
  college
• 8:04
  venues.
• 8:05
  So
• 8:05
  the
• 8:05
  best
• 8:05
  part
• 8:05
  of
• 8:06
  my
• 8:06
  job,
• 8:06
  obviously
• 8:07
  every
• 8:07
  day
• 8:07
  is
• 8:07
  a
• 8:07
  grind,
• 8:07
  but
• 8:07
  when
• 8:08
  you're
• 8:08
  able
• 8:08
  to
• 8:08
  get
• 8:08
  out
• 8:08
  to,
• 8:09
  to
• 8:09
  Hofstra
• 8:10
  for
• 8:10
  football
• 8:10
  or
• 8:11
  Farmingdale
• 8:11
  for
• 8:12
  basketball,
• 8:13
  you
• 8:14
  know,
• 8:14
  really
• 8:14
  whatever
• 8:14
  venue,
• 8:14
  you
• 8:15
  know,
• 8:15
  we're
• 8:15
  able
• 8:15
  to
• 8:15
  get
• 8:15
  a
• 8:15
  contract
• 8:16
  with.
• 8:16
  Just
• 8:16
  seeing
• 8:17
  the
• 8:17
  excitement
• 8:17
  on
• 8:17
  the
• 8:17
  kids
• 8:18
  faces
• 8:18
  and
• 8:18
  really
• 8:18
  just
• 8:19
  kind
• 8:19
  of
• 8:19
  put
• 8:19
  showing
• 8:19
  that,
• 8:20
  you
• 8:20
  know,
• 8:20
  all
• 8:20
  the
• 8:20
  hard
• 8:20
  work
• 8:20
  you
• 8:20
  put
• 8:21
  in
• 8:21
  really
• 8:21
  pays
• 8:21
  off
• 8:21
  when
• 8:22
  you're
• 8:22
  giving
• 8:22
  kids,
• 8:22
  you
• 8:22
  know,
• 8:23
  one
• 8:23
  a
• 8:23
  great
• 8:23
  experience,
• 8:24
  you
• 8:24
  know,
• 8:25
  experiences
• 8:25
  that
• 8:25
  will,
• 8:25
  you
• 8:25
  know,
• 8:26
  shape
• 8:26
  their
• 8:26
  life,
• 8:26
  you
• 8:27
  know,
• 8:27
  hopefully
• 8:27
  for
• 8:27
  the
• 8:27
  foreseeable
• 8:28
  future,
• 8:28
  but
• 8:29
  you
• 8:29
  know,
• 8:29
  also
• 8:29
  for
• 8:29
  yourself.
• 8:30
  It's
• 8:30
  self
• 8:30
  gratifying
• 8:31
  knowing
• 8:31
  all
• 8:31
  that
• 8:31
  hard
• 8:32
  work
• 8:32
  goes
• 8:32
  into
• 8:32
  something
• 8:33
  that's,
• 8:33
  you
• 8:33
  know,
• 8:33
  just
• 8:33
  something
• 8:34
  personally
• 8:35
  very
• 8:35
  important
• 8:36
  to
• 8:36
  you.
• 8:37
  And
• 8:37
  I
• 8:38
  guess
• 8:38
  on
• 8:38
  the
• 8:38
  other
• 8:38
  end,
• 8:39
  what's
• 8:39
  the
• 8:39
  least
• 8:39
  favorite
• 8:40
  part
• 8:40
  of
• 8:40
  the
• 8:40
  job?
• 8:40
  What
• 8:40
  do
• 8:41
  you
• 8:41
  have
• 8:41
  to
• 8:41
  do
• 8:41
  that
• 8:41
  you
• 8:41
  wish
• 8:41
  you
• 8:42
  didn't
• 8:42
  have
• 8:42
  to?
• 8:43
  Yeah,
• 8:44
  I
• 8:44
  mean,
• 8:44
  I
• 8:44
  think
• 8:44
  that's
• 8:45
  a
• 8:45
  good
• 8:45
  question
• 8:47
  to
• 8:47
  answer
• 8:47
  it.
• 8:48
  In
• 8:48
  short,
• 8:49
  as
• 8:49
  I
• 8:49
  said,
• 8:49
  I'm
• 8:50
  the
• 8:50
  coach
• 8:50
  head
• 8:50
  of
• 8:50
  the
• 8:50
  sportsmanship
• 8:51
  committee.
• 8:51
  So
• 8:52
  my
• 8:52
  least
• 8:53
  favorite
• 8:53
  part
• 8:53
  is
• 8:53
  having
• 8:53
  to
• 8:54
  sit
• 8:54
  kids
• 8:54
  down
• 8:55
  for
• 8:55
  a
• 8:55
  couple
• 8:55
  games
• 8:55
  if
• 8:55
  they
• 8:56
  act
• 8:56
  out
• 8:56
  of
• 8:56
  line
• 8:56
  or
• 8:57
  coaches
• 8:57
  or
• 8:58
  even
• 8:58
  on
• 8:58
  the
• 8:58
  spectator
• 8:59
  side
• 8:59
  of
• 8:59
  that.
• 8:59
  And
• 8:59
  unfortunately,
• 9:01
  it's
• 9:01
  nothing
• 9:02
  new
• 9:02
  to
• 9:03
  Nassau
• 9:03
  county
• 9:03
  or
• 9:03
  really
• 9:04
  any
• 9:04
  county
• 9:04
  in
• 9:04
  the
• 9:04
  country.
• 9:05
  But
• 9:06
  we
• 9:06
  have
• 9:06
  a
• 9:06
  large
• 9:07
  issue
• 9:07
  with
• 9:07
  sportsmanship
• 9:08
  and
• 9:08
  behavior
• 9:08
  at
• 9:09
  games.
• 9:09
  It's
• 9:10
  gotten
• 9:10
  a
• 9:10
  little
• 9:10
  bit
• 9:10
  better,
• 9:10
  we've
• 9:10
  gotten
• 9:11
  a
• 9:11
  little
• 9:11
  bit
• 9:11
  stricter.
• 9:11
  But
• 9:12
  you
• 9:12
  know,
• 9:12
  having
• 9:12
  to
• 9:12
  make
• 9:12
  that
• 9:13
  phone
• 9:13
  call
• 9:13
  to,
• 9:13
  you
• 9:14
  know,
• 9:14
  that
• 9:14
  the
• 9:14
  athletic
• 9:15
  director
• 9:15
  of
• 9:15
  the
• 9:15
  school
• 9:15
  having,
• 9:16
  you
• 9:16
  know,
• 9:16
  tell
• 9:17
  their
• 9:17
  kid
• 9:17
  they
• 9:17
  have
• 9:17
  to
• 9:17
  sit
• 9:17
  the
• 9:17
  next
• 9:18
  couple
• 9:18
  games
• 9:18
  or
• 9:18
  something
• 9:19
  that,
• 9:19
  you
• 9:20
  know,
• 9:20
  we
• 9:20
  either
• 9:20
  see
• 9:20
  on
• 9:20
  film
• 9:21
  or
• 9:21
  we
• 9:21
  get
• 9:21
  reports
• 9:21
  on,
• 9:22
  you
• 9:22
  know,
• 9:22
  doing
• 9:22
  investigations.
• 9:23
  Definitely
• 9:24
  the
• 9:24
  worst
• 9:24
  part,
• 9:24
  because
• 9:24
  you
• 9:24
  don't
• 9:24
  want
• 9:24
  to
• 9:25
  take
• 9:25
  any
• 9:25
  experiences
• 9:25
  away
• 9:26
  from
• 9:26
  the
• 9:26
  kids.
• 9:27
  Yeah,
• 9:27
  and
• 9:27
  what
• 9:27
  does
• 9:28
  that
• 9:28
  entail?
• 9:28
  Like
• 9:28
  how
• 9:29
  frequently
• 9:29
  do
• 9:29
  you
• 9:29
  have
• 9:29
  to
• 9:30
  meet
• 9:30
  and
• 9:31
  how
• 9:31
  do
• 9:31
  you
• 9:31
  go
• 9:31
  about
• 9:31
  addressing
• 9:32
  some
• 9:32
  of
• 9:32
  these
• 9:33
  issues
• 9:33
  that
• 9:33
  are
• 9:33
  happening
• 9:34
  for
• 9:34
  sportsmanship
• 9:35
  reasons.
• 9:36
  Yeah,
• 9:36
  so
• 9:37
  we
• 9:37
  only,
• 9:38
  we
• 9:38
  have
• 9:38
  a
• 9:38
  committee.
• 9:39
  We
• 9:39
  only
• 9:39
  meet
• 9:40
  when
• 9:40
  it
• 9:40
  gets,
• 9:41
  when
• 9:41
  it
• 9:41
  gets
• 9:41
  to
• 9:41
  the
• 9:41
  point
• 9:41
  where
• 9:41
  we
• 9:42
  have
• 9:42
  to
• 9:42
  meet.
• 9:43
  I
• 9:43
  try
• 9:43
  to
• 9:43
  keep
• 9:44
  it
• 9:44
  as
• 9:44
  broad
• 9:44
  as
• 9:44
  possible,
• 9:45
  but
• 9:46
  day
• 9:46
  to
• 9:46
  day,
• 9:47
  I
• 9:47
  mean,
• 9:47
  we'll
• 9:47
  get,
• 9:48
  depending
• 9:48
  on
• 9:48
  the
• 9:48
  sport,
• 9:49
  we'll
• 9:49
  get
• 9:50
  maybe
• 9:50
  two
• 9:50
  or
• 9:51
  three
• 9:51
  reports
• 9:52
  a
• 9:52
  night
• 9:52
  that
• 9:52
  we
• 9:52
  have
• 9:52
  to
• 9:53
  address.
• 9:53
  Most
• 9:54
  are
• 9:54
  pretty
• 9:54
  clear
• 9:54
  cut
• 9:54
  and
• 9:55
  dry.
• 9:55
  I'll
• 9:55
  use
• 9:55
  soccer
• 9:56
  as
• 9:56
  an
• 9:56
  example.
• 9:57
  Soccer
• 9:58
  would
• 9:58
  be
• 9:58
  if
• 9:58
  you
• 9:59
  get
• 9:59
  two
• 9:59
  yellow
• 9:59
  cards
• 9:59
  in
• 10:00
  the
• 10:00
  game,
• 10:00
  it's
• 10:00
  a
• 10:00
  red
• 10:00
  card
• 10:01
  and
• 10:01
  that's
• 10:01
  an
• 10:01
  automatic
• 10:01
  two
• 10:02
  game
• 10:02
  suspension.
• 10:02
  So
• 10:03
  that's
• 10:03
  a
• 10:03
  quick
• 10:03
  and
• 10:04
  easy
• 10:04
  one.
• 10:04
  You
• 10:04
  shoot
• 10:04
  the
• 10:04
  athletic
• 10:05
  director
• 10:05
  a
• 10:05
  note,
• 10:05
  make
• 10:06
  sure
• 10:06
  they
• 10:06
  receive
• 10:06
  it.
• 10:07
  You
• 10:07
  know,
• 10:07
  the
• 10:07
  athlete
• 10:08
  has
• 10:08
  to
• 10:08
  sit
• 10:08
  the
• 10:08
  next
• 10:08
  two
• 10:08
  games.
• 10:09
  But
• 10:09
  the
• 10:10
  complicated
• 10:10
  ones
• 10:11
  where
• 10:11
  you
• 10:11
  get
• 10:11
  into
• 10:12
  like
• 10:12
  a
• 10:13
  football
• 10:13
  when
• 10:13
  it
• 10:13
  comes
• 10:13
  to
• 10:13
  a
• 10:14
  targeting
• 10:14
  and
• 10:14
  you
• 10:14
  have
• 10:14
  to
• 10:14
  look,
• 10:15
  you
• 10:15
  know,
• 10:15
  review
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  film
• 10:16
  on
• 10:16
  our
• 10:16
  end
• 10:16
  to
• 10:16
  make
• 10:16
  sure
• 10:17
  that
• 10:17
  it's
• 10:17
  one
• 10:18
  targeting
• 10:18
  because
• 10:18
  we
• 10:19
  don't
• 10:19
  have
• 10:19
  the
• 10:19
  luxury
• 10:19
  of,
• 10:19
  you
• 10:20
  know,
• 10:20
  the
• 10:20
  college
• 10:20
  or
• 10:20
  professional
• 10:21
  game
• 10:21
  where
• 10:21
  yet
• 10:21
  they
• 10:22
  get
• 10:22
  to
• 10:22
  look
• 10:22
  at
• 10:22
  film
• 10:22
  on
• 10:22
  the
• 10:23
  field,
• 10:23
  it's
• 10:23
  called,
• 10:24
  and
• 10:24
  that's
• 10:24
  that.
• 10:24
  And
• 10:24
  then
• 10:24
  we
• 10:25
  have
• 10:25
  to
• 10:25
  address
• 10:25
  it
• 10:25
  afterwards,
• 10:26
  all
• 10:27
  the
• 10:27
  way
• 10:27
  down
• 10:27
  to,
• 10:27
  you
• 10:27
  know,
• 10:28
  unfortunately,
• 10:28
  you
• 10:29
  know,
• 10:29
  spectators
• 10:29
  saying
• 10:29
  something
• 10:30
  inappropriate,
• 10:31
  a
• 10:31
  coach
• 10:32
  may
• 10:32
  be
• 10:32
  taking
• 10:32
  things
• 10:32
  a
• 10:32
  little
• 10:32
  bit
• 10:33
  too
• 10:33
  far.
• 10:33
  We've
• 10:33
  had
• 10:34
  a
• 10:34
  good
• 10:34
  year
• 10:34
  so
• 10:34
  far
• 10:34
  with
• 10:35
  that,
• 10:35
  which
• 10:35
  I'm
• 10:35
  thankful
• 10:36
  for,
• 10:36
  but
• 10:37
  it
• 10:38
  really
• 10:38
  comes
• 10:38
  case
• 10:38
  by
• 10:39
  case
• 10:39
  basis,
• 10:39
  which
• 10:39
  obviously
• 10:40
  makes
• 10:40
  things
• 10:40
  a
• 10:40
  little
• 10:40
  more
• 10:40
  difficult.
• 10:41
  So
• 10:42
  I
• 10:42
  know
• 10:42
  from
• 10:42
  teaching
• 10:43
  in
• 10:43
  the
• 10:43
  schools
• 10:43
  over
• 10:44
  at
• 10:44
  East
• 10:44
  Rockway
• 10:44
  and
• 10:45
  also
• 10:45
  from
• 10:46
  my
• 10:46
  kids
• 10:46
  being
• 10:46
  involved
• 10:47
  in
• 10:47
  athletics
• 10:48
  that
• 10:48
  this
• 10:49
  year,
• 10:49
  each
• 10:50
  season
• 10:50
  we've
• 10:51
  gotten
• 10:51
  this
• 10:51
  email
• 10:51
  that
• 10:52
  basically
• 10:52
  states
• 10:53
  that
• 10:53
  some
• 10:53
  of
• 10:53
  the
• 10:54
  rules
• 10:54
  of
• 10:54
  sportsmanship
• 10:55
  have
• 10:55
  changed
• 10:55
  and
• 10:55
  this
• 10:55
  is
• 10:56
  what
• 10:56
  you
• 10:56
  can
• 10:56
  be
• 10:56
  accountable
• 10:57
  for.
• 10:57
  And
• 10:58
  also
• 10:58
  basically
• 10:59
  like
• 10:59
  a
• 10:59
  spreadsheet,
• 11:00
  these
• 11:00
  are
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  ramifications.
• 11:01
  This
• 11:01
  is
• 11:02
  how
• 11:02
  long
• 11:02
  someone
• 11:03
  would
• 11:03
  have
• 11:03
  to
• 11:03
  sit
• 11:03
  out
• 11:03
  for
• 11:04
  this
• 11:04
  violation.
• 11:04
  And
• 11:04
  something
• 11:05
  else,
• 11:05
  is
• 11:05
  that
• 11:05
  something
• 11:05
  that
• 11:05
  you
• 11:06
  guys
• 11:06
  had
• 11:06
  to
• 11:07
  come
• 11:07
  up
• 11:07
  with
• 11:07
  to
• 11:07
  combat
• 11:08
  some
• 11:08
  of
• 11:08
  the
• 11:08
  problems
• 11:09
  with
• 11:09
  sportsmanship?
• 11:10
  Yeah.
• 11:10
  So
• 11:11
  Section
• 11:11
  8,
• 11:11
  we've
• 11:12
  taken
• 11:12
  a
• 11:13
  much
• 11:13
  stronger
• 11:13
  approach
• 11:14
  when
• 11:14
  it
• 11:14
  comes
• 11:14
  to
• 11:14
  that.
• 11:15
  We
• 11:16
  had.
• 11:16
  So
• 11:17
  the
• 11:17
  state
• 11:17
  has
• 11:17
  their
• 11:17
  rules
• 11:18
  and
• 11:18
  then
• 11:18
  we
• 11:18
  can
• 11:18
  add
• 11:18
  if
• 11:19
  we
• 11:19
  feel
• 11:19
  necessary,
• 11:20
  based
• 11:20
  on
• 11:21
  last
• 11:22
  school
• 11:22
  year,
• 11:22
  the
• 11:23
  23,
• 11:23
  24
• 11:24
  school
• 11:24
  year,
• 11:25
  things
• 11:25
  got
• 11:25
  a
• 11:25
  little
• 11:25
  bit
• 11:25
  out
• 11:26
  of
• 11:26
  hand.
• 11:26
  So
• 11:26
  we
• 11:26
  came
• 11:27
  down
• 11:27
  into
• 11:27
  that
• 11:27
  spreadsheet
• 11:28
  that
• 11:28
  you
• 11:28
  mentioned.
• 11:29
  We
• 11:29
  came
• 11:29
  down
• 11:29
  and
• 11:30
  created
• 11:30
  that
• 11:31
  really
• 11:31
  as
• 11:31
  a,
• 11:32
  as
• 11:32
  a
• 11:32
  stance
• 11:33
  saying,
• 11:33
  hey,
• 11:33
  we're
• 11:33
  not
• 11:34
  going
• 11:34
  to,
• 11:34
  you
• 11:34
  know,
• 11:34
  we're
• 11:34
  not
• 11:34
  going
• 11:34
  to
• 11:35
  let
• 11:35
  this
• 11:35
  go
• 11:35
  any
• 11:35
  further.
• 11:36
  Things
• 11:36
  have
• 11:36
  to
• 11:36
  be
• 11:37
  addressed
• 11:37
  and
• 11:38
  truthfully,
• 11:38
  for
• 11:38
  the
• 11:39
  most
• 11:39
  part,
• 11:39
  they
• 11:39
  have
• 11:39
  been
• 11:40
  kids,
• 11:40
  you
• 11:40
  Know,
• 11:41
  once
• 11:41
  you
• 11:41
  see
• 11:41
  what,
• 11:42
  you
• 11:42
  know,
• 11:42
  what
• 11:42
  your
• 11:42
  actions
• 11:43
  can
• 11:43
  create
• 11:43
  and
• 11:43
  the
• 11:44
  consequence
• 11:44
  for
• 11:44
  it,
• 11:45
  you
• 11:45
  know,
• 11:46
  they'll
• 11:46
  take
• 11:46
  a
• 11:46
  step
• 11:47
  back,
• 11:47
  they'll
• 11:47
  think
• 11:47
  about
• 11:47
  that
• 11:48
  next
• 11:48
  move,
• 11:48
  you
• 11:48
  know,
• 11:49
  the
• 11:50
  words
• 11:50
  they
• 11:50
  say,
• 11:50
  the
• 11:50
  actions
• 11:51
  they
• 11:51
  take.
• 11:51
  So
• 11:51
  it's
• 11:52
  worked,
• 11:52
  but
• 11:53
  it
• 11:53
  was
• 11:53
  a
• 11:53
  necessary
• 11:53
  step
• 11:54
  for
• 11:54
  us
• 11:54
  to
• 11:54
  take
• 11:54
  because
• 11:55
  again,
• 11:55
  things,
• 11:56
  especially
• 11:56
  in
• 11:56
  the
• 11:57
  last
• 11:57
  year,
• 11:57
  got
• 11:57
  a
• 11:57
  little
• 11:57
  bit,
• 11:58
  you
• 11:58
  know,
• 11:58
  out
• 11:59
  of
• 11:59
  our
• 11:59
  comfort
• 11:59
  zone
• 11:59
  when
• 11:59
  it
• 12:00
  comes
• 12:00
  to
• 12:00
  sportsmanship.
• 12:02
  Yeah,
• 12:02
  I
• 12:02
  think
• 12:03
  some
• 12:03
  of
• 12:03
  that
• 12:03
  stuff
• 12:03
  has
• 12:03
  kind
• 12:04
  of,
• 12:04
  you
• 12:04
  know,
• 12:04
  hit
• 12:05
  everywhere.
• 12:05
  But
• 12:06
  I
• 12:06
  think
• 12:06
  when
• 12:06
  you
• 12:06
  take
• 12:06
  a
• 12:07
  kind
• 12:07
  of
• 12:07
  a
• 12:07
  personal
• 12:08
  stance
• 12:08
  and
• 12:08
  you
• 12:08
  kind
• 12:08
  of
• 12:09
  say,
• 12:09
  this
• 12:09
  is
• 12:09
  what
• 12:09
  Nassau
• 12:10
  county
• 12:10
  is
• 12:10
  going
• 12:11
  to
• 12:11
  do
• 12:11
  about
• 12:11
  this,
• 12:11
  I
• 12:11
  think
• 12:11
  people
• 12:12
  take
• 12:12
  a
• 12:12
  little
• 12:12
  bit
• 12:12
  more
• 12:12
  of
• 12:13
  a
• 12:13
  look
• 12:13
  at
• 12:13
  it
• 12:13
  because
• 12:13
  now
• 12:13
  they
• 12:14
  know
• 12:14
  that
• 12:14
  there
• 12:15
  are
• 12:15
  some
• 12:15
  ramifications.
• 12:16
  And
• 12:16
  if
• 12:16
  you
• 12:16
  want
• 12:16
  to
• 12:16
  see
• 12:16
  your
• 12:17
  child
• 12:17
  play
• 12:17
  a
• 12:17
  game,
• 12:17
  you
• 12:17
  have
• 12:18
  to
• 12:18
  act
• 12:18
  responsibly.
• 12:19
  And
• 12:19
  if
• 12:19
  you
• 12:19
  want
• 12:20
  to
• 12:20
  stay
• 12:20
  on
• 12:20
  the
• 12:20
  court,
• 12:20
  then
• 12:21
  you
• 12:21
  have
• 12:21
  to
• 12:21
  make
• 12:21
  sure
• 12:21
  that
• 12:21
  you're
• 12:22
  not,
• 12:22
  you
• 12:22
  know,
• 12:22
  leaving
• 12:23
  the
• 12:23
  bench
• 12:23
  or
• 12:23
  getting
• 12:23
  involved
• 12:24
  in
• 12:24
  something
• 12:24
  that's
• 12:24
  a
• 12:24
  little
• 12:25
  bit,
• 12:26
  you
• 12:26
  know,
• 12:26
  extracurricular,
• 12:27
  kind
• 12:27
  of
• 12:28
  pass
• 12:28
  the
• 12:28
  whistle.
• 12:29
  Because
• 12:29
  I
• 12:29
  think
• 12:29
  those
• 12:29
  are
• 12:29
  some
• 12:29
  of
• 12:30
  the
• 12:30
  things
• 12:30
  that
• 12:31
  maybe
• 12:31
  have
• 12:31
  haunted
• 12:32
  not
• 12:33
  just
• 12:33
  high
• 12:33
  school
• 12:33
  athletics,
• 12:33
  but
• 12:34
  youth
• 12:34
  athletics
• 12:34
  in
• 12:34
  general.
• 12:36
  Yeah,
• 12:36
  absolutely.
• 12:37
  And
• 12:37
  you
• 12:37
  see
• 12:37
  it
• 12:37
  on
• 12:38
  the
• 12:38
  youth
• 12:38
  level,
• 12:38
  and
• 12:38
  we
• 12:38
  get
• 12:39
  video
• 12:39
  sent
• 12:39
  to
• 12:39
  us,
• 12:39
  even
• 12:40
  if
• 12:40
  it's
• 12:40
  not
• 12:40
  in
• 12:40
  our
• 12:41
  jurisdiction
• 12:41
  all
• 12:41
  the
• 12:42
  time,
• 12:42
  where,
• 12:42
  you
• 12:43
  know,
• 12:43
  you
• 12:43
  see
• 12:43
  the
• 12:43
  influence
• 12:44
  of
• 12:44
  a
• 12:44
  TikTok,
• 12:45
  you
• 12:45
  know,
• 12:45
  call
• 12:46
  like
• 12:46
  an
• 12:46
  Instagram
• 12:46
  reel,
• 12:47
  whatever
• 12:47
  it
• 12:47
  may
• 12:47
  be,
• 12:47
  where
• 12:48
  now
• 12:48
  the
• 12:50
  feds
• 12:50
  on
• 12:50
  Tick
• 12:50
  Tock
• 12:51
  are
• 12:51
  the
• 12:51
  things
• 12:51
  that
• 12:51
  are
• 12:51
  coming
• 12:52
  out
• 12:52
  where.
• 12:53
  Use
• 12:53
  an
• 12:53
  example,
• 12:53
  there
• 12:54
  was
• 12:54
  a
• 12:54
  football
• 12:55
  trend
• 12:55
  where
• 12:56
  at
• 12:56
  the
• 12:56
  handshake
• 12:57
  line,
• 12:58
  one
• 12:58
  of
• 12:58
  the
• 12:58
  teams
• 12:59
  that
• 12:59
  won
• 13:00
  the
• 13:00
  game
• 13:00
  would
• 13:01
  virtually
• 13:01
  smack
• 13:02
  the
• 13:02
  other
• 13:02
  team
• 13:02
  with
• 13:02
  towels.
• 13:03
  And
• 13:03
  that
• 13:04
  was
• 13:04
  used
• 13:04
  as
• 13:04
  the
• 13:04
  cool
• 13:04
  thing
• 13:05
  on
• 13:05
  Tick
• 13:05
  Tock.
• 13:06
  And
• 13:06
  on
• 13:06
  the
• 13:06
  sportsmanship
• 13:07
  side
• 13:07
  of
• 13:07
  things,
• 13:07
  obviously
• 13:08
  that's
• 13:08
  not
• 13:08
  acceptable,
• 13:08
  but
• 13:09
  that's
• 13:09
  the
• 13:09
  influence
• 13:10
  that's
• 13:10
  coming
• 13:10
  up.
• 13:10
  And
• 13:10
  we
• 13:11
  have
• 13:11
  to
• 13:11
  be
• 13:11
  able
• 13:11
  to
• 13:12
  have
• 13:12
  a
• 13:12
  stance,
• 13:12
  have
• 13:13
  our
• 13:13
  directive
• 13:14
  of,
• 13:14
  hey,
• 13:14
  listen,
• 13:14
  we're
• 13:14
  not
• 13:14
  going
• 13:14
  to
• 13:15
  accept
• 13:15
  these
• 13:15
  things,
• 13:16
  you
• 13:16
  know,
• 13:16
  it
• 13:17
  may
• 13:17
  be
• 13:17
  acceptable,
• 13:17
  you
• 13:18
  know,
• 13:18
  the
• 13:18
  AAU
• 13:18
  game
• 13:19
  or
• 13:19
  at,
• 13:19
  you
• 13:19
  know,
• 13:19
  your
• 13:20
  local
• 13:20
  rec
• 13:21
  league
• 13:21
  game.
• 13:21
  So
• 13:21
  when
• 13:21
  it
• 13:21
  comes
• 13:22
  to,
• 13:22
  you
• 13:22
  know,
• 13:22
  Section
• 13:23
  8
• 13:23
  athletics
• 13:23
  and
• 13:23
  really
• 13:24
  New
• 13:24
  York
• 13:24
  State
• 13:24
  athletics,
• 13:24
  it's
• 13:25
  not
• 13:25
  going
• 13:25
  to
• 13:25
  be
• 13:25
  tolerated.
• 13:26
  Again,
• 13:26
  we're
• 13:27
  talking
• 13:27
  with
• 13:27
  Justin
• 13:27
  Jonas
• 13:28
  from
• 13:28
  Section
• 13:28
  eight.
• 13:30
  Let's
• 13:30
  just.
• 13:31
  I'm
• 13:31
  going
• 13:31
  to
• 13:31
  leave
• 13:31
  it
• 13:31
  out
• 13:32
  there.
• 13:32
  Officials,
• 13:32
  how
• 13:33
  tough
• 13:33
  has
• 13:33
  this
• 13:34
  gotten
• 13:34
  over
• 13:34
  the
• 13:35
  years?
• 13:36
  Very
• 13:37
  tough.
• 13:37
  Yeah.
• 13:38
  I
• 13:38
  mean,
• 13:38
  we're
• 13:39
  struggling,
• 13:40
  and
• 13:40
  it's
• 13:40
  not
• 13:40
  just
• 13:41
  a
• 13:41
  Nassau
• 13:41
  county
• 13:41
  thing.
• 13:42
  It's
• 13:42
  a
• 13:43
  countrywide
• 13:43
  issue
• 13:44
  where
• 13:45
  we're
• 13:45
  losing
• 13:46
  Officials
• 13:47
  in
• 13:47
  big
• 13:47
  numbers
• 13:48
  and
• 13:48
  we're
• 13:48
  having
• 13:48
  a
• 13:49
  hard
• 13:49
  time
• 13:49
  recruiting
• 13:49
  officials.
• 13:51
  I'll
• 13:51
  use
• 13:51
  last
• 13:52
  year
• 13:52
  as
• 13:52
  an
• 13:52
  example
• 13:53
  because
• 13:53
  it's
• 13:53
  quantified
• 13:54
  data
• 13:54
  that
• 13:54
  we
• 13:54
  can
• 13:54
  use.
• 13:55
  We
• 13:55
  went,
• 13:56
  I
• 13:56
  want
• 13:56
  to
• 13:56
  say,
• 13:57
  not
• 13:57
  want
• 13:57
  to
• 13:57
  say
• 13:57
  we
• 13:58
  have
• 13:58
  the
• 13:58
  data.
• 13:59
  Over
• 13:59
  40%
• 13:59
  of
• 14:00
  modified
• 14:00
  games,
• 14:00
  which
• 14:01
  are
• 14:02
  middle
• 14:02
  school
• 14:02
  games,
• 14:03
  went
• 14:03
  without
• 14:04
  officials.
• 14:04
  So
• 14:04
  those
• 14:05
  games
• 14:05
  automatically
• 14:05
  become
• 14:06
  scrimmages.
• 14:07
  And
• 14:07
  it's
• 14:07
  really
• 14:08
  a
• 14:08
  trickle
• 14:08
  down
• 14:08
  effect
• 14:08
  where
• 14:09
  if
• 14:09
  you
• 14:09
  have
• 14:10
  those
• 14:10
  officials
• 14:10
  that
• 14:10
  aren't
• 14:11
  going
• 14:11
  to
• 14:11
  be
• 14:11
  there,
• 14:11
  those
• 14:11
  games
• 14:11
  become
• 14:12
  scrimmages.
• 14:12
  Kids
• 14:13
  may
• 14:13
  not
• 14:13
  get
• 14:14
  the
• 14:14
  experience
• 14:14
  that
• 14:14
  they
• 14:14
  need
• 14:15
  and
• 14:15
  they
• 14:15
  opt
• 14:15
  out
• 14:15
  of
• 14:15
  playing
• 14:16
  and
• 14:16
  then
• 14:16
  you're
• 14:16
  going
• 14:16
  to
• 14:16
  see
• 14:16
  numbers
• 14:17
  dwindle
• 14:17
  as
• 14:17
  it
• 14:17
  goes
• 14:18
  to
• 14:18
  that
• 14:18
  AVSY
• 14:19
  level.
• 14:19
  So,
• 14:20
  you
• 14:20
  know,
• 14:21
  I'm
• 14:21
  not
• 14:21
  hitting
• 14:21
  the
• 14:22
  crisis
• 14:22
  button
• 14:22
  yet.
• 14:22
  You
• 14:23
  know,
• 14:23
  we
• 14:23
  have
• 14:23
  some
• 14:23
  good
• 14:24
  initiatives
• 14:24
  that
• 14:24
  we're
• 14:24
  working
• 14:24
  on
• 14:25
  that
• 14:25
  can
• 14:25
  get
• 14:25
  officials
• 14:26
  in
• 14:26
  the
• 14:26
  door.
• 14:26
  But
• 14:27
  it's
• 14:27
  one
• 14:27
  of
• 14:27
  those
• 14:27
  things
• 14:28
  where,
• 14:28
  you
• 14:28
  know,
• 14:28
  officials
• 14:29
  are
• 14:29
  going
• 14:29
  to
• 14:29
  games
• 14:29
  and
• 14:30
  getting,
• 14:30
  you
• 14:30
  know,
• 14:31
  getting
• 14:31
  harassed.
• 14:31
  And
• 14:32
  you
• 14:32
  look
• 14:32
  at
• 14:33
  anywhere
• 14:33
  from
• 14:33
  the
• 14:33
  high
• 14:33
  school
• 14:34
  level
• 14:34
  all
• 14:34
  the
• 14:34
  way
• 14:34
  through
• 14:34
  the
• 14:35
  college
• 14:35
  and
• 14:35
  you
• 14:35
  know,
• 14:36
  professional
• 14:37
  level,
• 14:38
  everything's
• 14:39
  on
• 14:39
  social
• 14:39
  media
• 14:39
  now.
• 14:40
  Everyone's
• 14:40
  got
• 14:40
  their
• 14:40
  opinion.
• 14:41
  Everyone
• 14:41
  can
• 14:41
  post
• 14:42
  whatever
• 14:42
  they
• 14:42
  want
• 14:42
  to
• 14:42
  post
• 14:43
  and
• 14:43
  you
• 14:43
  know,
• 14:43
  criticize
• 14:43
  what
• 14:44
  they
• 14:44
  want
• 14:44
  to
• 14:44
  critic.
• 14:44
  But
• 14:45
  you
• 14:45
  know,
• 14:45
  these
• 14:45
  people
• 14:46
  are
• 14:46
  humans
• 14:46
  too.
• 14:46
  And
• 14:46
  you
• 14:47
  know,
• 14:47
  you
• 14:47
  go
• 14:47
  to
• 14:47
  a
• 14:47
  game,
• 14:48
  everything's
• 14:49
  in
• 14:49
  a
• 14:49
  split
• 14:49
  second
• 14:49
  and
• 14:50
  you
• 14:50
  can
• 14:50
  slow
• 14:50
  mow
• 14:50
  everything
• 14:51
  down.
• 14:51
  And
• 14:51
  we
• 14:51
  don't
• 14:51
  have
• 14:51
  that
• 14:52
  luxury.
• 14:52
  So,
• 14:53
  you
• 14:53
  know,
• 14:53
  we're
• 14:54
  looking
• 14:54
  at,
• 14:54
  you
• 14:54
  know,
• 14:55
  different
• 14:55
  initiatives
• 14:55
  to
• 14:55
  get
• 14:55
  officials
• 14:56
  in
• 14:56
  the
• 14:56
  door
• 14:56
  and
• 14:57
  it's
• 14:57
  really
• 14:57
  imperative
• 14:57
  that
• 14:58
  we
• 14:58
  do
• 14:58
  a
• 14:58
  good
• 14:58
  job
• 14:58
  with
• 14:58
  that
• 14:59
  or
• 14:59
  you
• 14:59
  know,
• 15:00
  again,
• 15:00
  these
• 15:01
  programs
• 15:01
  and
• 15:01
  you
• 15:01
  know,
• 15:02
  the
• 15:02
  futures
• 15:02
  of
• 15:02
  some
• 15:02
  kids
• 15:03
  in
• 15:03
  athletics
• 15:03
  are
• 15:03
  definitely
• 15:04
  in
• 15:04
  jeopardy.
• 15:05
  Yeah.
• 15:06
  So
• 15:06
  I
• 15:06
  think,
• 15:06
  you
• 15:07
  know,
• 15:07
  on
• 15:07
  the
• 15:07
  negative
• 15:08
  side,
• 15:08
  the
• 15:08
  officials
• 15:09
  have
• 15:09
  to
• 15:09
  listen
• 15:09
  to
• 15:10
  a
• 15:10
  lot
• 15:10
  of
• 15:10
  things
• 15:11
  and
• 15:11
  I
• 15:11
  think
• 15:11
  that's,
• 15:12
  you
• 15:12
  know,
• 15:12
  a
• 15:12
  downfall.
• 15:13
  Some
• 15:13
  of
• 15:13
  the
• 15:13
  officials
• 15:13
  not
• 15:14
  getting
• 15:14
  any
• 15:14
  younger.
• 15:15
  And
• 15:15
  what's
• 15:16
  one
• 15:16
  way
• 15:16
  that
• 15:16
  if
• 15:17
  somebody
• 15:17
  does
• 15:17
  want
• 15:17
  to
• 15:17
  become
• 15:17
  an
• 15:18
  official
• 15:18
  that
• 15:18
  they
• 15:18
  could
• 15:19
  start
• 15:19
  that
• 15:19
  process,
• 15:19
  whatever
• 15:20
  sport
• 15:20
  that
• 15:20
  might
• 15:20
  be.
• 15:22
  Yeah,
• 15:22
  so
• 15:22
  we
• 15:23
  do
• 15:23
  a
• 15:23
  pretty
• 15:23
  good
• 15:23
  job
• 15:24
  on
• 15:24
  our
• 15:24
  website.
• 15:25
  So
• 15:25
  we're
• 15:26
  so
• 15:26
  section
• 15:27
  8.
• 15:27
  We
• 15:27
  are
• 15:27
  actually
• 15:28
  in
• 15:28
  the
• 15:28
  Nassau
• 15:28
  boces
• 15:29
  sphere
• 15:30
  of
• 15:30
  things.
• 15:30
  So
• 15:30
  what
• 15:30
  we
• 15:30
  do
• 15:31
  is
• 15:31
  to
• 15:31
  give
• 15:31
  you
• 15:32
  a
• 15:32
  quick
• 15:32
  rundown.
• 15:32
  If
• 15:32
  you
• 15:33
  say
• 15:33
  yourself
• 15:34
  you
• 15:34
  want
• 15:34
  to
• 15:34
  be
• 15:34
  an
• 15:34
  official,
• 15:35
  you
• 15:35
  do
• 15:35
  it
• 15:35
  to
• 15:35
  be
• 15:36
  fingerprinted
• 15:36
  and
• 15:36
  background
• 15:37
  check
• 15:37
  because
• 15:37
  you
• 15:37
  are
• 15:37
  working
• 15:38
  with,
• 15:38
  you
• 15:38
  know,
• 15:39
  high
• 15:39
  school,
• 15:39
  middle
• 15:40
  school
• 15:40
  age
• 15:40
  students
• 15:41
  so
• 15:41
  that,
• 15:41
  you
• 15:41
  know,
• 15:41
  you
• 15:41
  have
• 15:41
  to
• 15:41
  pass
• 15:42
  those
• 15:42
  background
• 15:42
  checks
• 15:43
  fingerprinted
• 15:44
  and
• 15:44
  then
• 15:44
  you
• 15:44
  enter
• 15:44
  the
• 15:44
  boces
• 15:45
  system.
• 15:45
  So
• 15:46
  what
• 15:46
  we
• 15:46
  do
• 15:46
  is
• 15:46
  we
• 15:47
  post
• 15:47
  on
• 15:47
  our
• 15:47
  website,
• 15:48
  which
• 15:48
  is
• 15:48
  secbii.org
• 15:51
  we
• 15:51
  post
• 15:52
  all
• 15:52
  of
• 15:52
  our
• 15:52
  official
• 15:53
  organizations.
• 15:54
  The
• 15:54
  organizations
• 15:55
  themselves
• 15:56
  actually
• 15:56
  will
• 15:56
  do
• 15:56
  the
• 15:57
  training
• 15:57
  and
• 15:57
  hiring
• 15:57
  of
• 15:57
  the
• 15:58
  officials.
• 15:58
  And
• 15:58
  then
• 15:59
  ourselves,
• 15:59
  which
• 15:59
  is
• 15:59
  Section
• 16:00
  8
• 16:00
  athletics,
• 16:00
  will
• 16:01
  utilize
• 16:01
  that
• 16:02
  pool
• 16:02
  of
• 16:02
  officials
• 16:02
  to
• 16:03
  fill
• 16:03
  our
• 16:03
  needs.
• 16:04
  So
• 16:05
  I
• 16:05
  would
• 16:05
  always
• 16:06
  recommend,
• 16:06
  check
• 16:06
  out
• 16:06
  our
• 16:07
  website
• 16:07
  again,
• 16:07
  secvii.org
• 16:10
  that
• 16:10
  way
• 16:10
  you
• 16:10
  can
• 16:11
  see
• 16:11
  all
• 16:11
  the
• 16:11
  latest
• 16:11
  postings,
• 16:12
  the
• 16:12
  upcoming
• 16:12
  clinic
• 16:13
  dates
• 16:13
  for
• 16:14
  whatever
• 16:14
  sport
• 16:14
  it
• 16:14
  may
• 16:14
  be.
• 16:15
  But
• 16:15
  the
• 16:16
  easiest
• 16:16
  way
• 16:16
  to
• 16:16
  even
• 16:16
  get
• 16:16
  started
• 16:17
  is
• 16:17
  talk
• 16:17
  to
• 16:17
  your
• 16:17
  local
• 16:17
  leagues.
• 16:18
  A
• 16:18
  lot
• 16:18
  of
• 16:18
  the
• 16:18
  local
• 16:19
  leagues,
• 16:19
  whatever
• 16:19
  sport
• 16:20
  it
• 16:20
  may
• 16:20
  be,
• 16:20
  I'll
• 16:21
  call
• 16:21
  it
• 16:21
  a
• 16:21
  basketball,
• 16:22
  baseball,
• 16:22
  softball,
• 16:23
  even
• 16:23
  lacrosse
• 16:24
  obviously
• 16:24
  is
• 16:25
  very
• 16:25
  big
• 16:25
  in
• 16:25
  Long
• 16:26
  Island.
• 16:26
  Talk
• 16:27
  to
• 16:27
  the
• 16:27
  officials
• 16:28
  in
• 16:29
  those
• 16:29
  sports
• 16:29
  in
• 16:29
  your
• 16:30
  local
• 16:30
  leagues.
• 16:30
  And
• 16:31
  we
• 16:31
  oversee
• 16:31
  a
• 16:31
  lot
• 16:31
  of
• 16:32
  them.
• 16:32
  Well,
• 16:32
  our
• 16:32
  officials,
• 16:33
  organizations
• 16:33
  oversee
• 16:34
  a
• 16:34
  lot
• 16:34
  of
• 16:34
  them.
• 16:34
  So
• 16:34
  it's
• 16:34
  an
• 16:35
  easy
• 16:35
  way
• 16:35
  to
• 16:35
  get
• 16:35
  started,
• 16:35
  see
• 16:36
  if
• 16:36
  you
• 16:36
  like
• 16:36
  it.
• 16:36
  And
• 16:36
  then
• 16:37
  we
• 16:37
  love
• 16:37
  to
• 16:38
  obviously
• 16:39
  utilize
• 16:39
  anyone's
• 16:40
  services
• 16:40
  when
• 16:40
  it
• 16:41
  comes
• 16:41
  to
• 16:41
  our
• 16:42
  games.
• 16:43
  And
• 16:43
  as
• 16:43
  far
• 16:43
  as
• 16:44
  financial
• 16:44
  compensation,
• 16:45
  the
• 16:46
  money
• 16:47
  that
• 16:47
  they're
• 16:47
  getting
• 16:47
  paid
• 16:48
  for
• 16:48
  some
• 16:48
  of
• 16:48
  these
• 16:48
  games,
• 16:48
  especially
• 16:49
  if
• 16:49
  they're
• 16:49
  doing
• 16:49
  them
• 16:49
  by
• 16:50
  themselves,
• 16:50
  is
• 16:51
  actually
• 16:51
  a
• 16:51
  pretty
• 16:51
  decent
• 16:52
  amount
• 16:52
  of
• 16:52
  money
• 16:52
  that
• 16:52
  somebody
• 16:53
  as
• 16:53
  a
• 16:54
  young,
• 16:54
  maybe
• 16:54
  18,
• 16:55
  21
• 16:55
  year
• 16:55
  old
• 16:55
  kid
• 16:56
  could,
• 16:56
  could
• 16:57
  make
• 16:57
  some
• 16:57
  decent
• 16:57
  money
• 16:58
  in
• 16:58
  the
• 16:58
  afternoon.
• 16:59
  Yeah,
• 17:00
  I
• 17:01
  tell
• 17:01
  my
• 17:01
  friends,
• 17:02
  family,
• 17:02
  whoever
• 17:02
  it
• 17:02
  may
• 17:02
  be,
• 17:03
  it's
• 17:03
  the
• 17:03
  biggest
• 17:03
  cheat
• 17:04
  code
• 17:04
  if
• 17:04
  you're
• 17:04
  looking
• 17:04
  for
• 17:04
  something
• 17:05
  to
• 17:05
  even
• 17:05
  do
• 17:05
  on
• 17:05
  the
• 17:05
  side.
• 17:07
  I'll
• 17:07
  use
• 17:07
  modified
• 17:08
  baseball
• 17:08
  for
• 17:08
  an
• 17:08
  example,
• 17:09
  like
• 17:09
  a
• 17:09
  concept
• 17:09
  sport.
• 17:10
  So
• 17:10
  you're
• 17:10
  only
• 17:10
  there
• 17:11
  for
• 17:11
  a
• 17:11
  maximum
• 17:11
  of
• 17:11
  2
• 17:11
  hours
• 17:12
  and
• 17:12
  7
• 17:12
  innings.
• 17:13
  Because
• 17:14
  of
• 17:14
  the
• 17:14
  shortage,
• 17:14
  you're
• 17:15
  usually
• 17:15
  working
• 17:15
  alone.
• 17:15
  You
• 17:16
  can
• 17:16
  work
• 17:17
  and
• 17:17
  because
• 17:17
  you're
• 17:17
  working
• 17:17
  alone,
• 17:18
  you
• 17:18
  get
• 17:18
  pretty
• 17:18
  much
• 17:18
  paying
• 17:19
  a
• 17:19
  half.
• 17:19
  So
• 17:20
  you're
• 17:20
  walking
• 17:20
  out
• 17:20
  of
• 17:20
  there.
• 17:21
  You
• 17:21
  know,
• 17:21
  I'll
• 17:21
  quote
• 17:22
  a
• 17:22
  general
• 17:22
  number,
• 17:22
  you
• 17:23
  might
• 17:23
  be
• 17:23
  walking
• 17:23
  out
• 17:23
  of
• 17:23
  there
• 17:23
  with
• 17:24
  $150
• 17:25
  really
• 17:25
  to
• 17:25
  just,
• 17:25
  you
• 17:25
  know,
• 17:26
  sit
• 17:26
  behind
• 17:26
  the
• 17:26
  plate
• 17:26
  and,
• 17:27
  you
• 17:27
  know,
• 17:27
  watch
• 17:27
  some
• 17:27
  modified
• 17:28
  baseball
• 17:28
  and
• 17:28
  obviously
• 17:28
  officiate.
• 17:29
  But
• 17:30
  it's
• 17:30
  a
• 17:30
  great
• 17:30
  gig
• 17:31
  and
• 17:31
  there's
• 17:31
  a
• 17:31
  lot
• 17:31
  of
• 17:31
  opportunities
• 17:32
  to
• 17:32
  grow
• 17:32
  within
• 17:33
  it
• 17:33
  too.
• 17:33
  You
• 17:34
  get
• 17:34
  raised
• 17:34
  rates
• 17:35
  when
• 17:35
  it
• 17:35
  comes
• 17:35
  to
• 17:35
  playoffs.
• 17:35
  So,
• 17:36
  you
• 17:36
  know,
• 17:36
  if
• 17:36
  you
• 17:36
  do
• 17:36
  enough
• 17:37
  games
• 17:37
  for
• 17:37
  us,
• 17:37
  if
• 17:37
  you're,
• 17:38
  you
• 17:38
  know,
• 17:38
  highly
• 17:38
  regarded
• 17:38
  by
• 17:39
  the
• 17:39
  coaches
• 17:39
  and
• 17:39
  athletic
• 17:40
  directors,
• 17:40
  you're
• 17:41
  able
• 17:41
  to
• 17:41
  work
• 17:41
  more
• 17:41
  games,
• 17:42
  get
• 17:42
  more,
• 17:42
  you
• 17:42
  know,
• 17:42
  obviously
• 17:43
  get
• 17:43
  more
• 17:43
  money.
• 17:43
  And
• 17:43
  then
• 17:43
  throughout
• 17:44
  the
• 17:44
  years,
• 17:44
  you
• 17:45
  know
• 17:45
  that
• 17:45
  you're
• 17:45
  invested
• 17:45
  in
• 17:46
  it,
• 17:46
  you
• 17:46
  can
• 17:46
  really,
• 17:47
  you
• 17:47
  know,
• 17:47
  make
• 17:47
  quite
• 17:47
  a,
• 17:48
  quite
• 17:48
  a
• 17:48
  living
• 17:48
  or
• 17:48
  even
• 17:48
  a
• 17:49
  side
• 17:49
  living
• 17:49
  off
• 17:49
  it.
• 17:50
  Justin,
• 17:51
  do
• 17:51
  you
• 17:51
  think
• 17:51
  that
• 17:52
  some
• 17:52
  of
• 17:52
  the
• 17:52
  shortage
• 17:52
  in
• 17:52
  the
• 17:53
  officials
• 17:53
  happened
• 17:54
  with
• 17:54
  COVID
• 17:55
  or
• 17:55
  did
• 17:55
  it
• 17:55
  kind
• 17:56
  of
• 17:56
  start
• 17:56
  before
• 17:56
  that?
• 17:57
  I
• 17:58
  think
• 17:58
  it
• 17:58
  was
• 17:58
  a
• 17:59
  mix
• 17:59
  of
• 17:59
  both.
• 17:59
  I
• 17:59
  think
• 18:00
  before
• 18:01
  COVID
• 18:01
  I
• 18:01
  don't
• 18:01
  want
• 18:01
  to
• 18:01
  speak
• 18:02
  out
• 18:02
  of
• 18:02
  town
• 18:02
  because
• 18:02
  I
• 18:03
  came
• 18:03
  into
• 18:03
  section
• 18:03
  8
• 18:04
  after,
• 18:04
  but
• 18:04
  I
• 18:04
  know
• 18:04
  there
• 18:05
  was
• 18:05
  issues.
• 18:06
  But
• 18:06
  really,
• 18:06
  Covid
• 18:07
  kind
• 18:07
  of
• 18:07
  put
• 18:07
  it,
• 18:07
  you
• 18:07
  know,
• 18:09
  really
• 18:09
  put
• 18:10
  a
• 18:10
  damper
• 18:11
  on
• 18:11
  what
• 18:11
  we're
• 18:11
  trying
• 18:11
  to
• 18:11
  do
• 18:12
  because
• 18:13
  obviously,
• 18:13
  you
• 18:13
  know,
• 18:14
  the
• 18:14
  official
• 18:14
  base,
• 18:14
  a
• 18:14
  lot
• 18:14
  of
• 18:15
  the
• 18:15
  officials
• 18:16
  could
• 18:16
  be
• 18:16
  older
• 18:17
  in
• 18:17
  age.
• 18:17
  So
• 18:17
  we're
• 18:17
  trying
• 18:18
  to
• 18:18
  recruit
• 18:18
  younger
• 18:18
  officials.
• 18:19
  But
• 18:19
  because
• 18:19
  of
• 18:20
  COVID
• 18:20
  you
• 18:20
  know,
• 18:20
  I'm
• 18:21
  sure
• 18:21
  you
• 18:21
  can
• 18:21
  attest
• 18:21
  to
• 18:22
  family
• 18:22
  and
• 18:22
  friends.
• 18:23
  You
• 18:23
  know,
• 18:23
  a
• 18:23
  lot
• 18:23
  of
• 18:23
  people
• 18:23
  moved
• 18:24
  out
• 18:24
  of
• 18:24
  state
• 18:25
  down
• 18:25
  south
• 18:26
  just
• 18:26
  for
• 18:27
  the
• 18:27
  time
• 18:27
  being
• 18:27
  and
• 18:27
  ended
• 18:27
  up
• 18:28
  staying.
• 18:29
  We
• 18:29
  lost
• 18:29
  a
• 18:30
  lot
• 18:30
  of
• 18:30
  officials,
• 18:30
  obviously,
• 18:31
  during
• 18:31
  COVID
• 18:31
  because
• 18:31
  they
• 18:32
  didn't
• 18:32
  want
• 18:32
  to
• 18:32
  be
• 18:32
  around
• 18:32
  people.
• 18:33
  And
• 18:33
  then
• 18:33
  Covid,
• 18:34
  in
• 18:34
  my
• 18:34
  opinion,
• 18:35
  again,
• 18:35
  this
• 18:35
  is
• 18:35
  my
• 18:35
  personal
• 18:36
  opinion,
• 18:36
  kind
• 18:36
  of
• 18:36
  put
• 18:37
  something
• 18:37
  in
• 18:37
  people's
• 18:38
  minds
• 18:38
  where
• 18:38
  they
• 18:38
  weren't
• 18:39
  as
• 18:39
  willing
• 18:39
  to
• 18:40
  take
• 18:40
  out
• 18:40
  a
• 18:40
  side
• 18:40
  job
• 18:40
  or
• 18:41
  do
• 18:41
  the
• 18:41
  extra
• 18:41
  work.
• 18:42
  And
• 18:43
  that's
• 18:43
  seen
• 18:43
  across
• 18:43
  the
• 18:43
  board.
• 18:44
  You
• 18:44
  look
• 18:44
  at
• 18:44
  a
• 18:45
  restaurant
• 18:45
  business,
• 18:45
  for
• 18:46
  example,
• 18:46
  they
• 18:46
  always
• 18:47
  had
• 18:47
  trouble
• 18:48
  finding
• 18:48
  people.
• 18:48
  So
• 18:49
  it's
• 18:49
  not
• 18:50
  specifically
• 18:50
  officials,
• 18:50
  but
• 18:51
  I
• 18:51
  think
• 18:51
  it
• 18:51
  hits.
• 18:51
  It
• 18:51
  hit
• 18:52
  that
• 18:52
  market
• 18:52
  the
• 18:52
  most.
• 18:54
  Again,
• 18:54
  we're
• 18:54
  talking
• 18:54
  with
• 18:55
  Justin
• 18:55
  Jonas,
• 18:55
  the
• 18:55
  assistant
• 18:56
  executive
• 18:56
  director
• 18:57
  for
• 18:57
  Nassau
• 18:58
  County
• 18:58
  Public
• 18:58
  high
• 18:58
  school
• 18:59
  athletics.
• 19:00
  You
• 19:01
  touched
• 19:01
  on
• 19:01
  it
• 19:02
  a
• 19:02
  little
• 19:02
  bit
• 19:02
  when,
• 19:02
  you
• 19:02
  know,
• 19:03
  there's
• 19:03
  no
• 19:03
  referees
• 19:04
  there.
• 19:04
  But
• 19:04
  can
• 19:04
  you
• 19:04
  talk
• 19:04
  a
• 19:04
  little
• 19:05
  bit
• 19:05
  about
• 19:05
  modified
• 19:06
  sports
• 19:06
  here
• 19:06
  in
• 19:06
  Nassau
• 19:07
  county
• 19:07
  and
• 19:07
  you
• 19:08
  know
• 19:08
  where
• 19:08
  that's
• 19:08
  at
• 19:08
  and
• 19:08
  where
• 19:08
  you
• 19:09
  guys
• 19:09
  hope
• 19:09
  it
• 19:09
  to
• 19:09
  be?
• 19:11
  Yeah.
• 19:11
  So
• 19:11
  to
• 19:11
  give
• 19:11
  a
• 19:12
  general
• 19:12
  basis
• 19:12
  around
• 19:13
  modified
• 19:13
  sports,
• 19:13
  it's
• 19:13
  middle
• 19:14
  school
• 19:14
  athletics.
• 19:15
  The
• 19:15
  big
• 19:15
  misconception,
• 19:16
  something
• 19:16
  that
• 19:17
  we're
• 19:17
  currently
• 19:18
  reevaluating
• 19:18
  on
• 19:18
  it
• 19:19
  is
• 19:19
  so
• 19:19
  modified
• 19:20
  sports.
• 19:20
  It's.
• 19:21
  It's
• 19:21
  modified.
• 19:22
  Right.
• 19:22
  So
• 19:22
  you.
• 19:23
  I'll
• 19:23
  use
• 19:23
  football,
• 19:24
  for
• 19:24
  example.
• 19:24
  It's
• 19:24
  a
• 19:24
  five
• 19:25
  quarter
• 19:25
  game.
• 19:26
  Basketball,
• 19:27
  five
• 19:27
  quarters.
• 19:28
  So
• 19:28
  there's
• 19:29
  certain
• 19:29
  things
• 19:29
  you
• 19:29
  can
• 19:30
  and
• 19:30
  can't
• 19:30
  do
• 19:30
  within
• 19:30
  the
• 19:31
  sport.
• 19:31
  So
• 19:31
  we're
• 19:32
  looking
• 19:32
  at
• 19:32
  now
• 19:32
  how
• 19:33
  to
• 19:33
  make
• 19:33
  it
• 19:33
  a
• 19:33
  little
• 19:33
  bit
• 19:33
  more
• 19:34
  competitive.
• 19:34
  It
• 19:34
  really
• 19:34
  is
• 19:35
  a
• 19:35
  breeding
• 19:35
  ground
• 19:35
  for
• 19:35
  kids
• 19:36
  to
• 19:36
  learn
• 19:36
  the
• 19:36
  sport
• 19:37
  and
• 19:37
  understand.
• 19:38
  But
• 19:38
  I
• 19:38
  think
• 19:39
  the
• 19:39
  landscape
• 19:39
  has
• 19:40
  changed
• 19:40
  a
• 19:40
  lot
• 19:41
  where
• 19:41
  a
• 19:41
  lot
• 19:41
  of
• 19:41
  these
• 19:41
  kids
• 19:42
  are
• 19:43
  coming
• 19:43
  into
• 19:43
  the
• 19:43
  schools
• 19:44
  and
• 19:44
  they
• 19:44
  know
• 19:44
  how
• 19:44
  to
• 19:44
  play
• 19:44
  these
• 19:45
  sports.
• 19:45
  So
• 19:45
  it's
• 19:45
  not
• 19:45
  their
• 19:46
  first
• 19:46
  taste
• 19:46
  of
• 19:47
  a
• 19:47
  lacrosse
• 19:47
  or
• 19:47
  it's
• 19:48
  not
• 19:48
  their
• 19:48
  first
• 19:48
  taste
• 19:48
  of
• 19:48
  a
• 19:49
  basketball.
• 19:49
  They
• 19:49
  even
• 19:49
  playing,
• 19:50
  whether
• 19:50
  it
• 19:50
  be
• 19:50
  CYO
• 19:51
  or
• 19:51
  I
• 19:52
  know,
• 19:52
  you
• 19:52
  know,
• 19:52
  the
• 19:52
  club
• 19:53
  lacrosse
• 19:53
  team
• 19:53
  in
• 19:53
  Long
• 19:53
  island,
• 19:54
  you
• 19:54
  know,
• 19:55
  a
• 19:55
  different.
• 19:55
  A
• 19:55
  different
• 19:56
  monster.
• 19:56
  But
• 19:57
  they're
• 19:57
  coming
• 19:58
  in,
• 19:58
  they're
• 19:58
  playing
• 19:58
  the
• 19:58
  model
• 19:59
  at
• 19:59
  the
• 19:59
  modified
• 19:59
  level.
• 20:00
  And
• 20:00
  the
• 20:01
  issue
• 20:01
  is,
• 20:01
  say
• 20:02
  you're,
• 20:02
  you
• 20:02
  know,
• 20:02
  say
• 20:02
  you're
• 20:03
  a
• 20:03
  star
• 20:03
  athlete,
• 20:03
  you
• 20:03
  can
• 20:04
  only
• 20:04
  play
• 20:04
  a
• 20:04
  quarter.
• 20:04
  You
• 20:04
  got
• 20:04
  to
• 20:05
  come
• 20:05
  out
• 20:05
  of
• 20:05
  the
• 20:05
  game.
• 20:05
  Yeah.
• 20:06
  In
• 20:06
  Basketball,
• 20:07
  something
• 20:08
  that's
• 20:08
  popped
• 20:08
  up
• 20:08
  a
• 20:09
  couple
• 20:09
  times
• 20:09
  this
• 20:09
  year
• 20:09
  is
• 20:10
  you
• 20:10
  can
• 20:11
  only
• 20:11
  run
• 20:11
  the
• 20:11
  2,
• 20:11
  3
• 20:12
  defense
• 20:12
  under
• 20:12
  the
• 20:12
  3
• 20:13
  point
• 20:13
  arc.
• 20:13
  And
• 20:14
  what
• 20:14
  that
• 20:14
  that
• 20:15
  creates
• 20:15
  is
• 20:16
  if
• 20:17
  you
• 20:17
  get
• 20:17
  beat
• 20:17
  on
• 20:17
  the
• 20:17
  wing
• 20:18
  side,
• 20:18
  for
• 20:18
  example,
• 20:19
  and
• 20:19
  if
• 20:19
  you
• 20:19
  try
• 20:19
  to
• 20:19
  double
• 20:20
  team,
• 20:20
  then
• 20:21
  the
• 20:21
  official
• 20:21
  is
• 20:21
  supposed
• 20:21
  to
• 20:21
  stop
• 20:22
  play
• 20:22
  because
• 20:22
  you
• 20:23
  technically
• 20:23
  can't
• 20:23
  double
• 20:23
  team.
• 20:23
  So
• 20:24
  you
• 20:24
  can't
• 20:24
  really
• 20:24
  run
• 20:24
  that
• 20:25
  defense
• 20:25
  correctly.
• 20:25
  So
• 20:26
  we're
• 20:26
  looking
• 20:26
  at
• 20:27
  across
• 20:27
  the
• 20:27
  board
• 20:27
  on
• 20:28
  the
• 20:28
  modified
• 20:28
  level,
• 20:28
  how
• 20:29
  we
• 20:29
  can
• 20:29
  make
• 20:29
  it
• 20:29
  more
• 20:29
  competitive,
• 20:30
  but
• 20:30
  kind
• 20:30
  of
• 20:31
  keep
• 20:32
  that
• 20:32
  philosophy.
• 20:33
  This
• 20:33
  is
• 20:33
  supposed
• 20:33
  to
• 20:33
  be
• 20:33
  a
• 20:33
  breeding
• 20:34
  ground
• 20:34
  to
• 20:34
  help
• 20:34
  kids
• 20:35
  grow
• 20:35
  and
• 20:35
  understand
• 20:35
  and
• 20:35
  learn
• 20:36
  the
• 20:36
  sport.
• 20:36
  So
• 20:37
  we're
• 20:37
  really
• 20:37
  looking
• 20:37
  at
• 20:37
  a
• 20:38
  lot
• 20:38
  of
• 20:38
  things,
• 20:38
  you
• 20:39
  know,
• 20:39
  within
• 20:39
  this
• 20:39
  year.
• 20:39
  We've
• 20:40
  had
• 20:40
  a
• 20:40
  couple
• 20:40
  meetings
• 20:40
  on
• 20:40
  it.
• 20:41
  Just
• 20:41
  trying
• 20:41
  to
• 20:42
  really
• 20:42
  tune
• 20:42
  it
• 20:42
  up
• 20:42
  a
• 20:43
  little
• 20:43
  bit,
• 20:43
  but
• 20:44
  there's
• 20:44
  a
• 20:44
  good
• 20:44
  future
• 20:44
  there.
• 20:44
  But
• 20:45
  again,
• 20:45
  the
• 20:45
  official
• 20:45
  issue
• 20:46
  is
• 20:46
  a
• 20:46
  major
• 20:46
  concern,
• 20:47
  especially
• 20:48
  for
• 20:48
  the
• 20:48
  modified
• 20:48
  level.
• 20:49
  Yep.
• 20:49
  And
• 20:49
  modified
• 20:50
  even
• 20:50
  years
• 20:50
  ago,
• 20:50
  you
• 20:50
  weren't
• 20:51
  even
• 20:51
  allowed
• 20:51
  to
• 20:51
  play
• 20:51
  2,
• 20:52
  3.
• 20:52
  That's
• 20:52
  kind
• 20:52
  of
• 20:52
  a
• 20:52
  new
• 20:53
  thing.
• 20:53
  So
• 20:53
  I
• 20:53
  know
• 20:53
  there's
• 20:54
  some
• 20:54
  things
• 20:54
  you
• 20:54
  got
• 20:55
  to
• 20:55
  work
• 20:55
  out
• 20:55
  to
• 20:55
  make
• 20:55
  that.
• 20:56
  And
• 20:57
  you
• 20:57
  know,
• 20:57
  there,
• 20:57
  I
• 20:57
  think
• 20:58
  kids
• 20:59
  who
• 20:59
  maybe
• 21:00
  are
• 21:00
  excelling
• 21:00
  at
• 21:00
  that
• 21:01
  point
• 21:01
  are
• 21:01
  trying
• 21:01
  to
• 21:01
  get
• 21:02
  to
• 21:03
  pass
• 21:03
  the
• 21:03
  acceleration
• 21:04
  exam
• 21:05
  to
• 21:05
  be
• 21:05
  able
• 21:05
  to
• 21:06
  play
• 21:06
  at
• 21:06
  the
• 21:06
  freshman
• 21:07
  JV
• 21:07
  and
• 21:07
  varsity
• 21:08
  levels
• 21:08
  when,
• 21:09
  you
• 21:09
  know,
• 21:09
  maybe
• 21:09
  they're
• 21:09
  in
• 21:10
  seventh
• 21:10
  or
• 21:10
  eighth
• 21:10
  grade
• 21:10
  and
• 21:11
  they're
• 21:11
  excelling
• 21:12
  over
• 21:12
  some
• 21:12
  of
• 21:12
  their
• 21:12
  other
• 21:13
  players.
• 21:13
  Do
• 21:13
  you
• 21:13
  think
• 21:14
  that's
• 21:14
  because
• 21:14
  of
• 21:14
  the
• 21:14
  modified
• 21:15
  rules
• 21:15
  placed
• 21:15
  on
• 21:16
  the
• 21:16
  middle
• 21:16
  school?
• 21:18
  Yeah,
• 21:18
  I
• 21:19
  think
• 21:19
  it's
• 21:19
  the
• 21:19
  modified
• 21:20
  rules.
• 21:20
  I
• 21:20
  think
• 21:20
  some
• 21:20
  of
• 21:21
  it
• 21:21
  has
• 21:21
  to
• 21:21
  do
• 21:21
  with
• 21:22
  the
• 21:22
  lack
• 21:22
  of
• 21:23
  officials
• 21:23
  as
• 21:23
  well,
• 21:23
  where
• 21:23
  if
• 21:24
  you
• 21:24
  are
• 21:24
  that
• 21:24
  good
• 21:24
  of
• 21:24
  an
• 21:25
  athlete
• 21:26
  that
• 21:26
  you
• 21:26
  know,
• 21:26
  you're
• 21:27
  able
• 21:27
  to
• 21:27
  move
• 21:27
  up
• 21:27
  level,
• 21:28
  for
• 21:28
  example.
• 21:28
  So
• 21:29
  if
• 21:29
  you're.
• 21:29
  We
• 21:29
  call
• 21:29
  it
• 21:29
  the
• 21:30
  apt
• 21:30
  process.
• 21:31
  Right.
• 21:31
  If
• 21:31
  you're
• 21:31
  a
• 21:31
  good
• 21:32
  enough
• 21:32
  athlete
• 21:32
  where
• 21:32
  you
• 21:32
  can
• 21:33
  move
• 21:33
  up,
• 21:35
  it's
• 21:35
  worthwhile
• 21:36
  in
• 21:36
  my
• 21:36
  opinion,
• 21:37
  to
• 21:37
  take
• 21:37
  that
• 21:37
  chance.
• 21:38
  I'm
• 21:38
  not
• 21:38
  saying
• 21:38
  everyone
• 21:39
  should
• 21:39
  be
• 21:40
  accepted
• 21:40
  to
• 21:41
  move
• 21:41
  up.
• 21:41
  I
• 21:41
  think
• 21:41
  we
• 21:41
  overdo
• 21:42
  it
• 21:42
  a
• 21:42
  little
• 21:42
  bit
• 21:42
  sometimes.
• 21:43
  But
• 21:44
  if
• 21:44
  you
• 21:44
  were
• 21:44
  to
• 21:44
  move
• 21:44
  up,
• 21:45
  you're
• 21:45
  probably
• 21:46
  more
• 21:46
  likely
• 21:47
  to
• 21:47
  obviously
• 21:48
  play
• 21:48
  within
• 21:48
  their
• 21:49
  actual
• 21:49
  rules
• 21:49
  of
• 21:49
  the
• 21:49
  game,
• 21:50
  not
• 21:50
  that
• 21:50
  modified
• 21:50
  style.
• 21:51
  But
• 21:51
  you're
• 21:51
  also
• 21:51
  more
• 21:52
  likely
• 21:52
  to
• 21:52
  see
• 21:52
  officials,
• 21:53
  which
• 21:53
  as
• 21:54
  a
• 21:54
  parent,
• 21:55
  as
• 21:55
  someone
• 21:55
  who
• 21:56
  hopes
• 21:56
  that
• 21:57
  your
• 21:57
  son
• 21:57
  or
• 21:57
  daughter
• 21:57
  might
• 21:58
  have
• 21:58
  a
• 21:58
  future
• 21:58
  in
• 21:58
  athletics
• 22:00
  worth
• 22:00
  the
• 22:00
  shot.
• 22:01
  But
• 22:01
  again,
• 22:03
  it's
• 22:03
  a
• 22:03
  deep
• 22:03
  concern
• 22:04
  because
• 22:04
  we
• 22:04
  have
• 22:04
  to
• 22:05
  start
• 22:05
  back
• 22:05
  selling
• 22:05
  these
• 22:05
  officials
• 22:06
  at
• 22:06
  the
• 22:06
  modified
• 22:06
  level.
• 22:07
  So
• 22:07
  that
• 22:07
  experience
• 22:07
  is
• 22:09
  somewhat
• 22:09
  the
• 22:10
  same.
• 22:11
  Yeah.
• 22:11
  That
• 22:11
  comes
• 22:11
  from
• 22:11
  somebody
• 22:12
  who
• 22:12
  was
• 22:12
  out
• 22:12
  there
• 22:12
  this
• 22:13
  year
• 22:13
  on
• 22:13
  the
• 22:13
  soccer
• 22:14
  field
• 22:14
  officiating
• 22:14
  middle
• 22:15
  school
• 22:15
  soccer
• 22:16
  scrimmages.
• 22:17
  Because
• 22:17
  nobody
• 22:18
  was
• 22:18
  there.
• 22:19
  Which
• 22:19
  I
• 22:19
  would
• 22:20
  gladly
• 22:20
  do
• 22:20
  anything
• 22:21
  to
• 22:21
  get
• 22:21
  the
• 22:21
  kids
• 22:21
  on
• 22:21
  the
• 22:21
  field
• 22:22
  and
• 22:22
  not
• 22:22
  have
• 22:22
  to
• 22:22
  have
• 22:22
  the
• 22:22
  coaches
• 22:23
  do
• 22:23
  it.
• 22:23
  You
• 22:23
  know,
• 22:24
  let
• 22:24
  the
• 22:24
  coaches
• 22:24
  be
• 22:24
  on
• 22:24
  the
• 22:25
  sideline
• 22:25
  and
• 22:25
  do
• 22:25
  what
• 22:25
  they
• 22:26
  have
• 22:26
  to
• 22:26
  do.
• 22:26
  But
• 22:26
  you
• 22:26
  obviously
• 22:27
  want
• 22:27
  to
• 22:27
  get
• 22:27
  these
• 22:27
  things
• 22:28
  in
• 22:28
  as
• 22:28
  much
• 22:28
  as
• 22:28
  possible.
• 22:30
  As
• 22:30
  far
• 22:30
  as
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  middle
• 22:30
  school
• 22:31
  goes,
• 22:31
  when
• 22:31
  you
• 22:31
  do
• 22:31
  those
• 22:32
  games,
• 22:33
  is
• 22:33
  there
• 22:33
  any
• 22:34
  way
• 22:34
  to
• 22:34
  make
• 22:34
  it
• 22:35
  so
• 22:35
  that
• 22:35
  it's
• 22:35
  not
• 22:35
  just
• 22:37
  teams
• 22:37
  that
• 22:38
  are
• 22:38
  close
• 22:38
  in
• 22:38
  proximity,
• 22:39
  but
• 22:39
  maybe
• 22:40
  to
• 22:40
  understand
• 22:41
  what
• 22:41
  schools
• 22:41
  are
• 22:41
  strong
• 22:41
  at
• 22:42
  what
• 22:42
  sports
• 22:42
  and
• 22:43
  match
• 22:43
  them
• 22:43
  up
• 22:43
  in
• 22:43
  the
• 22:43
  middle
• 22:44
  school
• 22:44
  so
• 22:44
  that
• 22:44
  you
• 22:44
  don't
• 22:44
  have
• 22:45
  soccer
• 22:46
  games
• 22:46
  that
• 22:46
  are
• 22:46
  13
• 22:47
  nothing
• 22:47
  and
• 22:47
  basketball
• 22:48
  games
• 22:48
  that
• 22:48
  are
• 22:49
  85
• 22:49
  to
• 22:49
  10.
• 22:51
  Yeah.
• 22:51
  So
• 22:51
  we
• 22:52
  did
• 22:52
  the
• 22:52
  best
• 22:52
  we
• 22:52
  can
• 22:52
  with
• 22:53
  that.
• 22:53
  It's
• 22:53
  the
• 22:54
  valid
• 22:54
  concern.
• 22:55
  So
• 22:55
  I'll
• 22:56
  preface
• 22:56
  with
• 22:56
  this.
• 22:57
  Nassau
• 22:57
  county
• 22:57
  is
• 22:57
  very
• 22:58
  unique
• 22:58
  and
• 22:58
  how
• 22:58
  we
• 22:59
  structure
• 22:59
  things.
• 23:00
  I'll
• 23:00
  use
• 23:00
  lacrosse
• 23:01
  for
• 23:01
  an
• 23:01
  example.
• 23:02
  So
• 23:02
  varsity
• 23:03
  lacrosse,
• 23:03
  we
• 23:03
  actually
• 23:04
  do.
• 23:05
  We
• 23:05
  do
• 23:06
  put
• 23:06
  teams
• 23:06
  in
• 23:06
  conferences
• 23:07
  based
• 23:07
  on
• 23:08
  their
• 23:08
  skill
• 23:09
  levels.
• 23:09
  So
• 23:10
  yeah,
• 23:10
  so
• 23:10
  it's
• 23:10
  ability
• 23:11
  based
• 23:11
  sports.
• 23:11
  So
• 23:11
  you'll
• 23:12
  see
• 23:12
  in
• 23:12
  some
• 23:12
  sports
• 23:13
  and
• 23:13
  Nassau
• 23:13
  county,
• 23:14
  we'll
• 23:14
  do
• 23:14
  that.
• 23:15
  And
• 23:15
  then
• 23:15
  when
• 23:15
  it
• 23:15
  comes
• 23:15
  to
• 23:15
  the
• 23:16
  playoffs,
• 23:16
  we
• 23:16
  actually
• 23:16
  pull
• 23:17
  them
• 23:17
  back
• 23:17
  into
• 23:17
  their
• 23:17
  beds.
• 23:18
  Numbers
• 23:18
  or
• 23:18
  the
• 23:18
  numbers
• 23:18
  of
• 23:19
  kids
• 23:19
  in
• 23:19
  their
• 23:19
  school
• 23:19
  schools,
• 23:20
  and
• 23:20
  they'll
• 23:20
  go
• 23:20
  through
• 23:21
  playoffs
• 23:21
  based
• 23:21
  on
• 23:22
  that.
• 23:22
  So
• 23:22
  the
• 23:23
  modified
• 23:23
  level
• 23:23
  is
• 23:23
  tricky
• 23:24
  and
• 23:24
  the
• 23:24
  reason
• 23:25
  for
• 23:25
  that,
• 23:26
  and
• 23:26
  we
• 23:26
  can
• 23:26
  always
• 23:26
  work
• 23:26
  on
• 23:27
  it
• 23:27
  because
• 23:27
  it's
• 23:27
  a
• 23:27
  little
• 23:28
  bit
• 23:28
  different.
• 23:28
  There's
• 23:28
  a
• 23:28
  lot
• 23:28
  less
• 23:29
  things
• 23:30
  at
• 23:30
  stake
• 23:30
  when
• 23:30
  you.
• 23:30
  When
• 23:30
  you
• 23:31
  work
• 23:31
  at
• 23:31
  the
• 23:31
  modified
• 23:31
  level,
• 23:32
  it's
• 23:32
  tricky
• 23:33
  because
• 23:33
  of
• 23:34
  the
• 23:34
  busing
• 23:34
  situation,
• 23:34
  which
• 23:35
  is
• 23:35
  a
• 23:35
  whole
• 23:35
  other
• 23:35
  thing
• 23:36
  that
• 23:36
  we
• 23:36
  can
• 23:36
  get
• 23:36
  into.
• 23:37
  Yeah,
• 23:37
  but
• 23:37
  we.
• 23:38
  But
• 23:38
  Nassau
• 23:38
  county
• 23:39
  and
• 23:39
  really
• 23:39
  Long
• 23:39
  island
• 23:40
  wide,
• 23:40
  there's
• 23:40
  a
• 23:40
  tremendous
• 23:41
  shortage
• 23:41
  of
• 23:41
  bus
• 23:42
  drivers.
• 23:42
  So
• 23:43
  we
• 23:43
  have
• 23:43
  to
• 23:43
  be
• 23:43
  able
• 23:43
  to
• 23:44
  work
• 23:44
  with
• 23:44
  the
• 23:44
  athletic
• 23:44
  departments
• 23:45
  to
• 23:46
  get
• 23:46
  kids
• 23:46
  to
• 23:46
  the
• 23:46
  games
• 23:47
  at
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  right
• 23:47
  time.
• 23:48
  Now,
• 23:48
  the
• 23:48
  issue
• 23:48
  with
• 23:49
  doing
• 23:50
  it
• 23:50
  ability
• 23:50
  and
• 23:51
  not
• 23:51
  geographically
• 23:52
  based
• 23:53
  is
• 23:53
  if
• 23:54
  you
• 23:54
  see
• 23:55
  Rockway,
• 23:55
  for
• 23:55
  example,
• 23:55
  if
• 23:55
  you
• 23:56
  can
• 23:56
  play
• 23:56
  a
• 23:56
  game
• 23:56
  versus
• 23:56
  Hewlett,
• 23:57
  doesn't
• 23:57
  matter
• 23:58
  what
• 23:58
  kind
• 23:58
  of
• 23:58
  bus
• 23:58
  is
• 23:58
  going
• 23:58
  to
• 23:58
  get
• 23:59
  there,
• 23:59
  you'll
• 23:59
  be
• 23:59
  at
• 23:59
  Hewlett
• 23:59
  high
• 23:59
  school
• 24:00
  in
• 24:00
  10
• 24:00
  minutes.
• 24:00
  Right.
• 24:01
  So
• 24:01
  we
• 24:01
  try
• 24:02
  to
• 24:02
  schedule
• 24:02
  it
• 24:02
  around
• 24:03
  that.
• 24:03
  There's
• 24:04
  always
• 24:04
  room
• 24:04
  to
• 24:04
  improve.
• 24:04
  But
• 24:05
  that's
• 24:05
  one
• 24:05
  of
• 24:05
  the
• 24:05
  main
• 24:05
  reasons
• 24:06
  why
• 24:06
  it
• 24:06
  got
• 24:07
  towards
• 24:07
  that
• 24:07
  geography
• 24:08
  side
• 24:08
  of
• 24:08
  things.
• 24:08
  Yeah.
• 24:09
  Especially
• 24:09
  if
• 24:09
  teams
• 24:10
  don't
• 24:10
  have
• 24:10
  lights.
• 24:11
  That
• 24:11
  becomes
• 24:11
  an
• 24:12
  issue
• 24:12
  at
• 24:12
  some
• 24:12
  point
• 24:12
  in
• 24:13
  the
• 24:13
  fall
• 24:13
  as
• 24:13
  well.
• 24:15
  One
• 24:15
  of
• 24:15
  the
• 24:15
  things
• 24:15
  that
• 24:16
  I
• 24:16
  enjoy,
• 24:16
  I
• 24:16
  get
• 24:16
  to
• 24:16
  coach
• 24:17
  the
• 24:17
  unified
• 24:18
  basketball
• 24:18
  team
• 24:19
  at
• 24:19
  East
• 24:19
  Rockaway.
• 24:20
  And
• 24:20
  you
• 24:21
  know,
• 24:21
  some
• 24:21
  of
• 24:21
  those
• 24:21
  sports
• 24:22
  have
• 24:22
  kind
• 24:22
  of
• 24:22
  kicked
• 24:22
  up.
• 24:22
  You
• 24:23
  guys
• 24:23
  now
• 24:23
  have,
• 24:23
  you
• 24:24
  know,
• 24:24
  both
• 24:24
  basketball
• 24:25
  and
• 24:25
  bowling
• 24:25
  and
• 24:26
  some
• 24:26
  other
• 24:26
  sports
• 24:28
  you
• 24:28
  know,
• 24:28
  can
• 24:29
  you
• 24:29
  talk
• 24:29
  a
• 24:29
  little
• 24:29
  bit
• 24:29
  about
• 24:29
  what
• 24:30
  that
• 24:30
  experience
• 24:30
  is
• 24:30
  like
• 24:31
  for
• 24:31
  you
• 24:31
  guys?
• 24:32
  Yeah.
• 24:33
  I
• 24:33
  mean,
• 24:33
  unified,
• 24:33
  in
• 24:34
  my
• 24:34
  opinion,
• 24:34
  is
• 24:34
  the
• 24:34
  best
• 24:35
  thing
• 24:35
  we
• 24:35
  do.
• 24:36
  I
• 24:36
  oversee
• 24:37
  unified
• 24:37
  on
• 24:38
  our
• 24:38
  side
• 24:38
  of
• 24:38
  things,
• 24:38
  so,
• 24:39
  like
• 24:39
  assigning
• 24:39
  the
• 24:40
  officials,
• 24:40
  getting
• 24:40
  the
• 24:40
  venues,
• 24:41
  things
• 24:41
  like
• 24:41
  that.
• 24:41
  We
• 24:41
  have
• 24:42
  a
• 24:42
  great
• 24:42
  crew
• 24:42
  that
• 24:42
  helps
• 24:42
  us
• 24:43
  out
• 24:43
  do
• 24:43
  that
• 24:44
  again.
• 24:45
  It's
• 24:45
  the
• 24:45
  best
• 24:45
  thing
• 24:45
  we
• 24:45
  do
• 24:46
  because
• 24:46
  there
• 24:47
  truly
• 24:47
  is
• 24:48
  no
• 24:48
  winner
• 24:49
  and
• 24:49
  loser,
• 24:49
  even
• 24:49
  though
• 24:49
  there
• 24:50
  is
• 24:50
  that
• 24:50
  every.
• 24:51
  Every
• 24:51
  person
• 24:51
  on
• 24:52
  the
• 24:52
  court,
• 24:53
  in
• 24:53
  the
• 24:53
  bowling
• 24:54
  alley,
• 24:54
  whatever
• 24:54
  it
• 24:54
  is,
• 24:54
  is
• 24:55
  just
• 24:55
  having
• 24:55
  the
• 24:55
  absolute
• 24:55
  best
• 24:56
  time.
• 24:56
  It
• 24:56
  really
• 24:56
  is
• 24:57
  for
• 24:57
  the
• 24:57
  love
• 24:57
  of
• 24:57
  the
• 24:57
  sport,
• 24:58
  whether
• 24:58
  it's
• 24:58
  bowling
• 24:58
  or
• 24:58
  basketball.
• 25:00
  The
• 25:00
  kids
• 25:01
  absolutely
• 25:01
  love
• 25:01
  it.
• 25:02
  They
• 25:02
  go
• 25:02
  nuts
• 25:02
  for
• 25:02
  it.
• 25:03
  You
• 25:03
  know,
• 25:03
  it's
• 25:03
  going
• 25:04
  to
• 25:04
  the
• 25:04
  championships,
• 25:05
  and
• 25:05
  I
• 25:05
  stopped
• 25:05
  by
• 25:05
  some
• 25:05
  games
• 25:06
  here
• 25:06
  and
• 25:06
  there,
• 25:06
  just,
• 25:07
  you
• 25:07
  know,
• 25:07
  based
• 25:07
  on
• 25:07
  scheduling.
• 25:09
  It's
• 25:09
  the
• 25:09
  best
• 25:09
  atmosphere.
• 25:10
  Everyone's
• 25:10
  cheering.
• 25:11
  There's
• 25:11
  not
• 25:11
  a
• 25:11
  negative
• 25:12
  thought
• 25:12
  in
• 25:12
  sight.
• 25:13
  Everyone's
• 25:13
  just
• 25:14
  super
• 25:14
  excited
• 25:14
  to
• 25:14
  be
• 25:14
  there
• 25:15
  and
• 25:15
  participate.
• 25:15
  It's
• 25:16
  one
• 25:16
  of
• 25:16
  the
• 25:16
  best
• 25:16
  things
• 25:16
  we
• 25:17
  do
• 25:17
  and
• 25:18
  very
• 25:18
  fortunate
• 25:18
  on
• 25:19
  our
• 25:19
  end
• 25:19
  that
• 25:19
  we're
• 25:19
  able
• 25:20
  to
• 25:20
  help
• 25:20
  out
• 25:21
  with
• 25:21
  it.
• 25:21
  All
• 25:22
  right,
• 25:22
  so
• 25:22
  I
• 25:22
  have
• 25:22
  one
• 25:22
  other
• 25:23
  thing
• 25:23
  that
• 25:23
  I
• 25:23
  want
• 25:23
  to
• 25:23
  make
• 25:23
  sure
• 25:24
  I
• 25:24
  touch
• 25:24
  on
• 25:25
  football.
• 25:25
  Long
• 25:25
  island
• 25:26
  does
• 25:26
  their
• 25:26
  own
• 25:27
  championship.
• 25:28
  Is
• 25:28
  there
• 25:28
  any
• 25:28
  serious
• 25:29
  consideration
• 25:29
  for
• 25:30
  Long
• 25:30
  island
• 25:30
  joining
• 25:31
  the
• 25:31
  New
• 25:31
  York
• 25:31
  State
• 25:31
  Championships
• 25:32
  in
• 25:32
  Syracuse?
• 25:34
  Yeah,
• 25:34
  so
• 25:34
  it's
• 25:35
  been
• 25:35
  discussed.
• 25:36
  I
• 25:37
  think
• 25:37
  last
• 25:37
  year
• 25:37
  was
• 25:37
  probably
• 25:38
  the
• 25:38
  best.
• 25:38
  The
• 25:38
  best
• 25:39
  opportunity
• 25:40
  we
• 25:40
  had
• 25:40
  to
• 25:40
  potentially
• 25:41
  join
• 25:41
  it
• 25:41
  this
• 25:41
  year.
• 25:42
  The
• 25:43
  issue
• 25:43
  among
• 25:43
  the
• 25:43
  Long
• 25:44
  island
• 25:44
  football
• 25:44
  community
• 25:45
  is,
• 25:45
  and
• 25:45
  I
• 25:45
  don't
• 25:45
  want
• 25:45
  to
• 25:45
  speak
• 25:45
  out
• 25:45
  of
• 25:46
  turn
• 25:46
  on
• 25:46
  this,
• 25:47
  but
• 25:47
  the
• 25:47
  biggest
• 25:47
  issue
• 25:48
  that
• 25:48
  we
• 25:48
  face
• 25:48
  when.
• 25:50
  I'll
• 25:50
  wrap
• 25:50
  it
• 25:50
  up
• 25:50
  on
• 25:51
  this
• 25:51
  one,
• 25:51
  but
• 25:51
  the
• 25:51
  biggest
• 25:52
  issue
• 25:52
  we
• 25:52
  face
• 25:52
  is
• 25:53
  if
• 25:53
  we
• 25:53
  were
• 25:53
  to
• 25:53
  do
• 25:53
  that,
• 25:54
  you
• 25:54
  would
• 25:55
  most
• 25:55
  likely
• 25:55
  have
• 25:56
  to
• 25:56
  forfeit
• 25:56
  the
• 25:56
  Long
• 25:56
  Island
• 25:57
  Championship.
• 25:57
  Right.
• 25:58
  And
• 25:59
  not
• 25:59
  the
• 25:59
  best
• 25:59
  State
• 25:59
  Championship.
• 26:00
  It's
• 26:00
  awesome.
• 26:00
  They
• 26:01
  do
• 26:01
  it,
• 26:01
  you
• 26:01
  know,
• 26:01
  in
• 26:01
  Syracuse.
• 26:02
  It's
• 26:02
  a
• 26:02
  fantastic
• 26:03
  event.
• 26:03
  But
• 26:04
  the
• 26:04
  Long
• 26:04
  Island
• 26:04
  Championship
• 26:05
  in
• 26:06
  Long
• 26:06
  island
• 26:06
  gets
• 26:06
  more.
• 26:07
  Gets
• 26:07
  more
• 26:07
  of
• 26:07
  a
• 26:07
  draw
• 26:08
  than
• 26:08
  the
• 26:08
  State
• 26:08
  Championship.
• 26:09
  So
• 26:10
  do
• 26:10
  you
• 26:10
  want
• 26:10
  to
• 26:10
  forfeit
• 26:11
  something
• 26:11
  that's
• 26:11
  been
• 26:12
  going
• 26:12
  on
• 26:12
  for,
• 26:12
  you
• 26:12
  know,
• 26:13
  decades
• 26:14
  to
• 26:15
  do
• 26:15
  the
• 26:15
  State
• 26:15
  Championship?
• 26:16
  It.
• 26:17
  It
• 26:17
  depends
• 26:17
  on
• 26:17
  what
• 26:17
  coach
• 26:18
  you
• 26:18
  ask,
• 26:18
  to
• 26:18
  be
• 26:18
  honest.
• 26:19
  We
• 26:19
  as
• 26:19
  section
• 26:20
  8
• 26:21
  in
• 26:21
  the
• 26:21
  office,
• 26:22
  we
• 26:22
  rely
• 26:22
  on
• 26:22
  the
• 26:23
  coaches
• 26:23
  and
• 26:23
  what
• 26:23
  they
• 26:23
  want
• 26:24
  to
• 26:24
  do.
• 26:24
  And
• 26:25
  obviously,
• 26:25
  it's
• 26:25
  been.
• 26:26
  It's
• 26:26
  been
• 26:26
  voted
• 26:26
  down
• 26:26
  quite
• 26:27
  a
• 26:27
  few
• 26:27
  times.
• 26:27
  So
• 26:28
  I'll
• 26:28
  say
• 26:29
  never
• 26:29
  say
• 26:29
  never,
• 26:29
  but
• 26:30
  it's
• 26:30
  one
• 26:30
  of
• 26:30
  those
• 26:30
  things.
• 26:31
  We
• 26:31
  want
• 26:31
  to
• 26:31
  rely
• 26:31
  on
• 26:31
  the
• 26:32
  people
• 26:32
  that
• 26:32
  have
• 26:32
  boots
• 26:33
  on
• 26:33
  the
• 26:33
  ground,
• 26:33
  on
• 26:33
  the
• 26:34
  field
• 26:34
  that
• 26:34
  are
• 26:34
  able
• 26:34
  to
• 26:35
  give
• 26:35
  us
• 26:35
  the
• 26:35
  best
• 26:35
  advice
• 26:35
  that
• 26:36
  they
• 26:36
  want
• 26:36
  to
• 26:36
  do.
• 26:37
  Again,
• 26:37
  we're
• 26:37
  talking
• 26:38
  with
• 26:38
  Justin
• 26:38
  Jonas
• 26:39
  from
• 26:39
  Section
• 26:39
  8,
• 26:40
  talking
• 26:41
  athletics
• 26:41
  here
• 26:41
  Are
• 26:41
  there
• 26:42
  any
• 26:42
  other
• 26:42
  things
• 26:42
  that
• 26:42
  you
• 26:43
  have
• 26:43
  to
• 26:43
  address
• 26:44
  or
• 26:44
  things
• 26:44
  that
• 26:44
  you
• 26:45
  have
• 26:45
  to
• 26:45
  be
• 26:45
  responsible
• 26:46
  for
• 26:46
  that
• 26:46
  we
• 26:46
  didn't
• 26:46
  talk
• 26:46
  about?
• 26:48
  Yeah,
• 26:49
  we
• 26:49
  covered
• 26:49
  a
• 26:50
  wide
• 26:50
  array
• 26:50
  of
• 26:50
  things.
• 26:51
  We're
• 26:52
  pretty
• 26:52
  much
• 26:52
  responsible
• 26:52
  for
• 26:53
  A
• 26:53
  to
• 26:53
  Z
• 26:53
  when
• 26:54
  it
• 26:55
  comes
• 26:55
  to
• 26:55
  high
• 26:55
  school
• 26:55
  athletics.
• 26:56
  So
• 26:56
  anything,
• 26:57
  you
• 26:57
  know,
• 26:58
  I
• 26:58
  call
• 26:58
  it
• 26:58
  street
• 26:58
  to
• 26:59
  seat.
• 26:59
  So
• 26:59
  anything
• 26:59
  from
• 27:00
  getting
• 27:00
  kids
• 27:00
  getting
• 27:00
  on
• 27:01
  the
• 27:01
  bus,
• 27:01
  going
• 27:01
  into
• 27:01
  the
• 27:02
  stadium,
• 27:02
  sitting
• 27:02
  down,
• 27:02
  you
• 27:03
  know,
• 27:03
  fans
• 27:03
  sitting
• 27:03
  down,
• 27:03
  kids
• 27:04
  getting
• 27:05
  to
• 27:05
  their
• 27:05
  benches,
• 27:05
  we
• 27:05
  have
• 27:06
  to
• 27:06
  make
• 27:06
  sure
• 27:06
  that
• 27:06
  that
• 27:06
  runs
• 27:06
  as
• 27:07
  seamless,
• 27:07
  as
• 27:07
  smooth
• 27:08
  as
• 27:08
  possible,
• 27:09
  you
• 27:09
  know,
• 27:09
  without
• 27:09
  any
• 27:10
  interference.
• 27:10
  So
• 27:11
  yeah,
• 27:12
  I
• 27:12
  think
• 27:12
  we
• 27:12
  covered
• 27:12
  it,
• 27:12
  you
• 27:13
  know,
• 27:13
  a
• 27:13
  good
• 27:13
  basis
• 27:13
  of
• 27:14
  things.
• 27:14
  And
• 27:14
  obviously,
• 27:16
  you
• 27:16
  know,
• 27:17
  our
• 27:17
  office,
• 27:17
  section,
• 27:18
  office
• 27:18
  were
• 27:18
  incredibly
• 27:19
  transparent.
• 27:19
  Happy
• 27:19
  to,
• 27:20
  you
• 27:20
  know,
• 27:20
  take
• 27:21
  any
• 27:21
  calls
• 27:21
  to
• 27:21
  our
• 27:21
  office,
• 27:22
  talk
• 27:22
  about,
• 27:22
  you
• 27:22
  know,
• 27:23
  what
• 27:23
  may
• 27:23
  be
• 27:23
  a
• 27:23
  concern
• 27:24
  for
• 27:24
  any
• 27:24
  parents
• 27:24
  or
• 27:24
  students.
• 27:25
  Happy
• 27:26
  to
• 27:26
  know
• 27:27
  people
• 27:27
  through
• 27:27
  what
• 27:27
  we
• 27:27
  do
• 27:27
  and
• 27:28
  how
• 27:28
  we
• 27:28
  do
• 27:28
  it.
• 27:29
  As
• 27:29
  we
• 27:29
  said
• 27:30
  earlier,
• 27:30
  Justin
• 27:30
  is
• 27:30
  also
• 27:31
  the
• 27:31
  co
• 27:31
  chair
• 27:31
  of
• 27:31
  the
• 27:31
  sportsmanship
• 27:32
  committee.
• 27:33
  He's
• 27:33
  doing
• 27:33
  a
• 27:33
  great
• 27:34
  job
• 27:34
  and
• 27:34
  hopefully,
• 27:34
  Justin,
• 27:35
  you
• 27:35
  stay
• 27:35
  long
• 27:35
  enough
• 27:35
  to
• 27:36
  take
• 27:36
  over
• 27:36
  as
• 27:37
  executive
• 27:37
  director
• 27:37
  since
• 27:38
  you'll
• 27:38
  already
• 27:38
  have
• 27:38
  some
• 27:38
  experience
• 27:39
  and
• 27:39
  keep
• 27:40
  helping
• 27:40
  Nassau
• 27:41
  county
• 27:41
  sports
• 27:41
  grow.
• 27:42
  So
• 27:42
  thanks
• 27:42
  again
• 27:42
  for
• 27:42
  your
• 27:43
  time
• 27:43
  tonight
• 27:44
  and
• 27:44
  we
• 27:44
  appreciate
• 27:44
  it.
• 27:45
  Yeah,
• 27:46
  Chris,
• 27:46
  appreciate
• 27:47
  it.
• 27:47
  And
• 27:47
  again,
• 27:47
  anyone
• 27:48
  listening
• 27:49
  that
• 27:49
  wants
• 27:49
  to
• 27:49
  be
• 27:49
  an
• 27:49
  official,
• 27:50
  interested
• 27:50
  in
• 27:50
  talking
• 27:50
  about
• 27:51
  it,
• 27:51
  happy
• 27:51
  to
• 27:51
  talk
• 27:51
  about
• 27:51
  it.
• 27:52
  And
• 27:52
  I
• 27:52
  just
• 27:53
  want
• 27:53
  to
• 27:53
  encourage
• 27:53
  people
• 27:54
  keep
• 27:54
  supporting
• 27:55
  Utah
• 27:55
  athletics.
• 27:56
  It's
• 27:56
  incredibly
• 27:57
  important
• 27:57
  and
• 27:57
  one
• 27:57
  of
• 27:57
  those
• 27:58
  things
• 27:58
  that
• 27:58
  will
• 27:59
  never
• 27:59
  go
• 27:59
  away.
• 27:59
  So
• 28:00
  support
• 28:00
  your
• 28:01
  communities
• 28:01
  and
• 28:01
  come
• 28:01
  out
• 28:01
  the
• 28:02
  games.
• 28:02
  All
• 28:02
  right.
• 28:03
  Again,
• 28:03
  be
• 28:03
  loud,
• 28:03
  be
• 28:03
  proud,
• 28:04
  but
• 28:04
  be
• 28:04
  positive
• 28:04
  at
• 28:05
  the
• 28:05
  games.
• 28:05
  That's
• 28:05
  our
• 28:06
  motto
• 28:06
  at
• 28:06
  the
• 28:06
  games.
• 28:07
  And
• 28:07
  again,
• 28:07
  we
• 28:07
  thank
• 28:07
  Justin
• 28:08
  Jonas
• 28:08
  for
• 28:08
  joining
• 28:09
  us
• 28:09
  tonight.
• 28:09
  We're
• 28:10
  going
• 28:10
  to
• 28:10
  take
• 28:10
  a
• 28:10
  quick
• 28:11
  break
• 28:11
  and
• 28:11
  when
• 28:11
  we
• 28:11
  come
• 28:12
  back,
• 28:12
  we're
• 28:12
  going
• 28:12
  to
• 28:12
  talk
• 28:13
  with
• 28:13
  James
• 28:13
  Ciano
• 28:14
  about
• 28:14
  some
• 28:15
  MLB
• 28:15
  Hot
• 28:16
  stove.
• 28:45
  You
• 28:46
  are
• 28:46
  listening
• 28:46
  to
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• 28:47
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• 28:48
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• 28:48
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• 28:48
  in
• 28:49
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• 28:49
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• 28:49
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• 28:49
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• 28:50
  On
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• 28:50
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• 28:51
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• 28:52
  broadcasting
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  on
• 28:53
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• 28:54
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• 28:54
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• 28:55
  or
• 28:56
  listen
• 28:56
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• 28:57
  online.
• 28:57
  At
• 28:57
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• 29:01
  stay
• 29:02
  connected
• 29:02
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  talk.
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• 29:14
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• 29:15
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  On
• 29:16
  Long
• 29:16
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• 29:16
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• 29:18
  And
• 29:19
  now
• 29:19
  back
• 29:20
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• 29:20
  the
• 29:20
  show.
• 29:26
  Welcome
• 29:26
  back
• 29:27
  to
• 29:27
  Sports
• 29:27
  Talk
• 29:28
  New
• 29:28
  York.
• 29:28
  I
• 29:28
  am
• 29:28
  your
• 29:29
  host
• 29:29
  Chris
• 29:29
  Caputo
• 29:30
  here
• 29:30
  on
• 29:31
  a
• 29:31
  Sunday
• 29:31
  night
• 29:32
  in
• 29:32
  December.
• 29:32
  Hope
• 29:32
  you
• 29:33
  are
• 29:33
  enjoying
• 29:33
  your
• 29:33
  nights.
• 29:34
  I'm
• 29:35
  solo
• 29:35
  tonight.
• 29:35
  My
• 29:36
  co
• 29:36
  host
• 29:36
  Mike
• 29:37
  Widone
• 29:37
  is
• 29:37
  on
• 29:38
  the
• 29:38
  road
• 29:38
  coming
• 29:38
  back
• 29:39
  to
• 29:39
  Long
• 29:40
  island
• 29:40
  and
• 29:41
  we
• 29:41
  just
• 29:41
  had
• 29:41
  Justin
• 29:42
  Jonas
• 29:42
  from
• 29:43
  Section
• 29:43
  8
• 29:43
  Athletics
• 29:44
  to
• 29:44
  Talk
• 29:45
  about
• 29:46
  the
• 29:46
  highs
• 29:46
  and
• 29:46
  lows
• 29:47
  of
• 29:47
  his
• 29:47
  job
• 29:47
  and
• 29:48
  all
• 29:49
  of
• 29:49
  the
• 29:49
  things
• 29:49
  that
• 29:49
  are
• 29:50
  involved
• 29:50
  with
• 29:50
  keeping
• 29:51
  athletics
• 29:52
  on
• 29:52
  the
• 29:52
  field,
• 29:53
  on
• 29:53
  the
• 29:53
  courts
• 29:54
  and
• 29:54
  all
• 29:54
  of
• 29:55
  that
• 29:55
  stuff,
• 29:55
  it
• 29:55
  is
• 29:55
  not
• 29:56
  an
• 29:56
  easy
• 29:56
  job.
• 29:57
  There's
• 29:57
  a
• 29:57
  lot
• 29:57
  that
• 29:58
  goes
• 29:58
  on.
• 29:58
  And
• 29:58
  one
• 29:58
  of
• 29:59
  the
• 29:59
  big
• 29:59
  things
• 29:59
  we
• 29:59
  talked
• 29:59
  about
• 30:00
  is
• 30:00
  officials,
• 30:00
  officials
• 30:01
  trying
• 30:02
  to
• 30:03
  get
• 30:03
  them
• 30:03
  at
• 30:03
  games
• 30:04
  and
• 30:04
  keep
• 30:04
  them
• 30:04
  there.
• 30:05
  And
• 30:05
  sometimes
• 30:06
  it
• 30:07
  just
• 30:07
  becomes
• 30:07
  too
• 30:07
  much
• 30:08
  for
• 30:08
  them
• 30:08
  and
• 30:08
  they
• 30:08
  leave
• 30:08
  the
• 30:09
  business.
• 30:09
  So
• 30:09
  think
• 30:09
  about
• 30:09
  that
• 30:10
  the
• 30:10
  next
• 30:10
  time
• 30:10
  that
• 30:11
  you're
• 30:11
  at
• 30:11
  a
• 30:11
  game
• 30:12
  and
• 30:12
  you
• 30:12
  know
• 30:13
  how
• 30:13
  much
• 30:13
  abuse
• 30:13
  that
• 30:14
  they
• 30:14
  have
• 30:14
  to
• 30:15
  take.
• 30:15
  Our
• 30:16
  next
• 30:17
  guest
• 30:17
  is
• 30:18
  going
• 30:18
  to
• 30:18
  be
• 30:18
  James
• 30:18
  Ciano.
• 30:20
  He's
• 30:20
  going
• 30:20
  to
• 30:21
  help
• 30:21
  us
• 30:21
  talk
• 30:21
  a
• 30:21
  little
• 30:21
  bit
• 30:22
  about
• 30:22
  the
• 30:23
  MLB
• 30:24
  trade
• 30:24
  rumors
• 30:25
  and
• 30:25
  all
• 30:25
  kinds
• 30:26
  of
• 30:26
  stuff
• 30:26
  going
• 30:26
  on.
• 30:27
  But
• 30:27
  obviously
• 30:28
  the
• 30:28
  big
• 30:28
  thing
• 30:28
  and
• 30:28
  the
• 30:28
  reason
• 30:29
  why
• 30:29
  we'll
• 30:29
  have
• 30:29
  him
• 30:29
  on
• 30:29
  is
• 30:30
  to
• 30:30
  talk
• 30:31
  something
• 30:31
  that
• 30:31
  has
• 30:32
  lasted
• 30:32
  way,
• 30:33
  way
• 30:33
  longer
• 30:33
  than
• 30:34
  I
• 30:34
  think
• 30:34
  most
• 30:34
  of
• 30:34
  us
• 30:34
  expected.
• 30:35
  And
• 30:36
  that
• 30:36
  is
• 30:36
  the
• 30:36
  fact
• 30:36
  that
• 30:37
  Juan
• 30:37
  Soto
• 30:38
  is
• 30:38
  a
• 30:38
  free
• 30:39
  agent.
• 30:39
  And
• 30:40
  since
• 30:40
  the
• 30:41
  last
• 30:41
  game
• 30:41
  of
• 30:41
  the
• 30:42
  World
• 30:42
  Series,
• 30:42
  he
• 30:43
  has
• 30:43
  hinted
• 30:44
  that
• 30:44
  he
• 30:44
  wanted
• 30:44
  to
• 30:45
  talk
• 30:45
  to
• 30:45
  all
• 30:45
  the
• 30:45
  teams.
• 30:46
  Well,
• 30:46
  the
• 30:46
  hinting
• 30:47
  and
• 30:47
  the
• 30:47
  talking
• 30:47
  has
• 30:47
  gone
• 30:48
  on.
• 30:48
  And
• 30:48
  we
• 30:48
  are
• 30:49
  now
• 30:49
  at
• 30:49
  the
• 30:49
  winter
• 30:49
  meetings,
• 30:50
  which
• 30:50
  is
• 30:50
  going
• 30:50
  to
• 30:50
  last
• 30:51
  from
• 30:51
  Monday
• 30:52
  all
• 30:52
  the
• 30:52
  way
• 30:53
  through
• 30:53
  Thursday.
• 30:54
  And
• 30:54
  at
• 30:54
  this
• 30:54
  point,
• 30:55
  we
• 30:55
  still
• 30:56
  do
• 30:56
  not
• 30:56
  have
• 30:56
  an
• 30:56
  answer.
• 30:57
  And
• 30:57
  most
• 30:58
  of
• 30:58
  the
• 30:58
  other
• 30:58
  players
• 30:59
  are
• 30:59
  waiting
• 31:00
  to
• 31:00
  see
• 31:00
  how
• 31:01
  much
• 31:01
  money
• 31:01
  he
• 31:02
  will
• 31:02
  get
• 31:02
  and
• 31:02
  from
• 31:02
  which
• 31:03
  team,
• 31:03
  because
• 31:04
  that
• 31:04
  will
• 31:04
  then
• 31:04
  determine
• 31:05
  whether
• 31:05
  or
• 31:05
  not
• 31:06
  they
• 31:06
  will
• 31:07
  sign
• 31:07
  with
• 31:08
  one
• 31:08
  of
• 31:08
  those
• 31:08
  two
• 31:09
  or
• 31:09
  three
• 31:09
  or
• 31:09
  four
• 31:09
  or
• 31:10
  five
• 31:10
  teams
• 31:10
  that
• 31:10
  he's
• 31:10
  supposed
• 31:11
  to
• 31:11
  sign
• 31:11
  with
• 31:12
  or
• 31:12
  if
• 31:12
  they
• 31:12
  go
• 31:13
  elsewhere.
• 31:14
  So
• 31:14
  at
• 31:14
  this
• 31:15
  point,
• 31:15
  I
• 31:15
  think
• 31:15
  the
• 31:15
  numbers
• 31:16
  are
• 31:16
  above
• 31:17
  $700
• 31:18
  million
• 31:18
  for
• 31:18
  15
• 31:19
  years,
• 31:20
  and
• 31:20
  the
• 31:21
  two
• 31:21
  major
• 31:21
  teams
• 31:22
  would
• 31:22
  be
• 31:22
  New
• 31:22
  York
• 31:23
  Yankees
• 31:23
  and
• 31:24
  New
• 31:24
  York
• 31:24
  Mets.
• 31:25
  Now,
• 31:25
  will
• 31:25
  there
• 31:25
  be
• 31:25
  some
• 31:26
  type
• 31:26
  of
• 31:26
  discount
• 31:26
  or
• 31:27
  will
• 31:27
  there
• 31:27
  be
• 31:29
  something
• 31:29
  that
• 31:29
  maybe
• 31:30
  holds
• 31:31
  him
• 31:31
  back
• 31:31
  from
• 31:31
  going
• 31:31
  to
• 31:32
  another
• 31:32
  city?
• 31:32
  I
• 31:32
  don't
• 31:32
  know.
• 31:32
  The
• 31:33
  Blue
• 31:33
  Jays
• 31:33
  and
• 31:33
  even
• 31:34
  the
• 31:34
  Dodgers
• 31:34
  tried
• 31:34
  to
• 31:35
  throw
• 31:35
  something
• 31:35
  in.
• 31:35
  The
• 31:35
  Red
• 31:35
  Sox
• 31:36
  were
• 31:36
  meeting
• 31:37
  with
• 31:37
  him
• 31:37
  as
• 31:38
  of
• 31:38
  recently.
• 31:39
  But
• 31:39
  we
• 31:39
  shall
• 31:39
  see
• 31:40
  what
• 31:40
  happens
• 31:40
  with
• 31:40
  that.
• 31:42
  There
• 31:42
  are
• 31:42
  some
• 31:43
  other
• 31:43
  big
• 31:43
  names
• 31:43
  out
• 31:44
  there
• 31:44
  that
• 31:44
  are
• 31:45
  looking
• 31:45
  to
• 31:45
  sign
• 31:45
  and
• 31:46
  maybe
• 31:46
  even
• 31:46
  some
• 31:46
  trades
• 31:47
  that
• 31:47
  could
• 31:48
  possibly
• 31:48
  come
• 31:48
  up.
• 31:49
  So
• 31:50
  at
• 31:50
  this
• 31:50
  point,
• 31:50
  we
• 31:51
  are
• 31:51
  kind
• 31:51
  of
• 31:51
  in
• 31:51
  a
• 31:52
  waiting
• 31:52
  pattern,
• 31:53
  almost
• 31:53
  like
• 31:53
  we're
• 31:53
  at
• 31:54
  the
• 31:54
  airport
• 31:54
  and
• 31:55
  we
• 31:55
  are
• 31:55
  trying
• 31:56
  to
• 31:56
  see
• 31:56
  what's
• 31:56
  going
• 31:57
  to
• 31:57
  happen
• 31:57
  with
• 31:58
  some
• 31:58
  of
• 31:58
  these
• 31:58
  things.
• 31:58
  And
• 31:59
  I
• 31:59
  think
• 31:59
  things
• 31:59
  will
• 31:59
  speed
• 31:59
  up.
• 32:00
  I
• 32:00
  think
• 32:00
  in
• 32:00
  the
• 32:00
  next
• 32:00
  24
• 32:01
  to
• 32:01
  48
• 32:01
  hours,
• 32:02
  things
• 32:02
  will
• 32:03
  start
• 32:03
  to
• 32:03
  speed
• 32:03
  up
• 32:04
  and
• 32:04
  some
• 32:04
  of
• 32:04
  these
• 32:04
  guys
• 32:05
  will
• 32:05
  get
• 32:05
  together
• 32:05
  and
• 32:05
  maybe
• 32:06
  their
• 32:06
  agents
• 32:07
  will
• 32:07
  do
• 32:07
  the
• 32:07
  right
• 32:08
  thing
• 32:08
  and
• 32:08
  sign
• 32:09
  with
• 32:09
  the
• 32:09
  team
• 32:09
  that
• 32:09
  they
• 32:09
  want
• 32:10
  to.
• 32:10
  So
• 32:11
  right
• 32:11
  now
• 32:11
  we're
• 32:11
  going
• 32:11
  to
• 32:11
  join
• 32:11
  in
• 32:12
  from
• 32:12
  the
• 32:13
  metslop
• 32:13
  podcast.
• 32:14
  James
• 32:14
  Ciano
• 32:15
  So,
• 32:15
  James,
• 32:15
  you've
• 32:15
  been
• 32:15
  on
• 32:16
  before,
• 32:16
  and
• 32:17
  tonight's
• 32:17
  kind
• 32:17
  of
• 32:17
  one
• 32:18
  of
• 32:18
  those
• 32:18
  nights
• 32:19
  where
• 32:19
  your
• 32:19
  fingertips
• 32:20
  are
• 32:20
  moving
• 32:20
  around
• 32:20
  a
• 32:21
  little
• 32:21
  bit.
• 32:21
  What
• 32:21
  are
• 32:21
  you
• 32:21
  thinking
• 32:21
  right
• 32:22
  now?
• 32:23
  Yeah,
• 32:23
  what's
• 32:23
  up?
• 32:24
  Thanks
• 32:24
  for.
• 32:24
  Thanks
• 32:24
  for
• 32:24
  having
• 32:24
  me
• 32:25
  back.
• 32:25
  But
• 32:25
  it's
• 32:25
  just.
• 32:26
  I
• 32:26
  don't
• 32:26
  know,
• 32:26
  it
• 32:27
  just
• 32:27
  feels
• 32:27
  like
• 32:27
  the
• 32:27
  Yankees.
• 32:28
  It
• 32:28
  kind
• 32:28
  of
• 32:28
  does.
• 32:28
  It
• 32:28
  feels
• 32:29
  like
• 32:29
  every
• 32:29
  single
• 32:29
  thing
• 32:29
  has
• 32:30
  gotten
• 32:30
  to
• 32:30
  this
• 32:30
  point
• 32:30
  where,
• 32:31
  if
• 32:31
  you
• 32:32
  ask
• 32:32
  us,
• 32:32
  anytime
• 32:33
  in
• 32:33
  March,
• 32:33
  April,
• 32:33
  May,
• 32:34
  June,
• 32:34
  July,
• 32:34
  August,
• 32:35
  September,
• 32:35
  most
• 32:35
  of
• 32:35
  October.
• 32:36
  Like,
• 32:36
  where's
• 32:36
  Juan
• 32:36
  Solo
• 32:37
  going
• 32:37
  to
• 32:37
  sign?
• 32:37
  You
• 32:37
  listen
• 32:37
  to
• 32:38
  the
• 32:38
  Yankees.
• 32:38
  You
• 32:38
  go
• 32:38
  back
• 32:38
  to
• 32:38
  Yankees.
• 32:39
  Spent
• 32:39
  the
• 32:39
  year
• 32:39
  there.
• 32:39
  They're
• 32:39
  the
• 32:40
  Yankees.
• 32:40
  Yeah.
• 32:40
  They're
• 32:40
  judged
• 32:40
  his
• 32:41
  teammate.
• 32:41
  They
• 32:42
  made
• 32:42
  the
• 32:42
  World
• 32:42
  Series.
• 32:42
  It's
• 32:43
  going
• 32:43
  to
• 32:43
  be
• 32:43
  the
• 32:43
  Yankees.
• 32:44
  And
• 32:44
  I
• 32:44
  think
• 32:44
  we
• 32:44
  all
• 32:44
  probably
• 32:45
  let
• 32:45
  ourselves
• 32:45
  get
• 32:45
  a
• 32:46
  little
• 32:46
  too
• 32:46
  excited
• 32:47
  these
• 32:47
  last
• 32:47
  few
• 32:47
  weeks
• 32:47
  here,
• 32:48
  feeling
• 32:48
  it
• 32:48
  was
• 32:48
  possible,
• 32:49
  knowing
• 32:49
  that
• 32:49
  Steve
• 32:49
  Cohen
• 32:50
  wouldn't
• 32:50
  be
• 32:50
  outbid.
• 32:51
  But
• 32:51
  now
• 32:51
  we're
• 32:51
  in
• 32:51
  the
• 32:51
  end
• 32:52
  game,
• 32:52
  it
• 32:52
  feels
• 32:52
  like
• 32:52
  house
• 32:53
  timebrother
• 32:53
  pony
• 32:54
  up.
• 32:54
  What?
• 32:54
  He
• 32:54
  had
• 32:54
  to
• 32:54
  pony
• 32:55
  up.
• 32:55
  Steve
• 32:55
  probably
• 32:56
  did
• 32:56
  beat
• 32:56
  him,
• 32:56
  but
• 32:57
  I
• 32:57
  guess
• 32:57
  not
• 32:57
  by
• 32:57
  enough
• 32:58
  to
• 32:58
  make
• 32:58
  it.
• 32:59
  To
• 32:59
  make
• 32:59
  it
• 32:59
  worth
• 32:59
  his
• 32:59
  while.
• 33:00
  And
• 33:00
  that
• 33:00
  just
• 33:00
  seems
• 33:01
  like
• 33:01
  the
• 33:01
  end
• 33:01
  of
• 33:01
  the
• 33:01
  story
• 33:01
  here,
• 33:02
  sadly.
• 33:03
  All
• 33:03
  right,
• 33:03
  so
• 33:03
  do
• 33:03
  you
• 33:04
  think
• 33:05
  that
• 33:06
  possibly
• 33:07
  the
• 33:07
  Mets
• 33:08
  just
• 33:08
  kept
• 33:08
  going
• 33:08
  up
• 33:08
  and
• 33:09
  up
• 33:09
  and
• 33:09
  up,
• 33:09
  and
• 33:09
  do
• 33:09
  you
• 33:09
  think
• 33:10
  that,
• 33:10
  you
• 33:10
  know,
• 33:10
  maybe
• 33:11
  they're
• 33:11
  going
• 33:11
  to
• 33:11
  get
• 33:11
  used
• 33:12
  and,
• 33:14
  you
• 33:14
  know,
• 33:15
  as
• 33:15
  long
• 33:15
  as
• 33:16
  they
• 33:16
  keep
• 33:16
  driving
• 33:16
  the
• 33:17
  price
• 33:17
  up,
• 33:17
  that
• 33:17
  the
• 33:17
  Yankees
• 33:18
  are
• 33:18
  going
• 33:18
  to
• 33:18
  match
• 33:18
  some
• 33:19
  of
• 33:19
  that
• 33:19
  and
• 33:20
  as
• 33:20
  long
• 33:20
  as,
• 33:21
  you
• 33:21
  know,
• 33:21
  they
• 33:21
  hit
• 33:21
  the
• 33:22
  magic
• 33:22
  number
• 33:22
  of,
• 33:22
  say,
• 33:23
  700,
• 33:23
  that
• 33:24
  Juan
• 33:24
  Soto
• 33:25
  was
• 33:25
  going
• 33:25
  to
• 33:25
  go
• 33:25
  back
• 33:25
  to
• 33:25
  the
• 33:26
  Yankees.
• 33:27
  Yeah,
• 33:28
  kind
• 33:28
  of.
• 33:28
  Exactly.
• 33:28
  And
• 33:29
  I'm
• 33:29
  sure.
• 33:29
  I
• 33:29
  don't
• 33:29
  know,
• 33:29
  I
• 33:30
  don't
• 33:30
  love
• 33:30
  this
• 33:30
  trope
• 33:30
  that
• 33:30
  everyone
• 33:31
  keeps
• 33:31
  saying
• 33:31
  the
• 33:31
  Mets
• 33:31
  get
• 33:31
  used.
• 33:32
  Mets
• 33:32
  get
• 33:32
  used.
• 33:32
  Like,
• 33:33
  yeah,
• 33:33
  sure,
• 33:33
  they're
• 33:33
  in
• 33:33
  a
• 33:33
  bidding
• 33:34
  war.
• 33:34
  They're
• 33:34
  probably
• 33:35
  not
• 33:35
  going
• 33:35
  to
• 33:35
  win
• 33:35
  it
• 33:35
  again.
• 33:36
  They're
• 33:36
  going
• 33:36
  to
• 33:36
  offer
• 33:36
  the
• 33:36
  most
• 33:37
  money,
• 33:37
  which
• 33:37
  always
• 33:37
  keep
• 33:37
  going
• 33:38
  detention.
• 33:38
  You
• 33:39
  can
• 33:39
  lead
• 33:39
  the
• 33:39
  horse
• 33:40
  to
• 33:40
  water.
• 33:40
  You
• 33:40
  can't
• 33:40
  make
• 33:41
  him
• 33:41
  drink.
• 33:41
  But
• 33:41
  also
• 33:41
  it's
• 33:42
  like,
• 33:42
  all
• 33:42
  right,
• 33:42
  like,
• 33:42
  at
• 33:42
  some
• 33:43
  point,
• 33:43
  for
• 33:43
  any
• 33:44
  player
• 33:44
  wants
• 33:44
  to
• 33:44
  show
• 33:44
  a
• 33:45
  time
• 33:45
  Yoshino
• 33:45
  beyond
• 33:46
  Moto,
• 33:46
  the
• 33:47
  contract
• 33:47
  isn't.
• 33:47
  Isn't.
• 33:48
  Isn't
• 33:48
  feasible.
• 33:49
  Like,
• 33:49
  you
• 33:49
  can't
• 33:49
  offer
• 33:49
  Juan
• 33:50
  Soto
• 33:50
  $850
• 33:51
  million.
• 33:52
  You
• 33:52
  can't
• 33:52
  pay
• 33:52
  Juan
• 33:52
  Soto
• 33:53
  $55
• 33:53
  million
• 33:54
  a
• 33:54
  year
• 33:54
  against
• 33:54
  your
• 33:54
  own
• 33:55
  competitive
• 33:55
  balance
• 33:55
  pack.
• 33:56
  You
• 33:56
  won't
• 33:56
  be
• 33:56
  able
• 33:56
  to
• 33:56
  build
• 33:57
  a
• 33:57
  successful
• 33:57
  baseball
• 33:57
  team.
• 33:58
  And
• 33:58
  I
• 33:58
  think
• 33:58
  that
• 33:58
  those
• 33:59
  are
• 33:59
  the
• 33:59
  conversations
• 33:59
  probably
• 34:00
  happening
• 34:00
  internally
• 34:00
  right
• 34:01
  now,
• 34:01
  but
• 34:01
  do
• 34:01
  think
• 34:01
  they,
• 34:02
  Scott,
• 34:03
  Boris,
• 34:03
  and
• 34:03
  Solo
• 34:03
  kind
• 34:04
  of
• 34:04
  did
• 34:04
  leave
• 34:04
  the
• 34:04
  door
• 34:04
  open
• 34:04
  a
• 34:05
  crack.
• 34:06
  Like,
• 34:06
  putting
• 34:06
  all
• 34:07
  these,
• 34:07
  like,
• 34:07
  smokescreens
• 34:08
  out
• 34:08
  there,
• 34:08
  like,
• 34:08
  oh,
• 34:08
  there's
• 34:08
  it,
• 34:08
  last
• 34:09
  few
• 34:09
  hours,
• 34:09
  last
• 34:09
  few
• 34:09
  hours,
• 34:10
  blah,
• 34:10
  blah,
• 34:10
  blah,
• 34:10
  very
• 34:11
  positive
• 34:11
  Yankees.
• 34:12
  So
• 34:12
  I
• 34:12
  think
• 34:12
  they
• 34:12
  are
• 34:13
  open
• 34:14
  minded.
• 34:14
  If
• 34:14
  there's
• 34:15
  some
• 34:15
  kind
• 34:15
  of
• 34:15
  crazy
• 34:16
  Godfather
• 34:16
  offer
• 34:16
  that
• 34:17
  hits,
• 34:17
  but
• 34:17
  it
• 34:17
  just
• 34:18
  also
• 34:18
  feels
• 34:18
  like
• 34:19
  nothing's
• 34:20
  going
• 34:20
  to
• 34:20
  happen,
• 34:20
  then
• 34:20
  you
• 34:21
  have
• 34:21
  kind
• 34:22
  of
• 34:22
  another
• 34:22
  side
• 34:22
  that
• 34:23
  isn't
• 34:23
  being
• 34:23
  talked
• 34:23
  about
• 34:24
  as
• 34:24
  much.
• 34:24
  You
• 34:24
  have
• 34:24
  the
• 34:24
  appearances
• 34:25
  out
• 34:25
  of
• 34:25
  it
• 34:25
  for
• 34:25
  the
• 34:25
  mess.
• 34:25
  And
• 34:26
  Steve
• 34:26
  Combs
• 34:26
  now
• 34:26
  this
• 34:27
  will
• 34:27
  be
• 34:28
  the
• 34:28
  third
• 34:28
  or
• 34:29
  third
• 34:29
  free
• 34:29
  market
• 34:30
  free
• 34:30
  agent
• 34:30
  that
• 34:30
  he
• 34:30
  wasn't
• 34:31
  able
• 34:31
  to
• 34:31
  get
• 34:31
  with
• 34:31
  just
• 34:31
  money.
• 34:32
  I
• 34:32
  didn't
• 34:32
  really
• 34:33
  seemingly
• 34:33
  take
• 34:33
  the
• 34:34
  team
• 34:34
  seriously.
• 34:34
  And
• 34:34
  then
• 34:34
  there's
• 34:35
  a
• 34:35
  worry
• 34:35
  that
• 34:36
  if
• 34:36
  you
• 34:36
  do
• 34:36
  still
• 34:37
  drop
• 34:37
  the
• 34:37
  Godfather
• 34:38
  offer
• 34:38
  and
• 34:38
  the
• 34:38
  Yankees
• 34:39
  don't
• 34:39
  blink
• 34:40
  and
• 34:40
  then
• 34:40
  they
• 34:40
  keep
• 34:40
  their
• 34:41
  offer
• 34:41
  the
• 34:41
  same
• 34:42
  and
• 34:42
  let's
• 34:42
  say
• 34:42
  Juan
• 34:42
  Soto
• 34:42
  went
• 34:43
  back
• 34:43
  to
• 34:43
  the
• 34:43
  ankles
• 34:43
  and
• 34:43
  Steve
• 34:44
  Cohen
• 34:44
  offered
• 34:44
  60,
• 34:45
  70,
• 34:45
  80
• 34:46
  million
• 34:46
  more
• 34:46
  dollars.
• 34:47
  That's,
• 34:47
  that's
• 34:48
  a
• 34:48
  very
• 34:48
  bad
• 34:48
  look.
• 34:49
  That's
• 34:49
  something
• 34:49
  that
• 34:49
  it's
• 34:50
  hard
• 34:50
  to
• 34:50
  recover
• 34:51
  from
• 34:51
  as
• 34:51
  this
• 34:51
  franchise.
• 34:52
  And
• 34:52
  now
• 34:52
  you're
• 34:52
  like,
• 34:53
  okay,
• 34:53
  that's
• 34:54
  like,
• 34:54
  that's
• 34:54
  when
• 34:54
  it
• 34:54
  gets
• 34:54
  to
• 34:55
  really
• 34:55
  dangerous.
• 34:55
  We
• 34:55
  got
• 34:55
  used
• 34:56
  like
• 34:56
  we're
• 34:56
  not,
• 34:56
  like
• 34:56
  we're
• 34:57
  not
• 34:57
  in
• 34:57
  the
• 34:57
  same
• 34:57
  level
• 34:57
  as
• 34:57
  these
• 34:57
  other
• 34:58
  franchise.
• 34:58
  I
• 34:58
  feel
• 34:58
  like
• 34:58
  that's
• 34:59
  probably
• 34:59
  also
• 35:00
  a
• 35:00
  conversation
• 35:01
  happening
• 35:01
  in
• 35:01
  that
• 35:01
  room
• 35:02
  right
• 35:02
  now,
• 35:02
  wherever
• 35:02
  they
• 35:02
  are.
• 35:03
  Right.
• 35:03
  And
• 35:03
  I
• 35:03
  don't
• 35:03
  know
• 35:04
  if
• 35:04
  necessarily
• 35:05
  it's
• 35:05
  so
• 35:05
  much
• 35:06
  a
• 35:06
  bad
• 35:06
  thing.
• 35:06
  I
• 35:06
  just,
• 35:06
  it
• 35:07
  comes
• 35:07
  to
• 35:07
  the
• 35:07
  point
• 35:08
  that
• 35:08
  people
• 35:08
  are,
• 35:08
  hey,
• 35:09
  you're
• 35:09
  going
• 35:09
  to
• 35:09
  go
• 35:09
  up
• 35:09
  as
• 35:10
  high
• 35:10
  as
• 35:10
  you
• 35:10
  want.
• 35:11
  We're
• 35:11
  using
• 35:11
  that
• 35:11
  as
• 35:12
  leverage
• 35:12
  to
• 35:12
  get
• 35:12
  more
• 35:13
  money
• 35:13
  from
• 35:13
  somewhere
• 35:13
  else.
• 35:14
  You
• 35:14
  know,
• 35:15
  obviously
• 35:15
  they
• 35:15
  didn't
• 35:16
  want
• 35:16
  to
• 35:16
  come
• 35:16
  to
• 35:17
  the
• 35:17
  Mets,
• 35:17
  but
• 35:17
  I
• 35:17
  think
• 35:18
  if
• 35:18
  push
• 35:18
  came
• 35:18
  to
• 35:18
  shove
• 35:19
  and
• 35:20
  these
• 35:20
  other
• 35:21
  teams
• 35:21
  were
• 35:21
  given
• 35:21
  another
• 35:22
  number,
• 35:22
  if
• 35:22
  they
• 35:22
  didn't
• 35:22
  meet
• 35:22
  it,
• 35:23
  then
• 35:23
  they
• 35:23
  would
• 35:23
  go
• 35:23
  to
• 35:23
  the
• 35:24
  Mets.
• 35:24
  It's
• 35:24
  almost
• 35:24
  like,
• 35:25
  hey,
• 35:25
  if
• 35:25
  they
• 35:25
  don't
• 35:25
  meet
• 35:26
  this,
• 35:26
  we'll
• 35:26
  come
• 35:26
  back
• 35:26
  to
• 35:26
  you.
• 35:27
  And
• 35:28
  I
• 35:28
  think
• 35:28
  that
• 35:29
  it's
• 35:29
  going
• 35:29
  to
• 35:29
  be
• 35:29
  tough.
• 35:30
  What
• 35:30
  do
• 35:30
  you
• 35:30
  think?
• 35:30
  You
• 35:30
  think
• 35:30
  we're
• 35:31
  in
• 35:31
  within
• 35:31
  24
• 35:31
  to
• 35:32
  48
• 35:32
  hours
• 35:32
  of
• 35:32
  a
• 35:32
  decision?
• 35:34
  I
• 35:34
  think
• 35:34
  within
• 35:35
  three
• 35:35
  to
• 35:35
  five
• 35:35
  hours
• 35:35
  of
• 35:36
  decision.
• 35:36
  Honestly,
• 35:36
  everything
• 35:37
  that's
• 35:37
  coming
• 35:37
  out
• 35:37
  in
• 35:37
  the
• 35:37
  last
• 35:38
  hour
• 35:38
  from
• 35:38
  Martino,
• 35:39
  from
• 35:39
  Puma,
• 35:40
  from
• 35:40
  Heyman,
• 35:40
  they're
• 35:41
  all
• 35:41
  saying
• 35:41
  it's
• 35:41
  tonight,
• 35:42
  they're
• 35:42
  going
• 35:43
  to
• 35:43
  get
• 35:43
  this
• 35:43
  done
• 35:43
  before
• 35:44
  the
• 35:44
  winter
• 35:44
  meeting.
• 35:44
  It
• 35:44
  kind
• 35:45
  of
• 35:45
  feels
• 35:45
  like,
• 35:45
  sure,
• 35:45
  there's
• 35:46
  the
• 35:46
  exact
• 35:46
  same
• 35:46
  situation
• 35:46
  that
• 35:47
  happened
• 35:47
  where
• 35:47
  it
• 35:47
  was
• 35:47
  a
• 35:47
  Sunday
• 35:48
  evening
• 35:48
  and
• 35:49
  it
• 35:49
  went,
• 35:49
  it
• 35:50
  went
• 35:50
  official
• 35:51
  Monday
• 35:52
  afternoon,
• 35:52
  Monday,
• 35:52
  late
• 35:53
  morning,
• 35:53
  just
• 35:53
  feeling
• 35:53
  exactly
• 35:54
  the
• 35:54
  same
• 35:54
  scenarios
• 35:55
  that
• 35:55
  way.
• 35:55
  Like,
• 35:55
  we're
• 35:55
  going
• 35:55
  to
• 35:55
  drag
• 35:56
  this
• 35:56
  out
• 35:56
  right
• 35:56
  now.
• 35:57
  Again,
• 35:57
  doors
• 35:57
  cracked,
• 35:57
  you
• 35:58
  could
• 35:58
  do
• 35:58
  something
• 35:58
  crazy
• 35:58
  but
• 35:59
  just
• 35:59
  seems
• 35:59
  like
• 35:59
  this
• 35:59
  is
• 36:00
  going
• 36:00
  to
• 36:00
  be
• 36:00
  it.
• 36:01
  All
• 36:01
  right,
• 36:01
  so
• 36:02
  let's
• 36:02
  just
• 36:02
  say
• 36:02
  that
• 36:02
  for
• 36:03
  whatever
• 36:03
  the
• 36:03
  price
• 36:03
  is
• 36:04
  above
• 36:05
  700,
• 36:06
  which
• 36:06
  I
• 36:06
  think
• 36:06
  is
• 36:06
  crazy,
• 36:07
  by
• 36:07
  the
• 36:07
  way.
• 36:07
  James,
• 36:07
  I
• 36:08
  think
• 36:08
  that
• 36:08
  the
• 36:08
  fact
• 36:09
  that,
• 36:09
  you
• 36:09
  know,
• 36:11
  shohei
• 36:11
  Ohtani
• 36:11
  made
• 36:12
  700,
• 36:12
  which
• 36:12
  is
• 36:13
  really
• 36:13
  not
• 36:13
  700.
• 36:14
  I
• 36:14
  mean,
• 36:14
  it's
• 36:14
  more
• 36:14
  like
• 36:14
  400.
• 36:15
  700.
• 36:16
  Yeah,
• 36:16
  it's
• 36:17
  like
• 36:17
  470.
• 36:18
  But,
• 36:18
  you
• 36:18
  know,
• 36:18
  to
• 36:18
  think
• 36:18
  that
• 36:19
  someone's
• 36:19
  really
• 36:19
  going
• 36:19
  to
• 36:20
  be
• 36:20
  making
• 36:20
  more
• 36:20
  per
• 36:21
  year
• 36:21
  than
• 36:21
  Shohei
• 36:21
  Ohtani
• 36:23
  is
• 36:23
  crazy.
• 36:23
  But
• 36:24
  I
• 36:24
  guess
• 36:24
  this
• 36:24
  is
• 36:24
  kind
• 36:24
  of
• 36:24
  what
• 36:25
  it's
• 36:25
  going
• 36:25
  to.
• 36:25
  These
• 36:26
  guys
• 36:26
  are
• 36:26
  going
• 36:26
  to
• 36:26
  take
• 36:26
  as
• 36:26
  much
• 36:27
  as
• 36:27
  they
• 36:27
  can,
• 36:28
  and
• 36:28
  the
• 36:28
  market
• 36:28
  value
• 36:29
  is
• 36:29
  pretty
• 36:29
  high
• 36:29
  for
• 36:29
  a
• 36:30
  lot
• 36:30
  of
• 36:30
  these
• 36:30
  guys.
• 36:30
  So
• 36:30
  it
• 36:31
  seems
• 36:31
  like
• 36:32
  a
• 36:32
  lot
• 36:32
  of
• 36:32
  these
• 36:32
  guys
• 36:32
  are
• 36:33
  probably
• 36:33
  going
• 36:33
  to
• 36:33
  get
• 36:34
  more
• 36:34
  than
• 36:34
  what
• 36:35
  maybe
• 36:35
  somebody
• 36:36
  out
• 36:36
  there
• 36:36
  who
• 36:36
  is
• 36:37
  a
• 36:37
  prognosticator
• 36:38
  is
• 36:38
  going
• 36:39
  to
• 36:39
  guess.
• 36:40
  Yeah.
• 36:40
  And
• 36:41
  I
• 36:41
  think
• 36:41
  part
• 36:41
  of
• 36:41
  that,
• 36:41
  too,
• 36:42
  is
• 36:42
  the
• 36:42
  way
• 36:42
  Ohtani's
• 36:43
  market
• 36:43
  developed
• 36:44
  last
• 36:44
  year.
• 36:44
  It
• 36:44
  wasn't
• 36:44
  the
• 36:44
  same
• 36:45
  kind
• 36:45
  of
• 36:45
  bidding
• 36:45
  war
• 36:45
  this
• 36:45
  is
• 36:46
  become.
• 36:46
  This
• 36:46
  isn't
• 36:46
  even
• 36:46
  just
• 36:46
  a
• 36:47
  bidding
• 36:47
  war.
• 36:47
  This
• 36:47
  is
• 36:47
  the
• 36:48
  Mets
• 36:48
  vs.
• 36:48
  Yankees
• 36:49
  in
• 36:49
  free
• 36:49
  agents
• 36:49
  for,
• 36:49
  like
• 36:50
  the
• 36:50
  first
• 36:50
  time
• 36:50
  I
• 36:51
  can
• 36:51
  remember
• 36:51
  in
• 36:51
  my
• 36:51
  short
• 36:52
  life.
• 36:52
  Yeah,
• 36:52
  well,
• 36:52
  Ohtani
• 36:53
  last
• 36:53
  year
• 36:53
  seemed
• 36:54
  like
• 36:54
  it
• 36:54
  was
• 36:54
  very
• 36:54
  codified.
• 36:55
  He
• 36:55
  always
• 36:56
  wanted
• 36:56
  to
• 36:56
  be
• 36:56
  a
• 36:56
  Dodger.
• 36:56
  Didn't
• 36:56
  really
• 36:57
  seem
• 36:57
  like
• 36:57
  it
• 36:57
  was
• 36:57
  a
• 36:57
  shock
• 36:57
  or
• 36:57
  a
• 36:58
  surprise
• 36:58
  at
• 36:58
  all.
• 36:58
  They
• 36:59
  did
• 36:59
  some.
• 36:59
  They
• 36:59
  played
• 37:00
  around
• 37:00
  with
• 37:00
  the
• 37:00
  Blue
• 37:00
  Jays
• 37:01
  a
• 37:01
  little
• 37:01
  bit,
• 37:01
  but
• 37:01
  didn't
• 37:01
  really
• 37:01
  seem
• 37:02
  serious.
• 37:02
  And
• 37:02
  his
• 37:02
  market
• 37:03
  never
• 37:03
  really
• 37:03
  got
• 37:04
  crazy.
• 37:04
  And
• 37:04
  again,
• 37:05
  maybe
• 37:05
  that
• 37:05
  was
• 37:05
  just
• 37:06
  him,
• 37:06
  maybe
• 37:06
  his
• 37:07
  management
• 37:07
  team,
• 37:07
  his
• 37:07
  agent,
• 37:08
  Nezvillello,
• 37:09
  not
• 37:09
  really
• 37:10
  understanding
• 37:10
  this
• 37:11
  at
• 37:11
  all.
• 37:11
  Or
• 37:11
  maybe
• 37:11
  every
• 37:12
  other
• 37:12
  team
• 37:12
  in
• 37:12
  the
• 37:12
  league
• 37:12
  knowing
• 37:13
  full
• 37:13
  and
• 37:13
  well
• 37:13
  what
• 37:13
  that
• 37:14
  was.
• 37:14
  Whereas
• 37:15
  Scott
• 37:15
  Borz
• 37:15
  and
• 37:15
  Juan
• 37:15
  Soto
• 37:16
  played
• 37:16
  their
• 37:17
  hands
• 37:17
  really
• 37:17
  close
• 37:17
  to
• 37:17
  the
• 37:18
  best
• 37:18
  year.
• 37:18
  Juan.
• 37:18
  So
• 37:19
  though
• 37:19
  the
• 37:19
  World
• 37:19
  Series
• 37:19
  ended
• 37:20
  nine
• 37:20
  minutes
• 37:20
  later,
• 37:20
  he
• 37:21
  wasn't
• 37:21
  wearing
• 37:21
  a
• 37:21
  hat.
• 37:21
  And
• 37:21
  he
• 37:21
  said,
• 37:21
  All
• 37:22
  30
• 37:22
  teams
• 37:22
  have
• 37:22
  a
• 37:22
  chance
• 37:22
  to
• 37:22
  bid
• 37:23
  on.
• 37:23
  This
• 37:23
  has
• 37:23
  been
• 37:24
  a
• 37:24
  very,
• 37:24
  very.
• 37:26
  Like,
• 37:26
  this
• 37:26
  is.
• 37:27
  This
• 37:27
  is
• 37:27
  a
• 37:27
  very
• 37:28
  particularly
• 37:29
  strategic
• 37:30
  move
• 37:30
  here
• 37:30
  by
• 37:30
  Soto
• 37:31
  and
• 37:31
  Boris
• 37:31
  forever.
• 37:32
  I
• 37:32
  mean,
• 37:32
  when
• 37:32
  Soto
• 37:32
  was
• 37:33
  still
• 37:33
  21
• 37:33
  years
• 37:33
  old,
• 37:34
  he
• 37:34
  was
• 37:34
  in
• 37:35
  LA
• 37:35
  at
• 37:35
  the
• 37:35
  World
• 37:35
  Series
• 37:36
  watching
• 37:36
  the
• 37:36
  Dodgers
• 37:37
  like,
• 37:37
  this
• 37:37
  is.
• 37:37
  This
• 37:37
  has
• 37:37
  been
• 37:38
  going
• 37:38
  on.
• 37:38
  They've
• 37:38
  been
• 37:38
  waiting
• 37:38
  for
• 37:38
  this
• 37:39
  moment
• 37:39
  for
• 37:39
  a
• 37:39
  very
• 37:39
  long
• 37:39
  time.
• 37:40
  They
• 37:40
  knew
• 37:40
  that
• 37:41
  he
• 37:41
  had
• 37:41
  all
• 37:41
  the
• 37:41
  makers
• 37:42
  of
• 37:42
  getting
• 37:42
  the
• 37:42
  highest
• 37:43
  contract
• 37:43
  in
• 37:43
  the
• 37:43
  history
• 37:43
  of
• 37:44
  baseball.
• 37:44
  And
• 37:45
  it
• 37:45
  cats
• 37:45
  off
• 37:45
  to
• 37:46
  them
• 37:46
  to
• 37:46
  running
• 37:46
  this
• 37:46
  incredible
• 37:47
  campaign,
• 37:47
  being
• 37:48
  so
• 37:49
  specific
• 37:49
  and
• 37:50
  so
• 37:50
  cunning
• 37:50
  in
• 37:50
  every
• 37:50
  single
• 37:50
  move
• 37:51
  they
• 37:51
  made.
• 37:51
  But
• 37:51
  it
• 37:52
  feels
• 37:52
  different
• 37:53
  than
• 37:53
  Ohtani
• 37:53
  because
• 37:54
  it
• 37:54
  is
• 37:54
  like
• 37:54
  this
• 37:54
  was
• 37:55
  a
• 37:55
  true
• 37:55
  bidding
• 37:55
  war
• 37:55
  that
• 37:56
  never
• 37:56
  got
• 37:56
  to
• 37:56
  that
• 37:56
  point.
• 37:57
  Yep.
• 37:57
  And
• 37:57
  I've
• 37:57
  heard
• 37:57
  people
• 37:58
  say
• 37:58
  who
• 37:58
  had
• 37:59
  Boris
• 37:59
  as
• 37:59
  their
• 38:00
  agent.
• 38:00
  Hey,
• 38:00
  listen,
• 38:01
  instead
• 38:01
  of
• 38:01
  going
• 38:02
  to
• 38:02
  where
• 38:03
  you
• 38:03
  live,
• 38:03
  stay
• 38:03
  in
• 38:04
  Boston.
• 38:04
  I
• 38:04
  know
• 38:04
  you
• 38:04
  were
• 38:04
  in
• 38:05
  Boston
• 38:05
  kind
• 38:05
  of
• 38:05
  hanging
• 38:05
  out
• 38:06
  with
• 38:06
  some
• 38:06
  friends.
• 38:06
  Stay
• 38:07
  in
• 38:07
  Boston
• 38:07
  for
• 38:07
  an
• 38:08
  extra
• 38:08
  day
• 38:08
  and
• 38:08
  have
• 38:09
  the
• 38:09
  Dodgers
• 38:09
  fly
• 38:09
  you
• 38:09
  out
• 38:10
  from
• 38:10
  Boston
• 38:10
  just
• 38:11
  so
• 38:11
  they
• 38:11
  can
• 38:11
  think
• 38:11
  that
• 38:11
  Boston
• 38:12
  is
• 38:12
  involved
• 38:12
  in
• 38:12
  the
• 38:12
  sweepstakes.
• 38:13
  It's
• 38:13
  a
• 38:13
  borough's
• 38:14
  thing
• 38:14
  to
• 38:14
  do
• 38:15
  to
• 38:15
  make
• 38:15
  every
• 38:15
  little
• 38:16
  thing
• 38:16
  seem
• 38:16
  like
• 38:17
  it's,
• 38:17
  you
• 38:17
  know,
• 38:18
  some
• 38:18
  type
• 38:18
  of
• 38:18
  droppings,
• 38:19
  that
• 38:19
  something
• 38:19
  else
• 38:20
  is
• 38:20
  out
• 38:20
  there.
• 38:21
  So
• 38:21
  let's
• 38:21
  go
• 38:21
  with
• 38:22
  that.
• 38:22
  He
• 38:23
  goes
• 38:23
  to
• 38:23
  the
• 38:23
  Yankees.
• 38:24
  At
• 38:24
  this
• 38:25
  point,
• 38:25
  what
• 38:26
  could
• 38:26
  the
• 38:26
  next
• 38:27
  or
• 38:27
  what
• 38:27
  should
• 38:27
  the
• 38:28
  next
• 38:28
  immediate
• 38:29
  move
• 38:29
  be?
• 38:31
  Honestly,
• 38:31
  like,
• 38:31
  people
• 38:32
  probably
• 38:32
  aren't
• 38:32
  going
• 38:32
  to
• 38:32
  like
• 38:32
  this.
• 38:33
  I'm
• 38:33
  sure
• 38:33
  Mets
• 38:33
  fans
• 38:33
  aren't.
• 38:34
  I
• 38:34
  don't
• 38:34
  know
• 38:34
  if
• 38:34
  I
• 38:34
  do
• 38:34
  deep
• 38:35
  down,
• 38:35
  but
• 38:35
  it
• 38:35
  makes
• 38:35
  sense.
• 38:36
  I
• 38:37
  think
• 38:37
  that
• 38:37
  if
• 38:37
  you
• 38:37
  don't
• 38:37
  get
• 38:38
  one
• 38:38
  Soto
• 38:38
  the
• 38:38
  Mets
• 38:39
  will
• 38:39
  have
• 38:40
  like
• 38:40
  a
• 38:40
  true
• 38:41
  reset
• 38:41
  year.
• 38:41
  Like,
• 38:42
  I
• 38:42
  think
• 38:42
  that
• 38:42
  they're
• 38:42
  in
• 38:42
  a
• 38:43
  unique
• 38:43
  spot
• 38:43
  where
• 38:43
  they
• 38:43
  just
• 38:44
  got
• 38:44
  all
• 38:44
  the
• 38:44
  dead
• 38:44
  money
• 38:44
  off
• 38:44
  the
• 38:45
  cap
• 38:45
  where
• 38:46
  they
• 38:46
  can
• 38:46
  go
• 38:46
  into
• 38:46
  next
• 38:46
  season
• 38:47
  team
• 38:47
  next,
• 38:48
  next
• 38:48
  season
• 38:48
  with
• 38:48
  a
• 38:49
  team
• 38:49
  that's
• 38:49
  remarkably
• 38:50
  similar
• 38:50
  talent
• 38:51
  wise
• 38:51
  and
• 38:51
  projection
• 38:52
  wise,
• 38:52
  the
• 38:52
  team
• 38:52
  they
• 38:52
  went
• 38:53
  to
• 38:53
  last
• 38:53
  season
• 38:53
  with,
• 38:54
  but
• 38:54
  without
• 38:54
  the
• 38:54
  dead
• 38:54
  money.
• 38:55
  You
• 38:55
  can
• 38:55
  reset
• 38:55
  your
• 38:55
  luxury
• 38:56
  tax
• 38:56
  penalties,
• 38:56
  you
• 38:56
  can
• 38:56
  reset
• 38:57
  your
• 38:57
  draft
• 38:57
  penalties.
• 38:57
  I
• 38:58
  think
• 38:58
  that's
• 38:58
  something
• 38:58
  where
• 38:58
  if
• 38:59
  you
• 38:59
  don't
• 38:59
  get
• 38:59
  this
• 38:59
  big
• 38:59
  fish,
• 39:00
  you're
• 39:01
  probably
• 39:01
  not
• 39:01
  going
• 39:01
  to
• 39:01
  be
• 39:01
  able
• 39:01
  to
• 39:02
  build
• 39:02
  a
• 39:02
  World
• 39:02
  Series
• 39:03
  contender
• 39:03
  with
• 39:03
  what's
• 39:03
  out
• 39:03
  there
• 39:04
  right
• 39:04
  now.
• 39:04
  You're
• 39:04
  probably
• 39:04
  resign
• 39:05
  P.
• 39:05
  Alonso,
• 39:06
  hopefully
• 39:06
  a
• 39:06
  market
• 39:06
  rate
• 39:07
  just
• 39:07
  to
• 39:07
  keep
• 39:07
  the
• 39:07
  fans
• 39:07
  from
• 39:08
  bringing
• 39:08
  pitchforks
• 39:08
  in
• 39:08
  the
• 39:09
  city
• 39:09
  field.
• 39:09
  But
• 39:09
  it
• 39:09
  seems
• 39:10
  like
• 39:10
  then
• 39:10
  they
• 39:10
  probably
• 39:10
  just
• 39:11
  add
• 39:11
  Alonso.
• 39:12
  One
• 39:12
  pitcher,
• 39:12
  one
• 39:13
  reliever,
• 39:13
  maybe
• 39:14
  one
• 39:14
  very
• 39:15
  cheap
• 39:15
  DH,
• 39:15
  like
• 39:16
  similar
• 39:16
  to
• 39:16
  J.D.
• 39:17
  martinez.
• 39:17
  He
• 39:17
  ended
• 39:17
  last
• 39:18
  year.
• 39:18
  You
• 39:18
  wind
• 39:18
  up
• 39:18
  with
• 39:18
  a
• 39:18
  $240
• 39:19
  million
• 39:20
  payroll,
• 39:20
  you
• 39:20
  reset
• 39:20
  all
• 39:21
  your
• 39:21
  taxes
• 39:21
  and
• 39:21
  then
• 39:22
  you
• 39:22
  just
• 39:22
  kind
• 39:23
  of
• 39:23
  go
• 39:23
  out
• 39:23
  there
• 39:23
  again
• 39:23
  with
• 39:24
  the
• 39:24
  team
• 39:24
  that
• 39:24
  you
• 39:24
  think
• 39:24
  is
• 39:24
  going
• 39:24
  to
• 39:25
  win
• 39:25
  between
• 39:25
  75
• 39:25
  and
• 39:26
  85
• 39:26
  games
• 39:26
  and
• 39:27
  just
• 39:27
  play
• 39:27
  ball.
• 39:28
  Okay,
• 39:29
  so
• 39:29
  what
• 39:29
  are
• 39:29
  your
• 39:29
  thoughts
• 39:30
  so
• 39:30
  far?
• 39:30
  The
• 39:30
  Met
• 39:31
  sign
• 39:31
  montas,
• 39:32
  Frankie
• 39:32
  Montage,
• 39:33
  two
• 39:33
  years,
• 39:33
  basically
• 39:34
  one
• 39:34
  year
• 39:34
  with
• 39:34
  an
• 39:35
  option,
• 39:35
  and
• 39:36
  then
• 39:36
  Clay
• 39:36
  Holmes
• 39:36
  for
• 39:37
  three
• 39:37
  years.
• 39:37
  $38
• 39:38
  million.
• 39:38
  You
• 39:38
  got
• 39:39
  yourself
• 39:39
  basically
• 39:39
  at
• 39:40
  this
• 39:40
  point
• 39:40
  turning
• 39:41
  one
• 39:41
  into
• 39:41
  a
• 39:41
  starter,
• 39:42
  but
• 39:42
  two
• 39:42
  more
• 39:42
  starters.
• 39:44
  Yeah,
• 39:44
  I
• 39:44
  think
• 39:44
  it's
• 39:44
  great.
• 39:45
  I
• 39:45
  think
• 39:45
  that's
• 39:45
  something
• 39:45
  that
• 39:46
  we've
• 39:46
  kind
• 39:46
  of
• 39:47
  learned
• 39:47
  after
• 39:47
  last
• 39:47
  year
• 39:47
  to
• 39:48
  trust
• 39:48
  with
• 39:48
  David
• 39:49
  Stearns
• 39:49
  and
• 39:49
  what
• 39:49
  this
• 39:49
  pitching
• 39:50
  staff
• 39:50
  could
• 39:50
  do.
• 39:51
  A
• 39:51
  lot
• 39:51
  of
• 39:52
  really
• 39:52
  smart
• 39:52
  baseball
• 39:52
  people,
• 39:52
  a
• 39:52
  lot
• 39:53
  smarter
• 39:53
  than
• 39:53
  me,
• 39:53
  love
• 39:53
  to
• 39:53
  Clay
• 39:54
  Holmes
• 39:54
  as
• 39:54
  a
• 39:54
  starter.
• 39:54
  I
• 39:55
  think
• 39:55
  it
• 39:55
  makes
• 39:55
  a
• 39:55
  lot
• 39:55
  of
• 39:55
  sense
• 39:55
  too.
• 39:56
  Just
• 39:56
  the
• 39:56
  guy
• 39:56
  who's
• 39:56
  so
• 39:57
  hyper
• 39:58
  sinker
• 39:58
  to
• 39:59
  be
• 39:59
  in
• 39:59
  the
• 39:59
  rotation
• 39:59
  rather
• 39:59
  than
• 40:00
  the
• 40:00
  bullpen.
• 40:00
  Because
• 40:00
  if
• 40:01
  someone
• 40:01
  hit
• 40:01
  the
• 40:01
  ground
• 40:01
  two
• 40:02
  ground
• 40:02
  balls
• 40:02
  in
• 40:02
  the
• 40:02
  wrong
• 40:02
  spot
• 40:02
  in
• 40:03
  ninth
• 40:03
  inning,
• 40:03
  it
• 40:04
  feels
• 40:04
  way
• 40:04
  worse
• 40:04
  than
• 40:04
  someone
• 40:05
  hits
• 40:05
  two
• 40:05
  ground
• 40:05
  balls
• 40:05
  in
• 40:05
  the
• 40:06
  wrong
• 40:06
  spot
• 40:06
  in
• 40:06
  the
• 40:06
  fourth
• 40:06
  inning.
• 40:07
  I
• 40:07
  think
• 40:07
  as
• 40:07
  long
• 40:07
  as
• 40:07
  his
• 40:08
  body
• 40:08
  can
• 40:08
  stand
• 40:08
  up
• 40:08
  to
• 40:08
  it
• 40:08
  like
• 40:09
  he's
• 40:09
  going
• 40:09
  to
• 40:09
  be
• 40:09
  good.
• 40:10
  Montas
• 40:10
  will
• 40:10
  take
• 40:10
  some
• 40:11
  more
• 40:11
  massaging,
• 40:12
  but
• 40:12
  he
• 40:12
  has
• 40:12
  a
• 40:12
  deep
• 40:12
  repertoire.
• 40:13
  He's
• 40:13
  got
• 40:13
  five
• 40:13
  pitches,
• 40:14
  one
• 40:14
  of
• 40:14
  them,
• 40:14
  the
• 40:14
  splitter
• 40:15
  being
• 40:15
  elite.
• 40:15
  He
• 40:15
  can
• 40:15
  throw
• 40:16
  against
• 40:16
  guys
• 40:16
  on
• 40:16
  both
• 40:16
  sides
• 40:16
  of
• 40:17
  the
• 40:17
  plate.
• 40:17
  I
• 40:17
  think
• 40:17
  the
• 40:17
  Mets
• 40:18
  really
• 40:18
  beautifully
• 40:19
  filled
• 40:19
  out
• 40:19
  the
• 40:19
  middle
• 40:19
  of
• 40:19
  this
• 40:20
  rotation
• 40:20
  for
• 40:20
  $30
• 40:21
  million
• 40:21
  combined.
• 40:21
  And
• 40:22
  a
• 40:22
  guy
• 40:22
  like
• 40:22
  Luis
• 40:22
  Severino
• 40:23
  is
• 40:23
  going
• 40:23
  to
• 40:23
  make
• 40:24
  $23
• 40:24
  million
• 40:24
  himself.
• 40:25
  I
• 40:25
  think
• 40:25
  there's
• 40:25
  a
• 40:25
  good
• 40:25
  chance
• 40:25
  that.
• 40:26
  Both
• 40:26
  the
• 40:26
  pitchers,
• 40:26
  the
• 40:26
  Mets
• 40:27
  side
• 40:27
  are
• 40:27
  going
• 40:27
  to
• 40:27
  be
• 40:28
  better
• 40:28
  than
• 40:28
  Severin
• 40:28
  are
• 40:28
  going
• 40:28
  forward.
• 40:29
  So
• 40:29
  I
• 40:29
  think
• 40:29
  it's
• 40:29
  just.
• 40:30
  That
• 40:30
  was,
• 40:30
  that
• 40:30
  was
• 40:30
  really
• 40:31
  good
• 40:31
  by
• 40:31
  David
• 40:31
  Stearns.
• 40:32
  I
• 40:32
  think
• 40:32
  that
• 40:32
  probably
• 40:32
  is
• 40:32
  forecasting
• 40:33
  what
• 40:33
  the
• 40:33
  rest
• 40:33
  of
• 40:33
  the
• 40:34
  offseason
• 40:34
  will
• 40:34
  look
• 40:34
  like
• 40:34
  too.
• 40:35
  And
• 40:35
  I
• 40:35
  think
• 40:35
  that's.
• 40:36
  I
• 40:37
  think
• 40:37
  that
• 40:37
  says
• 40:37
  a
• 40:37
  lot
• 40:37
  about
• 40:39
  the
• 40:39
  Mets
• 40:39
  pitching
• 40:40
  staff
• 40:40
  as
• 40:40
  far
• 40:40
  as
• 40:40
  their
• 40:41
  coaches
• 40:41
  and
• 40:41
  also
• 40:42
  all
• 40:42
  of
• 40:42
  the
• 40:43
  analytics
• 40:43
  that
• 40:43
  they
• 40:43
  do
• 40:44
  and
• 40:44
  their
• 40:44
  pitching,
• 40:44
  you
• 40:45
  know,
• 40:45
  academy
• 40:46
  that
• 40:46
  they
• 40:46
  have
• 40:46
  down
• 40:47
  in
• 40:47
  Florida.
• 40:47
  So
• 40:47
  I
• 40:47
  think
• 40:47
  it
• 40:47
  says
• 40:48
  that,
• 40:48
  you
• 40:48
  know,
• 40:48
  you
• 40:48
  could
• 40:48
  take
• 40:48
  a
• 40:49
  guy
• 40:49
  like
• 40:49
  Clay
• 40:49
  Holmes
• 40:50
  and
• 40:50
  make
• 40:50
  him
• 40:51
  into
• 40:51
  a
• 40:51
  starter,
• 40:51
  you
• 40:51
  know,
• 40:52
  almost
• 40:52
  like
• 40:52
  the
• 40:52
  Royals
• 40:53
  redid
• 40:53
  with,
• 40:54
  with
• 40:54
  Seth
• 40:54
  Lugo
• 40:55
  is.
• 40:55
  I
• 40:55
  think
• 40:55
  he
• 40:55
  has
• 40:56
  a
• 40:56
  lot
• 40:56
  of
• 40:56
  faith
• 40:56
  in,
• 40:57
  you
• 40:57
  know,
• 40:57
  resurrecting
• 40:58
  some
• 40:58
  of
• 40:58
  these
• 40:59
  guys.
• 41:00
  Yeah,
• 41:00
  it
• 41:00
  does.
• 41:01
  I
• 41:01
  think.
• 41:01
  I
• 41:01
  also
• 41:01
  think
• 41:02
  it's
• 41:02
  just
• 41:02
  something
• 41:02
  that
• 41:03
  it's
• 41:04
  the
• 41:04
  confidence
• 41:04
  in
• 41:04
  your
• 41:04
  organization.
• 41:05
  It's
• 41:05
  almost
• 41:05
  getting
• 41:05
  to
• 41:05
  a
• 41:06
  bit
• 41:06
  of
• 41:06
  hubris
• 41:06
  at
• 41:06
  this
• 41:06
  point,
• 41:07
  but
• 41:07
  just
• 41:07
  trusting
• 41:07
  Eric
• 41:07
  Yeagers,
• 41:08
  trusting
• 41:08
  Jeremy
• 41:08
  Heffner,
• 41:09
  knowing
• 41:09
  how
• 41:09
  much
• 41:09
  we're
• 41:10
  able
• 41:10
  to
• 41:10
  squeeze
• 41:10
  that
• 41:10
  and
• 41:10
  put
• 41:10
  it
• 41:11
  here,
• 41:11
  over
• 41:11
  here,
• 41:12
  and
• 41:12
  also.
• 41:12
  Being
• 41:12
  able
• 41:12
  to
• 41:13
  do
• 41:13
  that
• 41:13
  and
• 41:13
  showing.
• 41:13
  That
• 41:14
  that's
• 41:14
  a
• 41:14
  sign
• 41:14
  for
• 41:15
  Holmes
• 41:15
  to
• 41:15
  come
• 41:15
  here,
• 41:16
  be
• 41:16
  like,
• 41:16
  okay,
• 41:16
  if
• 41:16
  I'm
• 41:17
  going
• 41:17
  to
• 41:17
  do
• 41:17
  this,
• 41:18
  this
• 41:18
  is
• 41:18
  where
• 41:18
  I
• 41:18
  want
• 41:19
  to
• 41:19
  do
• 41:19
  it.
• 41:19
  And
• 41:19
  that's
• 41:19
  a.
• 41:19
  I
• 41:20
  think
• 41:20
  that's
• 41:20
  a
• 41:20
  really
• 41:20
  big
• 41:20
  deal.
• 41:20
  It
• 41:21
  says
• 41:21
  a
• 41:21
  lot
• 41:21
  about
• 41:21
  where
• 41:22
  this
• 41:22
  organization
• 41:22
  is
• 41:23
  coaching
• 41:23
  and
• 41:23
  player
• 41:24
  development
• 41:24
  wise.
• 41:24
  That
• 41:24
  wasn't
• 41:25
  a
• 41:25
  few
• 41:25
  years
• 41:26
  ago.
• 41:26
  All
• 41:27
  right,
• 41:27
  so
• 41:27
  at
• 41:27
  this
• 41:27
  point,
• 41:27
  I
• 41:28
  would
• 41:28
  say
• 41:28
  the
• 41:28
  Mets
• 41:28
  have
• 41:29
  Peterson,
• 41:29
  Montas,
• 41:30
  Holmes,
• 41:30
  Senga
• 41:31
  and
• 41:31
  McGill,
• 41:32
  you
• 41:32
  know,
• 41:32
  maybe
• 41:33
  a
• 41:33
  couple
• 41:33
  others
• 41:34
  waiting
• 41:34
  around.
• 41:34
  Do
• 41:34
  you
• 41:35
  think
• 41:35
  they
• 41:35
  go
• 41:35
  after
• 41:35
  another
• 41:36
  big
• 41:36
  name?
• 41:37
  I'm
• 41:37
  not
• 41:37
  talking
• 41:37
  a
• 41:38
  Montas
• 41:38
  or
• 41:38
  a
• 41:38
  Holmes,
• 41:39
  but
• 41:39
  do
• 41:39
  you
• 41:39
  think
• 41:39
  they
• 41:39
  go
• 41:39
  after
• 41:40
  a
• 41:40
  big
• 41:40
  name?
• 41:41
  Honestly,
• 41:42
  no,
• 41:42
  I
• 41:42
  really
• 41:42
  don't.
• 41:42
  David
• 41:43
  Stearns
• 41:43
  has
• 41:43
  showed
• 41:44
  in
• 41:44
  his
• 41:44
  past
• 41:44
  he's
• 41:45
  usually
• 41:45
  not
• 41:45
  willing
• 41:46
  to
• 41:46
  sign
• 41:46
  pitchers
• 41:47
  for
• 41:48
  like
• 41:48
  for
• 41:48
  big
• 41:48
  big
• 41:49
  value.
• 41:49
  It
• 41:49
  seems
• 41:49
  like
• 41:49
  Corbin
• 41:50
  Burns
• 41:50
  want
• 41:50
  eight
• 41:50
  or
• 41:51
  nine
• 41:51
  years.
• 41:51
  The
• 41:51
  fact
• 41:51
  that
• 41:52
  I
• 41:52
  don't
• 41:52
  even
• 41:52
  think.
• 41:52
  They'Re
• 41:52
  talking
• 41:53
  to
• 41:53
  him.
• 41:54
  I
• 41:54
  don't
• 41:54
  think
• 41:54
  so
• 41:54
  even
• 41:55
  honestly
• 41:55
  I
• 41:55
  don't.
• 41:55
  I
• 41:55
  don't
• 41:56
  even
• 41:56
  hate
• 41:56
  that
• 41:56
  either.
• 41:56
  I
• 41:57
  think
• 41:57
  if
• 41:57
  there's
• 41:57
  any
• 41:57
  picture
• 41:57
  of
• 41:58
  the
• 41:58
  Mets
• 41:58
  do
• 41:58
  sign
• 41:58
  who's
• 41:59
  like
• 41:59
  relatively
• 41:59
  big
• 41:59
  name
• 42:00
  at
• 42:00
  air
• 42:00
  quotes
• 42:00
  it
• 42:00
  would
• 42:00
  be
• 42:01
  Nathan
• 42:01
  Ubaldi.
• 42:01
  You
• 42:02
  could
• 42:02
  probably
• 42:02
  sign
• 42:02
  him
• 42:02
  for
• 42:03
  a.
• 42:03
  Two
• 42:03
  or
• 42:03
  three
• 42:03
  year
• 42:04
  deal
• 42:04
  if
• 42:04
  you.
• 42:04
  Really
• 42:04
  squeak
• 42:04
  it
• 42:05
  out
• 42:05
  and
• 42:05
  then
• 42:06
  past
• 42:06
  that
• 42:06
  like
• 42:06
  doesn't
• 42:07
  really
• 42:07
  feel
• 42:07
  like
• 42:07
  they're
• 42:08
  that
• 42:08
  in
• 42:09
  a
• 42:09
  miniature
• 42:09
  either.
• 42:10
  I
• 42:10
  think
• 42:10
  what
• 42:10
  they
• 42:10
  wind
• 42:10
  up
• 42:11
  doing
• 42:11
  is
• 42:11
  signing
• 42:11
  another
• 42:12
  guy
• 42:12
  in
• 42:12
  the
• 42:12
  same
• 42:13
  bucket
• 42:13
  as
• 42:15
  Matthew
• 42:15
  think
• 42:15
  like
• 42:15
  Holmes
• 42:16
  like
• 42:16
  a
• 42:16
  cheap
• 42:17
  one
• 42:17
  year,
• 42:17
  two
• 42:17
  years
• 42:17
  that's
• 42:18
  a
• 42:18
  Turnbull
• 42:18
  cheap
• 42:19
  one
• 42:19
  year
• 42:19
  two
• 42:19
  year
• 42:19
  Cal
• 42:20
  quadrille.
• 42:20
  It
• 42:20
  seems
• 42:20
  like
• 42:20
  that's
• 42:21
  what
• 42:21
  his
• 42:21
  team's
• 42:21
  going
• 42:21
  to
• 42:21
  shop
• 42:22
  because
• 42:22
  again
• 42:22
  I
• 42:22
  really
• 42:23
  feel
• 42:23
  like
• 42:23
  if
• 42:24
  we
• 42:24
  don't
• 42:24
  get
• 42:25
  one
• 42:25
  total
• 42:25
  which
• 42:25
  doesn't
• 42:25
  seem
• 42:26
  like
• 42:26
  we
• 42:26
  are
• 42:26
  as
• 42:26
  of
• 42:26
  the
• 42:26
  second
• 42:27
  right
• 42:27
  now
• 42:27
  Sunday
• 42:27
  night
• 42:28
  you
• 42:29
  probably
• 42:29
  just
• 42:29
  say
• 42:30
  that's
• 42:30
  it,
• 42:30
  you
• 42:30
  put
• 42:30
  your
• 42:31
  hands
• 42:31
  in
• 42:31
  the
• 42:31
  air.
• 42:31
  You
• 42:31
  didn't
• 42:31
  choose
• 42:32
  us.
• 42:32
  I
• 42:32
  wish
• 42:32
  you
• 42:32
  chose
• 42:32
  us.
• 42:33
  They
• 42:33
  didn't
• 42:33
  choose
• 42:33
  us
• 42:34
  and
• 42:34
  you
• 42:34
  just
• 42:35
  move
• 42:35
  forward
• 42:35
  and
• 42:36
  try
• 42:36
  to
• 42:36
  reset
• 42:36
  the
• 42:36
  tax.
• 42:37
  The
• 42:37
  money
• 42:38
  with
• 42:38
  extra
• 42:38
  money
• 42:38
  that
• 42:38
  we've
• 42:39
  been
• 42:39
  spending
• 42:39
  last
• 42:39
  year
• 42:39
  is
• 42:40
  110%
• 42:40
  tax.
• 42:41
  Rate
• 42:41
  and
• 42:41
  the
• 42:41
  way
• 42:41
  we're
• 42:41
  losing
• 42:41
  our.
• 42:42
  Drastics
• 42:42
  and
• 42:43
  international
• 42:43
  swap
• 42:43
  pool
• 42:44
  money
• 42:44
  that's
• 42:44
  killer.
• 42:45
  That's
• 42:45
  the
• 42:45
  kind
• 42:45
  of
• 42:45
  thing
• 42:45
  that
• 42:45
  really
• 42:46
  affects
• 42:46
  your
• 42:46
  organization
• 42:46
  as
• 42:47
  you
• 42:47
  go
• 42:47
  five,
• 42:47
  10
• 42:48
  years
• 42:48
  in
• 42:48
  a
• 42:48
  row
• 42:48
  doing
• 42:48
  that
• 42:49
  very
• 42:49
  important
• 42:49
  for
• 42:50
  the
• 42:50
  next
• 42:50
  10,
• 42:50
  15
• 42:50
  years
• 42:51
  this
• 42:51
  team
• 42:51
  to
• 42:51
  reset
• 42:51
  that
• 42:52
  at
• 42:52
  some
• 42:52
  point
• 42:53
  and
• 42:53
  this
• 42:53
  is
• 42:53
  the
• 42:53
  best
• 42:53
  chance
• 42:54
  they
• 42:54
  have
• 42:54
  to
• 42:54
  do
• 42:54
  it
• 42:55
  before.
• 42:55
  We
• 42:55
  get
• 42:55
  to
• 42:55
  hitters.
• 42:56
  Any
• 42:56
  chance
• 42:56
  on
• 42:56
  Roki
• 42:57
  Sasaki
• 42:57
  coming
• 42:58
  to.
• 42:58
  The
• 42:58
  Mets
• 43:00
  another
• 43:00
  one
• 43:00
  just
• 43:01
  doesn't
• 43:01
  feel
• 43:01
  like
• 43:01
  it.
• 43:01
  He
• 43:01
  seems
• 43:02
  destined
• 43:02
  for
• 43:02
  the
• 43:02
  west
• 43:02
  coast
• 43:03
  between
• 43:03
  LA
• 43:03
  and
• 43:03
  San
• 43:03
  Diego.
• 43:04
  I
• 43:04
  know
• 43:04
  he
• 43:04
  has
• 43:04
  a
• 43:04
  close
• 43:05
  personal.
• 43:05
  Relationship
• 43:05
  with
• 43:05
  you
• 43:05
  Darvish
• 43:06
  as
• 43:06
  well
• 43:07
  but.
• 43:07
  That
• 43:07
  kind
• 43:07
  of
• 43:07
  seems
• 43:08
  like
• 43:08
  to
• 43:08
  me
• 43:08
  like
• 43:08
  his
• 43:08
  zig
• 43:09
  over
• 43:09
  the
• 43:10
  over
• 43:10
  the
• 43:10
  zag
• 43:10
  from
• 43:11
  the
• 43:11
  Dodgers
• 43:11
  but
• 43:12
  I
• 43:12
  mean
• 43:12
  I'd
• 43:12
  love
• 43:12
  that
• 43:12
  it'd
• 43:12
  be
• 43:13
  great.
• 43:13
  I'm
• 43:13
  sure
• 43:13
  they're
• 43:13
  going
• 43:13
  to
• 43:13
  try.
• 43:14
  Steve
• 43:14
  Cohen
• 43:14
  went
• 43:14
  to
• 43:15
  Japan
• 43:15
  personally
• 43:16
  himself
• 43:16
  and
• 43:16
  support
• 43:17
  show
• 43:17
  of
• 43:17
  respect
• 43:17
  to
• 43:18
  Roquey
• 43:18
  and
• 43:19
  we
• 43:19
  can
• 43:19
  both
• 43:19
  like
• 43:19
  I
• 43:20
  was
• 43:20
  saying
• 43:20
  before
• 43:20
  some
• 43:20
  great
• 43:21
  pitching
• 43:21
  development,
• 43:22
  some
• 43:22
  really
• 43:22
  really
• 43:23
  good
• 43:23
  things
• 43:23
  we're
• 43:23
  doing
• 43:23
  biomechanical
• 43:24
  to
• 43:24
  keep
• 43:24
  pitchers
• 43:24
  healthy.
• 43:25
  I
• 43:25
  know
• 43:25
  that
• 43:25
  Frankie
• 43:26
  Matto
• 43:26
  specifically
• 43:27
  talks
• 43:27
  with
• 43:27
  Lisa
• 43:27
  Brino
• 43:28
  about
• 43:28
  that
• 43:28
  and
• 43:28
  you
• 43:28
  know
• 43:28
  he
• 43:29
  had
• 43:29
  really
• 43:29
  good
• 43:29
  things
• 43:29
  to
• 43:29
  say.
• 43:30
  So
• 43:30
  if
• 43:30
  he
• 43:30
  looks
• 43:31
  at
• 43:31
  the
• 43:31
  whole
• 43:31
  picture
• 43:31
  then
• 43:32
  possibly.
• 43:32
  But
• 43:32
  again
• 43:32
  he
• 43:32
  just,
• 43:33
  he
• 43:33
  seems
• 43:33
  destined
• 43:34
  for
• 43:34
  the
• 43:34
  west
• 43:34
  coast.
• 43:35
  Again,
• 43:35
  we
• 43:35
  thank
• 43:36
  James
• 43:36
  Ciano
• 43:37
  from
• 43:37
  the
• 43:37
  Mets
• 43:37
  Stuff
• 43:38
  podcast
• 43:38
  is
• 43:38
  on
• 43:39
  tonight
• 43:39
  giving
• 43:39
  us
• 43:40
  a
• 43:40
  couple
• 43:40
  of
• 43:40
  minutes
• 43:40
  of
• 43:40
  Hot
• 43:41
  Stove.
• 43:41
  I'm
• 43:41
  just
• 43:41
  going
• 43:41
  to
• 43:41
  go
• 43:42
  through
• 43:42
  and
• 43:42
  tell
• 43:42
  me
• 43:42
  if
• 43:42
  you
• 43:43
  think
• 43:44
  there's
• 43:44
  a
• 43:44
  team
• 43:44
  that
• 43:44
  you.
• 43:45
  That
• 43:45
  this
• 43:45
  person,
• 43:46
  that
• 43:46
  the
• 43:46
  player
• 43:47
  might
• 43:47
  definitely
• 43:48
  go
• 43:48
  to.
• 43:48
  Teoscar
• 43:49
  Hernandez
• 43:51
  Teoscan.
• 43:52
  I
• 43:52
  see
• 43:52
  that
• 43:52
  being
• 43:53
  back
• 43:53
  to
• 43:53
  the
• 43:53
  Dodgers,
• 43:53
  I
• 43:53
  think
• 43:53
  that
• 43:54
  makes
• 43:54
  sense
• 43:54
  for
• 43:54
  everybody.
• 43:55
  I
• 43:55
  think
• 43:55
  that.
• 43:56
  I
• 43:56
  think
• 43:56
  he
• 43:56
  got
• 43:56
  a
• 43:56
  qualifying
• 43:57
  off
• 43:57
  from
• 43:57
  the
• 43:57
  Dodgers
• 43:57
  this
• 43:57
  offseason.
• 43:58
  If
• 43:58
  I
• 43:58
  remember
• 43:58
  correctly.
• 43:59
  I
• 43:59
  don't
• 43:59
  really
• 44:00
  see
• 44:00
  a
• 44:00
  team
• 44:00
  committing
• 44:00
  enough
• 44:01
  years
• 44:01
  to
• 44:01
  Teosco
• 44:01
  Hernandez
• 44:02
  where
• 44:02
  giving
• 44:03
  up
• 44:03
  the
• 44:03
  draft
• 44:03
  pick
• 44:03
  makes
• 44:04
  that
• 44:04
  worth
• 44:04
  it.
• 44:04
  So
• 44:04
  I
• 44:05
  think
• 44:05
  that
• 44:05
  that
• 44:05
  makes
• 44:05
  sense.
• 44:06
  Into
• 44:06
  the
• 44:06
  Dodgers
• 44:06
  only
• 44:07
  because
• 44:07
  it's
• 44:07
  come
• 44:07
  out
• 44:07
  now.
• 44:08
  The
• 44:08
  Yankees
• 44:08
  and
• 44:08
  the
• 44:08
  Red
• 44:08
  Sox
• 44:09
  are
• 44:09
  big
• 44:09
  on
• 44:09
  them.
• 44:10
  Max
• 44:11
  Freed.
• 44:13
  Max
• 44:13
  Free,
• 44:13
  the
• 44:13
  weird
• 44:14
  one.
• 44:14
  I
• 44:14
  could
• 44:14
  really
• 44:15
  see
• 44:15
  him
• 44:15
  going
• 44:16
  to
• 44:16
  the
• 44:16
  car.
• 44:16
  I
• 44:17
  mean
• 44:17
  I
• 44:17
  guess
• 44:17
  I
• 44:17
  was
• 44:17
  before
• 44:17
  the
• 44:17
  Matt
• 44:18
  Boyd
• 44:18
  deal.
• 44:18
  I
• 44:19
  don't
• 44:19
  know
• 44:19
  what
• 44:19
  Max
• 44:19
  Reed.
• 44:20
  I'm
• 44:20
  safe.
• 44:20
  I
• 44:20
  have
• 44:20
  to
• 44:20
  pick
• 44:21
  a
• 44:21
  place
• 44:21
  for
• 44:21
  him
• 44:21
  right
• 44:21
  now.
• 44:22
  Not
• 44:22
  Atlanta.
• 44:23
  Not
• 44:24
  Atlanta.
• 44:24
  It
• 44:24
  seems
• 44:24
  like
• 44:24
  they're.
• 44:25
  They're
• 44:25
  not
• 44:25
  willing
• 44:25
  to
• 44:25
  spend
• 44:25
  money.
• 44:25
  They
• 44:26
  seem
• 44:26
  very
• 44:26
  comfortable
• 44:26
  with
• 44:26
  their
• 44:26
  rotation
• 44:27
  as
• 44:27
  well.
• 44:27
  I
• 44:28
  could
• 44:28
  see
• 44:28
  him
• 44:28
  Baltimore
• 44:29
  depending
• 44:29
  on
• 44:29
  how
• 44:29
  that
• 44:29
  happens
• 44:30
  or
• 44:30
  Boston.
• 44:30
  I
• 44:30
  think
• 44:31
  both
• 44:31
  those
• 44:31
  teams
• 44:31
  are
• 44:31
  going
• 44:31
  to
• 44:32
  spend
• 44:32
  some
• 44:32
  money
• 44:32
  and
• 44:32
  I
• 44:32
  think
• 44:33
  whoever
• 44:33
  doesn't
• 44:33
  get
• 44:33
  Corbyn
• 44:34
  Burns
• 44:34
  might
• 44:35
  be
• 44:35
  who
• 44:35
  winds
• 44:35
  up
• 44:35
  with
• 44:35
  Max
• 44:35
  Reed.
• 44:36
  Anthony
• 44:37
  Santander.
• 44:39
  Santander.
• 44:39
  I
• 44:39
  have
• 44:39
  no
• 44:40
  idea
• 44:40
  because
• 44:40
  I
• 44:41
  think,
• 44:41
  I
• 44:41
  think
• 44:42
  he's
• 44:42
  incredibly
• 44:42
  overrated.
• 44:43
  I
• 44:43
  think
• 44:43
  he's
• 44:43
  going
• 44:43
  to
• 44:43
  be
• 44:44
  the
• 44:44
  one
• 44:44
  who
• 44:44
  like
• 44:44
  he
• 44:44
  signs
• 44:45
  a
• 44:45
  deal
• 44:45
  with
• 44:45
  a
• 44:45
  stupid
• 44:45
  team
• 44:46
  in
• 44:46
  the
• 44:46
  next
• 44:46
  four
• 44:46
  years
• 44:46
  are
• 44:47
  a
• 44:47
  disaster.
• 44:47
  Maybe,
• 44:48
  I
• 44:48
  don't
• 44:48
  know,
• 44:48
  maybe
• 44:48
  I
• 44:49
  see
• 44:49
  a
• 44:49
  team
• 44:49
  like
• 44:49
  the
• 44:49
  Royals
• 44:50
  who
• 44:50
  really
• 44:50
  need
• 44:50
  some
• 44:50
  dump
• 44:50
  in
• 44:51
  the
• 44:51
  middle
• 44:51
  of
• 44:51
  the
• 44:51
  order.
• 44:51
  I
• 44:51
  can
• 44:51
  see
• 44:51
  that
• 44:52
  happening.
• 44:52
  I
• 44:53
  have
• 44:53
  to
• 44:53
  guess
• 44:53
  anybody
• 44:53
  I'd
• 44:54
  say
• 44:54
  the
• 44:54
  world
• 44:54
  looking
• 44:54
  for
• 44:55
  a
• 44:55
  middle
• 44:55
  lineup
• 44:55
  power
• 44:56
  back.
• 44:57
  I'm
• 44:57
  not
• 44:57
  the
• 44:57
  biggest
• 44:57
  fan
• 44:57
  of
• 44:58
  stumps
• 44:58
  out
• 44:58
  there.
• 44:58
  Okay,
• 44:59
  so
• 44:59
  again,
• 44:59
  Juan
• 44:59
  Soto,
• 45:00
  let's
• 45:00
  say
• 45:00
  just
• 45:01
  for
• 45:01
  argument's
• 45:01
  sake
• 45:02
  goes
• 45:02
  to
• 45:02
  the
• 45:02
  Yankees,
• 45:02
  Pete
• 45:03
  Alonso.
• 45:05
  I
• 45:06
  think,
• 45:06
  I
• 45:06
  think
• 45:06
  that
• 45:06
  will
• 45:06
  be
• 45:07
  very,
• 45:07
  very
• 45:07
  likely
• 45:07
  comes
• 45:07
  back
• 45:08
  to
• 45:08
  the
• 45:08
  Mets.
• 45:08
  If
• 45:08
  that's
• 45:08
  the
• 45:08
  case
• 45:09
  I
• 45:09
  think
• 45:09
  you're
• 45:09
  going
• 45:09
  to
• 45:09
  need
• 45:09
  something
• 45:09
  to
• 45:10
  sell
• 45:10
  the
• 45:10
  fans
• 45:10
  on
• 45:10
  next
• 45:10
  season.
• 45:11
  You're
• 45:11
  going
• 45:11
  to
• 45:11
  need
• 45:11
  to
• 45:11
  at
• 45:11
  least
• 45:11
  have
• 45:12
  some
• 45:12
  kind
• 45:12
  of
• 45:12
  triumph
• 45:12
  in
• 45:12
  this
• 45:12
  free
• 45:12
  agency.
• 45:13
  You're
• 45:13
  going
• 45:13
  to
• 45:13
  have
• 45:13
  to
• 45:14
  have
• 45:14
  some.
• 45:14
  Breast
• 45:14
  confidence
• 45:14
  for
• 45:15
  something.
• 45:15
  I
• 45:15
  think
• 45:16
  if
• 45:16
  you.
• 45:16
  I
• 45:16
  think
• 45:16
  even
• 45:17
  if
• 45:17
  they
• 45:17
  get
• 45:17
  one
• 45:17
  so
• 45:17
  which
• 45:17
  I
• 45:17
  don't
• 45:18
  Think
• 45:18
  so
• 45:18
  it
• 45:18
  happened
• 45:18
  but
• 45:18
  I
• 45:18
  think
• 45:18
  he's
• 45:19
  to
• 45:19
  get
• 45:19
  one
• 45:19
  so
• 45:19
  the
• 45:19
  P
• 45:19
  loans
• 45:20
  I
• 45:20
  think
• 45:20
  is
• 45:20
  very
• 45:21
  likely
• 45:21
  to
• 45:21
  come
• 45:21
  back
• 45:21
  to.
• 45:21
  The
• 45:21
  Mets
• 45:22
  and
• 45:22
  I
• 45:22
  think
• 45:22
  he's
• 45:22
  going
• 45:22
  to
• 45:22
  give
• 45:22
  the
• 45:23
  Mets,
• 45:23
  you
• 45:23
  know
• 45:24
  a
• 45:24
  last
• 45:24
  right
• 45:24
  of
• 45:24
  refusal
• 45:25
  to
• 45:25
  meet
• 45:26
  to
• 45:26
  meet
• 45:27
  something.
• 45:27
  But
• 45:27
  I,
• 45:28
  you
• 45:28
  know,
• 45:28
  I
• 45:28
  think
• 45:28
  that's
• 45:28
  going
• 45:28
  to
• 45:28
  be,
• 45:29
  that's
• 45:29
  going
• 45:29
  to
• 45:29
  be
• 45:29
  the
• 45:30
  tough
• 45:30
  one
• 45:30
  for
• 45:30
  Mets
• 45:30
  fans.
• 45:31
  If
• 45:31
  you
• 45:31
  don't
• 45:31
  get
• 45:32
  Soto
• 45:32
  and
• 45:33
  you
• 45:33
  don't
• 45:33
  get
• 45:33
  Alonso,
• 45:33
  then
• 45:34
  what?
• 45:35
  Any
• 45:35
  chance
• 45:35
  Jock
• 45:36
  Peterson
• 45:36
  comes
• 45:36
  to
• 45:36
  the
• 45:36
  Mets?
• 45:38
  Yeah,
• 45:38
  possibly.
• 45:39
  I
• 45:39
  could
• 45:39
  see
• 45:39
  the
• 45:39
  Mets
• 45:40
  really
• 45:40
  looking
• 45:40
  into
• 45:41
  just
• 45:41
  a
• 45:41
  DH
• 45:42
  type
• 45:42
  corner
• 45:42
  outfield
• 45:43
  thumper
• 45:43
  bat.
• 45:43
  They
• 45:44
  don't
• 45:44
  get
• 45:44
  Soto.
• 45:45
  I
• 45:45
  see
• 45:45
  Jock
• 45:45
  as
• 45:45
  an
• 45:45
  option.
• 45:46
  I
• 45:46
  see
• 45:46
  Winker
• 45:46
  as
• 45:47
  an
• 45:47
  option,
• 45:47
  just
• 45:47
  a
• 45:47
  left
• 45:47
  handed
• 45:48
  bat
• 45:48
  to
• 45:49
  even
• 45:50
  the
• 45:50
  line
• 45:50
  about
• 45:50
  because
• 45:50
  you're
• 45:50
  going
• 45:50
  to
• 45:50
  have
• 45:51
  a
• 45:51
  bunch
• 45:51
  of
• 45:51
  you're
• 45:51
  going
• 45:51
  to
• 45:52
  see
• 45:52
  expecting
• 45:52
  two
• 45:52
  big
• 45:53
  mighty
• 45:53
  power
• 45:53
  hitters
• 45:53
  and
• 45:53
  Markos
• 45:54
  and
• 45:54
  the
• 45:54
  Anzac.
• 45:55
  So
• 45:55
  I
• 45:56
  can
• 45:56
  see
• 45:56
  Jock.
• 45:56
  I
• 45:56
  said
• 45:56
  before
• 45:57
  I
• 45:57
  truthfully
• 45:58
  see
• 45:58
  a
• 45:58
  one
• 45:58
  year
• 45:59
  union
• 45:59
  with
• 45:59
  Michael
• 45:59
  Kitor
• 46:00
  though.
• 46:00
  I
• 46:00
  think
• 46:00
  that
• 46:00
  makes
• 46:00
  sense
• 46:00
  to
• 46:00
  both
• 46:01
  sides.
• 46:01
  I
• 46:01
  think
• 46:02
  he's
• 46:02
  a
• 46:02
  pretty
• 46:02
  underrated
• 46:02
  player
• 46:03
  in
• 46:03
  this
• 46:03
  free
• 46:03
  agent
• 46:03
  class.
• 46:04
  I
• 46:04
  think
• 46:04
  there's
• 46:04
  a
• 46:04
  couple
• 46:04
  options.
• 46:05
  I
• 46:05
  also
• 46:05
  think
• 46:05
  there's
• 46:05
  a
• 46:06
  really
• 46:06
  good
• 46:06
  chance
• 46:06
  that
• 46:07
  we're
• 46:07
  going
• 46:07
  to
• 46:07
  see
• 46:07
  Brett
• 46:08
  Beatty
• 46:08
  play
• 46:08
  some
• 46:08
  baseball
• 46:08
  next
• 46:09
  year.
• 46:09
  They're
• 46:09
  going
• 46:09
  to
• 46:09
  give
• 46:09
  him
• 46:09
  one
• 46:09
  more
• 46:10
  shot
• 46:10
  to
• 46:10
  see
• 46:10
  what
• 46:10
  he
• 46:10
  can
• 46:11
  do
• 46:11
  anything.
• 46:12
  Truthfully,
• 46:12
  I
• 46:12
  think
• 46:12
  that's
• 46:13
  a
• 46:13
  really,
• 46:13
  really.
• 46:13
  Good
• 46:14
  chance
• 46:14
  that
• 46:14
  happens
• 46:15
  based
• 46:15
  on
• 46:15
  where.
• 46:15
  We'Re
• 46:15
  at
• 46:15
  right
• 46:15
  now.
• 46:16
  He'll
• 46:16
  be
• 46:16
  playing
• 46:16
  quadruple
• 46:17
  A.
• 46:17
  So
• 46:19
  I
• 46:19
  thought
• 46:19
  it
• 46:19
  was
• 46:19
  a
• 46:19
  little
• 46:19
  high
• 46:20
  Willie
• 46:20
  Adamas,
• 46:21
  what
• 46:21
  he
• 46:21
  got
• 46:21
  from
• 46:21
  the
• 46:21
  Giants.
• 46:22
  I
• 46:22
  think
• 46:22
  it
• 46:22
  does
• 46:22
  show
• 46:23
  that
• 46:23
  the
• 46:23
  Giants
• 46:24
  intend
• 46:24
  to
• 46:25
  spend
• 46:25
  some
• 46:25
  money,
• 46:25
  but
• 46:25
  I
• 46:26
  thought
• 46:26
  that
• 46:26
  was
• 46:26
  a
• 46:26
  lot.
• 46:28
  What
• 46:28
  about
• 46:29
  Alex
• 46:29
  Bregman?
• 46:31
  Bregman?
• 46:32
  There's
• 46:32
  a
• 46:32
  lot
• 46:33
  of
• 46:33
  weird
• 46:33
  connections
• 46:33
  in
• 46:34
  Alex
• 46:34
  Bregman's
• 46:35
  family
• 46:35
  to
• 46:35
  the
• 46:35
  Washington
• 46:36
  D.C.
• 46:36
  area.
• 46:37
  He
• 46:37
  had
• 46:37
  an
• 46:37
  uncle,
• 46:38
  a
• 46:38
  couple
• 46:38
  uncles
• 46:38
  that
• 46:39
  were
• 46:39
  lawyers,
• 46:39
  the
• 46:39
  original
• 46:40
  rescue
• 46:40
  team.
• 46:40
  He
• 46:40
  had
• 46:41
  someone
• 46:41
  that
• 46:41
  was
• 46:41
  instrumental
• 46:41
  bringing
• 46:42
  that
• 46:42
  Washington
• 46:42
  franchise
• 46:43
  back
• 46:43
  also
• 46:43
  in
• 46:43
  his
• 46:43
  family.
• 46:44
  Very
• 46:44
  weird
• 46:44
  stuff
• 46:45
  there.
• 46:45
  But
• 46:45
  I
• 46:45
  could
• 46:45
  see
• 46:45
  him
• 46:46
  winding
• 46:47
  up
• 46:47
  in
• 46:47
  Washington
• 46:47
  then
• 46:48
  wanting
• 46:48
  kind
• 46:48
  of
• 46:49
  a
• 46:49
  new
• 46:50
  leader
• 46:50
  like
• 46:50
  a
• 46:50
  fiery
• 46:51
  type,
• 46:51
  someone
• 46:51
  who's
• 46:51
  been
• 46:51
  there
• 46:52
  and
• 46:52
  done
• 46:52
  that
• 46:52
  to
• 46:52
  kind
• 46:52
  of
• 46:52
  ease
• 46:53
  in
• 46:53
  this
• 46:53
  next
• 46:53
  generation
• 46:54
  of
• 46:54
  big
• 46:54
  players
• 46:54
  they
• 46:54
  have
• 46:55
  coming
• 46:55
  up.
• 46:55
  But
• 46:56
  it's
• 46:56
  not
• 46:56
  him,
• 46:56
  it's
• 46:56
  not
• 46:56
  them.
• 46:57
  I
• 46:57
  think
• 46:57
  Houston
• 46:57
  Astros
• 46:58
  will
• 46:58
  just
• 46:58
  go.
• 46:58
  Wind
• 46:58
  up
• 46:59
  going
• 46:59
  back
• 46:59
  to
• 46:59
  them.
• 46:59
  I
• 46:59
  think
• 46:59
  those
• 47:00
  are
• 47:00
  the
• 47:00
  two
• 47:00
  I
• 47:00
  like
• 47:01
  the
• 47:01
  most
• 47:01
  for
• 47:01
  Bregman.
• 47:02
  And
• 47:02
  lastly,
• 47:03
  do
• 47:03
  you
• 47:03
  think
• 47:04
  the
• 47:04
  Mets
• 47:05
  are
• 47:05
  going
• 47:05
  to
• 47:05
  be
• 47:05
  involved
• 47:05
  in
• 47:05
  any
• 47:06
  trades
• 47:06
  then?
• 47:07
  You
• 47:07
  know,
• 47:07
  I
• 47:07
  don't
• 47:08
  really
• 47:08
  think
• 47:08
  at
• 47:08
  this
• 47:09
  Point,
• 47:09
  they're
• 47:09
  going
• 47:09
  to
• 47:09
  be
• 47:09
  going
• 47:10
  after
• 47:10
  Garrett
• 47:10
  Crochet,
• 47:11
  but
• 47:11
  who
• 47:11
  knows?
• 47:12
  Would
• 47:13
  they
• 47:13
  be
• 47:13
  going
• 47:13
  after
• 47:14
  anybody
• 47:14
  in
• 47:14
  a
• 47:14
  trade?
• 47:16
  Oh,
• 47:16
  for
• 47:17
  sure.
• 47:17
  I
• 47:17
  could
• 47:17
  see
• 47:17
  the
• 47:17
  Mets
• 47:18
  going
• 47:18
  after
• 47:18
  Crochet
• 47:19
  pretty
• 47:19
  harshly.
• 47:20
  I
• 47:20
  could
• 47:20
  definitely
• 47:20
  see
• 47:20
  that.
• 47:21
  I
• 47:21
  can
• 47:21
  also
• 47:21
  see
• 47:21
  the
• 47:22
  Mets
• 47:22
  kicking
• 47:22
  the
• 47:23
  tires
• 47:23
  on
• 47:23
  Luis
• 47:23
  Castillo,
• 47:24
  just
• 47:24
  kind
• 47:24
  of
• 47:24
  evaluating
• 47:25
  where
• 47:25
  he
• 47:26
  is
• 47:26
  money
• 47:26
  wise
• 47:26
  compared
• 47:27
  to
• 47:27
  how
• 47:27
  much
• 47:27
  you're
• 47:27
  probably
• 47:27
  going
• 47:28
  to
• 47:28
  have
• 47:28
  to
• 47:28
  pay
• 47:28
  Shawn
• 47:28
  Meniere
• 47:29
  and
• 47:29
  Nathan
• 47:29
  Vivaldi.
• 47:30
  It
• 47:30
  might
• 47:30
  be
• 47:30
  worth
• 47:31
  the
• 47:31
  bit
• 47:31
  of
• 47:32
  prospect
• 47:32
  capital
• 47:32
  it
• 47:32
  takes
• 47:32
  to
• 47:33
  get
• 47:33
  him,
• 47:33
  considering
• 47:33
  the
• 47:34
  managers
• 47:34
  probably
• 47:35
  want
• 47:35
  to
• 47:35
  get
• 47:35
  rid
• 47:35
  of
• 47:35
  him
• 47:35
  more
• 47:36
  for
• 47:36
  money
• 47:36
  than
• 47:36
  prospects
• 47:37
  anyway.
• 47:37
  So
• 47:37
  I
• 47:37
  think
• 47:38
  those
• 47:38
  are
• 47:38
  two
• 47:38
  people
• 47:38
  that
• 47:39
  would
• 47:39
  be
• 47:39
  pretty
• 47:39
  interesting
• 47:39
  for
• 47:39
  the
• 47:39
  Met
• 47:39
  to
• 47:40
  go
• 47:40
  after.
• 47:40
  As
• 47:41
  far
• 47:41
  as
• 47:41
  other
• 47:41
  trades,
• 47:42
  I'm
• 47:42
  trying
• 47:42
  to
• 47:42
  think
• 47:42
  of
• 47:42
  another
• 47:42
  picture.
• 47:44
  The
• 47:44
  Mets
• 47:44
  would
• 47:44
  give
• 47:45
  up
• 47:45
  a
• 47:45
  decent
• 47:45
  amount
• 47:46
  of
• 47:46
  prospects
• 47:46
  to
• 47:46
  go
• 47:47
  after
• 47:47
  Devin
• 47:47
  Williams
• 47:48
  of
• 47:48
  the
• 47:48
  Brewers.
• 47:49
  I
• 47:50
  think
• 47:50
  definitely
• 47:50
  not.
• 47:50
  That's
• 47:51
  not
• 47:51
  the
• 47:51
  kind
• 47:51
  of
• 47:51
  move
• 47:51
  that
• 47:51
  David
• 47:51
  Stearns
• 47:52
  makes.
• 47:52
  David
• 47:52
  likes
• 47:53
  to
• 47:53
  create
• 47:53
  his
• 47:53
  own
• 47:53
  relievers.
• 47:54
  Right.
• 47:54
  And
• 47:54
  get
• 47:54
  ones
• 47:54
  that
• 47:54
  are
• 47:54
  already
• 47:55
  made.
• 47:55
  I
• 47:55
  think
• 47:55
  we're
• 47:55
  going
• 47:56
  to
• 47:56
  have
• 47:56
  the
• 47:56
  best
• 47:56
  relievers
• 47:57
  in
• 47:57
  the
• 47:57
  Mets
• 47:57
  next
• 47:57
  year.
• 47:58
  We
• 47:58
  don't
• 47:58
  even
• 47:58
  know
• 47:58
  their
• 47:58
  names
• 47:58
  yet.
• 47:59
  Like,
• 47:59
  truthfully,
• 47:59
  it
• 47:59
  could
• 47:59
  be,
• 47:59
  it
• 48:00
  could
• 48:00
  be
• 48:00
  anybody.
• 48:00
  It
• 48:00
  could
• 48:00
  be
• 48:00
  someone
• 48:01
  listening
• 48:01
  to
• 48:01
  us
• 48:01
  right
• 48:01
  now.
• 48:01
  You
• 48:02
  might
• 48:02
  not
• 48:02
  even
• 48:02
  know
• 48:02
  yet
• 48:04
  next
• 48:04
  year.
• 48:05
  I
• 48:05
  think
• 48:05
  that's
• 48:05
  just,
• 48:06
  that's
• 48:07
  how
• 48:07
  we're
• 48:07
  going
• 48:07
  to
• 48:07
  go
• 48:07
  about
• 48:07
  this
• 48:07
  for
• 48:07
  a
• 48:08
  long
• 48:08
  time.
• 48:09
  Well,
• 48:09
  I
• 48:09
  appreciate
• 48:10
  it
• 48:10
  because
• 48:10
  I
• 48:10
  think
• 48:10
  what
• 48:11
  I
• 48:11
  got
• 48:11
  from
• 48:11
  you
• 48:11
  is
• 48:11
  that
• 48:12
  if
• 48:12
  the
• 48:12
  Mets
• 48:12
  are
• 48:12
  not
• 48:12
  going
• 48:13
  to
• 48:13
  get
• 48:13
  Soto,
• 48:13
  that
• 48:13
  this
• 48:14
  could
• 48:14
  be
• 48:14
  kind
• 48:14
  of
• 48:14
  a
• 48:15
  sit
• 48:15
  back
• 48:15
  and
• 48:16
  hold
• 48:16
  on
• 48:16
  to
• 48:16
  some
• 48:17
  of
• 48:17
  your
• 48:17
  money
• 48:17
  and
• 48:17
  get
• 48:17
  out
• 48:18
  of
• 48:18
  that
• 48:18
  big
• 48:18
  luxury
• 48:18
  cap
• 48:19
  year.
• 48:20
  Yeah,
• 48:21
  I
• 48:21
  truthfully
• 48:21
  think
• 48:22
  that's
• 48:22
  the
• 48:22
  path
• 48:22
  that
• 48:23
  makes
• 48:23
  the
• 48:23
  most
• 48:23
  sense
• 48:23
  and
• 48:23
  the
• 48:24
  path
• 48:24
  that
• 48:24
  probably
• 48:25
  leads
• 48:25
  to
• 48:25
  the
• 48:26
  most
• 48:26
  success
• 48:26
  for
• 48:26
  the
• 48:26
  Mets
• 48:27
  in
• 48:27
  the
• 48:27
  next
• 48:27
  decade
• 48:28
  as
• 48:29
  what
• 48:29
  they
• 48:29
  could
• 48:29
  possibly
• 48:30
  do
• 48:30
  right
• 48:30
  now
• 48:30
  in
• 48:30
  the
• 48:30
  players
• 48:31
  available.
• 48:31
  I
• 48:31
  really
• 48:31
  just
• 48:32
  don't
• 48:32
  see
• 48:32
  them
• 48:32
  throwing
• 48:33
  out
• 48:33
  a
• 48:33
  bag
• 48:33
  for
• 48:33
  Corbin
• 48:34
  Burns.
• 48:34
  I
• 48:34
  don't
• 48:34
  see
• 48:34
  them
• 48:35
  being
• 48:35
  very
• 48:35
  interested
• 48:35
  in
• 48:35
  Max
• 48:36
  Reed.
• 48:36
  I
• 48:37
  could
• 48:37
  possibly
• 48:37
  see
• 48:37
  them
• 48:37
  swinging
• 48:38
  a
• 48:38
  trade
• 48:38
  and
• 48:38
  if
• 48:38
  they
• 48:39
  do
• 48:39
  that,
• 48:39
  I
• 48:39
  would
• 48:39
  even
• 48:40
  be
• 48:40
  better
• 48:40
  for
• 48:40
  them
• 48:40
  to
• 48:41
  stay
• 48:41
  under
• 48:41
  luxury
• 48:41
  tax.
• 48:41
  But
• 48:42
  it
• 48:42
  just
• 48:42
  doesn't
• 48:42
  feel
• 48:42
  like
• 48:43
  they're
• 48:43
  going
• 48:44
  to
• 48:44
  go
• 48:44
  nuclear
• 48:45
  like
• 48:45
  Steve
• 48:46
  Cohen
• 48:46
  did
• 48:46
  a
• 48:46
  few
• 48:46
  years
• 48:46
  ago
• 48:47
  and
• 48:47
  I'm
• 48:47
  sure
• 48:47
  regretted
• 48:48
  it
• 48:48
  when
• 48:49
  Steven
• 48:49
  Matt
• 48:49
  spurns
• 48:50
  him
• 48:50
  famously
• 48:50
  once
• 48:50
  upon
• 48:50
  a
• 48:51
  time.
• 48:51
  Oh
• 48:51
  yeah.
• 48:52
  Well,
• 48:52
  again,
• 48:53
  we
• 48:53
  appreciate
• 48:53
  your
• 48:54
  time.
• 48:54
  We
• 48:54
  had
• 48:54
  James
• 48:54
  Ciano
• 48:55
  here
• 48:55
  from
• 48:55
  the
• 48:55
  Mets
• 48:56
  podcast.
• 48:56
  I
• 48:56
  think
• 48:56
  you
• 48:56
  need
• 48:57
  to
• 48:57
  go
• 48:57
  find
• 48:57
  your
• 48:57
  partner
• 48:58
  Mark
• 48:58
  Luino,
• 48:58
  give
• 48:58
  him
• 48:59
  a
• 48:59
  glass
• 48:59
  of
• 48:59
  water.
• 48:59
  He's,
• 49:00
  he
• 49:00
  says
• 49:00
  he's
• 49:00
  pretty
• 49:01
  much
• 49:01
  ready
• 49:01
  to
• 49:01
  follow
• 49:01
  up.
• 49:02
  Yeah,
• 49:02
  he's
• 49:02
  freaking
• 49:02
  out
• 49:03
  over
• 49:03
  there.
• 49:03
  So
• 49:04
  appreciate
• 49:04
  your
• 49:04
  time
• 49:04
  tonight,
• 49:05
  Mark.
• 49:06
  Thank
• 49:06
  you
• 49:07
  so
• 49:07
  much.
• 49:07
  Good
• 49:07
  to
• 49:07
  hear
• 49:07
  from
• 49:08
  you.
• 49:08
  All
• 49:08
  right,
• 49:09
  that
• 49:09
  was
• 49:09
  Marc
• 49:09
  Ciano
• 49:10
  from
• 49:10
  the
• 49:10
  Met
• 49:10
  Stuff
• 49:11
  podcast.
• 49:11
  We
• 49:11
  talked
• 49:12
  MLB
• 49:13
  rumors
• 49:14
  where
• 49:14
  everybody's
• 49:15
  going,
• 49:15
  and
• 49:15
  obviously
• 49:16
  we
• 49:16
  are
• 49:16
  waiting
• 49:17
  on
• 49:17
  Juan
• 49:18
  Soto,
• 49:18
  which
• 49:18
  could
• 49:19
  happen
• 49:19
  tonight.
• 49:19
  Everybody
• 49:19
  keeps
• 49:20
  talking
• 49:20
  about
• 49:20
  it,
• 49:21
  but
• 49:21
  I
• 49:21
  think
• 49:21
  it's
• 49:21
  more
• 49:22
  drama
• 49:23
  to
• 49:23
  what's
• 49:23
  going
• 49:24
  on.
• 49:24
  We've
• 49:25
  got
• 49:25
  a
• 49:25
  couple
• 49:25
  of
• 49:25
  minutes
• 49:25
  left
• 49:26
  and
• 49:26
  at
• 49:27
  this
• 49:27
  point,
• 49:28
  going
• 49:28
  to
• 49:28
  finish
• 49:28
  out
• 49:28
  the
• 49:28
  show
• 49:29
  by
• 49:29
  welcoming
• 49:29
  in
• 49:29
  AJ
• 49:30
  Rovner,
• 49:30
  who
• 49:31
  is
• 49:31
  a
• 49:31
  Penn
• 49:31
  State
• 49:32
  grad
• 49:32
  and
• 49:32
  also
• 49:32
  was
• 49:32
  at
• 49:33
  the
• 49:33
  Giants
• 49:33
  game
• 49:33
  today.
• 49:34
  Hello,
• 49:34
  A.J.
• 49:34
  how
• 49:34
  you
• 49:35
  doing?
• 49:36
  How
• 49:36
  you
• 49:36
  doing,
• 49:36
  Chris?
• 49:37
  Thanks
• 49:37
  for
• 49:37
  bringing
• 49:37
  me
• 49:37
  back
• 49:38
  on
• 49:38
  a
• 49:38
  third
• 49:39
  time.
• 49:39
  I
• 49:39
  just
• 49:40
  read
• 49:40
  a
• 49:40
  couple
• 49:40
  tweets
• 49:41
  from
• 49:41
  Mike
• 49:41
  Puma.
• 49:42
  He
• 49:42
  works
• 49:42
  for
• 49:43
  the
• 49:43
  New
• 49:43
  York
• 49:43
  Post.
• 49:44
  He
• 49:44
  said
• 49:45
  the
• 49:45
  Soto
• 49:45
  deal
• 49:46
  is
• 49:46
  coming
• 49:46
  to
• 49:46
  a
• 49:46
  front
• 49:47
  tonight,
• 49:48
  so
• 49:48
  I
• 49:48
  would
• 49:48
  think
• 49:48
  that
• 49:48
  he's
• 49:49
  going
• 49:49
  to
• 49:49
  sign
• 49:50
  and
• 49:50
  officially
• 49:51
  make
• 49:51
  his
• 49:51
  decision
• 49:53
  before
• 49:54
  the
• 49:55
  evening
• 49:55
  comes
• 49:55
  to
• 49:55
  an
• 49:56
  end.
• 49:56
  Yeah.
• 49:57
  At
• 49:57
  least
• 49:57
  at
• 49:57
  that
• 49:58
  point,
• 49:58
  A.J.
• 49:58
  it'll
• 49:58
  be
• 49:59
  over
• 49:59
  and
• 50:00
  you
• 50:00
  can
• 50:00
  think
• 50:00
  about
• 50:01
  what's
• 50:01
  next.
• 50:01
  I
• 50:01
  just.
• 50:02
  I
• 50:02
  had
• 50:02
  some
• 50:03
  speculation
• 50:03
  that
• 50:03
  he
• 50:04
  was
• 50:04
  going
• 50:04
  to
• 50:04
  come
• 50:04
  to
• 50:04
  the
• 50:04
  Mets.
• 50:05
  I
• 50:05
  really
• 50:05
  did
• 50:05
  think
• 50:05
  he
• 50:06
  was,
• 50:07
  but
• 50:07
  as
• 50:07
  time
• 50:07
  goes
• 50:08
  on,
• 50:08
  I
• 50:08
  really
• 50:08
  feel
• 50:09
  it's
• 50:09
  kind
• 50:09
  of
• 50:09
  like
• 50:09
  one
• 50:09
  of
• 50:09
  those
• 50:09
  Aaron
• 50:10
  Judge
• 50:10
  things
• 50:10
  where
• 50:10
  he.
• 50:11
  Oh,
• 50:11
  the
• 50:11
  Giants,
• 50:12
  the
• 50:12
  Giants,
• 50:12
  the
• 50:12
  Giants.
• 50:13
  And
• 50:13
  then
• 50:13
  he
• 50:13
  winds
• 50:13
  up
• 50:13
  going
• 50:14
  back
• 50:14
  with
• 50:14
  the
• 50:14
  Yankees.
• 50:15
  So
• 50:15
  I
• 50:15
  think
• 50:15
  that's
• 50:15
  what's
• 50:15
  going
• 50:15
  to
• 50:16
  happen.
• 50:16
  I
• 50:16
  think
• 50:17
  a
• 50:17
  lot
• 50:17
  of,
• 50:17
  you
• 50:18
  know,
• 50:18
  that
• 50:18
  stuff
• 50:18
  kind
• 50:19
  of
• 50:19
  happened
• 50:19
  that
• 50:20
  way.
• 50:20
  But
• 50:21
  we'll
• 50:21
  see.
• 50:21
  We'll
• 50:21
  see
• 50:22
  sometime
• 50:22
  tonight.
• 50:23
  So
• 50:23
  what
• 50:23
  was
• 50:24
  it
• 50:24
  like
• 50:24
  today
• 50:24
  at
• 50:24
  Giants
• 50:25
  Stadium?
• 50:26
  It
• 50:27
  was.
• 50:29
  It
• 50:30
  was
• 50:30
  the
• 50:30
  most
• 50:30
  interesting
• 50:31
  crowd
• 50:31
  I've
• 50:31
  ever
• 50:32
  seen.
• 50:32
  When
• 50:32
  Graham
• 50:33
  Gno's
• 50:34
  field
• 50:34
  goal
• 50:35
  gets
• 50:35
  blocked
• 50:35
  at
• 50:35
  the
• 50:35
  end
• 50:36
  of
• 50:36
  the
• 50:36
  game,
• 50:36
  fans
• 50:37
  are
• 50:37
  cheering.
• 50:37
  I
• 50:37
  guess
• 50:38
  it's
• 50:38
  the
• 50:38
  cheering
• 50:38
  for
• 50:39
  Shabir
• 50:39
  Sanders
• 50:40
  or
• 50:40
  Cam
• 50:41
  Ward.
• 50:42
  I
• 50:42
  mean,
• 50:42
  I'm
• 50:42
  a
• 50:42
  Giants
• 50:43
  fan
• 50:43
  at
• 50:43
  heart,
• 50:44
  so
• 50:44
  I'm
• 50:44
  rooting
• 50:44
  for
• 50:45
  him
• 50:45
  to
• 50:45
  win.
• 50:45
  Of
• 50:45
  course,
• 50:46
  I
• 50:46
  don't
• 50:46
  really
• 50:46
  believe
• 50:47
  in
• 50:48
  tanking
• 50:48
  for
• 50:48
  an
• 50:48
  unknown
• 50:49
  prospect.
• 50:50
  I've
• 50:50
  said
• 50:50
  that
• 50:50
  before.
• 50:51
  I
• 50:51
  thought
• 50:51
  Caleb
• 50:52
  Williams
• 50:52
  is
• 50:52
  going
• 50:52
  to
• 50:53
  be
• 50:53
  the
• 50:53
  answer.
• 50:53
  He
• 50:53
  got
• 50:54
  bench
• 50:54
  today
• 50:54
  for
• 50:55
  Tyson
• 50:55
  Bajan,
• 50:56
  who
• 50:56
  was
• 50:57
  a
• 50:57
  Division
• 50:57
  2
• 50:58
  quarterback.
• 50:58
  Undrafted
• 51:00
  Trevor
• 51:00
  Lawrence
• 51:00
  was
• 51:01
  supposed
• 51:01
  to
• 51:01
  be
• 51:01
  the
• 51:01
  answer
• 51:02
  in
• 51:02
  Jacksonville.
• 51:03
  I
• 51:04
  mean,
• 51:04
  we
• 51:04
  all
• 51:04
  know
• 51:04
  he
• 51:05
  hasn't
• 51:05
  lived
• 51:05
  up
• 51:05
  to
• 51:06
  expectations.
• 51:06
  Won
• 51:07
  one
• 51:07
  playoff
• 51:08
  game,
• 51:09
  so
• 51:10
  difficult
• 51:11
  loss.
• 51:11
  I'm
• 51:11
  happy
• 51:12
  they
• 51:12
  showed
• 51:12
  resiliency,
• 51:14
  but
• 51:15
  ultimately
• 51:15
  it
• 51:15
  wasn't
• 51:16
  enough.
• 51:16
  And
• 51:16
  now
• 51:17
  the
• 51:17
  Giants
• 51:17
  currently
• 51:18
  have
• 51:18
  the
• 51:18
  best
• 51:18
  odds
• 51:18
  to
• 51:18
  secure
• 51:19
  the
• 51:19
  number
• 51:19
  one
• 51:20
  pick.
• 51:20
  So
• 51:21
  next
• 51:21
  week
• 51:21
  against
• 51:22
  the
• 51:22
  Ravens,
• 51:22
  I
• 51:23
  think
• 51:23
  they
• 51:23
  open
• 51:23
  up
• 51:23
  as
• 51:23
  a
• 51:24
  14
• 51:24
  point
• 51:25
  underdog.
• 51:25
  So
• 51:26
  that
• 51:26
  could
• 51:26
  get
• 51:26
  real.
• 51:27
  Ugly
• 51:27
  at
• 51:27
  MetLife
• 51:28
  Stadium
• 51:28
  next
• 51:28
  weekend
• 51:29
  as
• 51:29
  I
• 51:29
  expect
• 51:29
  it
• 51:30
  to
• 51:30
  be.
• 51:30
  Yep.
• 51:30
  Were
• 51:31
  you
• 51:31
  in
• 51:32
  at
• 51:32
  the
• 51:32
  Garden
• 51:33
  last
• 51:33
  night
• 51:33
  when
• 51:33
  all
• 51:33
  the
• 51:34
  former
• 51:34
  Knicks
• 51:35
  and
• 51:35
  alumni
• 51:35
  came
• 51:35
  back?
• 51:37
  I
• 51:37
  was,
• 51:37
  yeah.
• 51:38
  I
• 51:38
  was
• 51:38
  working
• 51:38
  that
• 51:38
  event
• 51:39
  last
• 51:39
  night.
• 51:39
  It
• 51:39
  was
• 51:39
  really
• 51:39
  cool.
• 51:40
  I've
• 51:41
  seen
• 51:41
  kind
• 51:41
  of
• 51:42
  it
• 51:42
  both
• 51:42
  ways
• 51:43
  because
• 51:43
  with
• 51:44
  the
• 51:44
  Giants
• 51:44
  as
• 51:45
  well,
• 51:45
  with
• 51:45
  two
• 51:46
  different
• 51:46
  teams,
• 51:47
  it's
• 51:47
  their
• 51:47
  hundredth
• 51:48
  year.
• 51:48
  So
• 51:48
  the
• 51:49
  night
• 51:49
  before
• 51:49
  the
• 51:49
  season
• 51:50
  started,
• 51:50
  they
• 51:50
  actually
• 51:50
  brought
• 51:51
  back
• 51:52
  all
• 51:53
  100
• 51:53
  guys.
• 51:54
  And
• 51:54
  if
• 51:54
  the
• 51:54
  player
• 51:55
  had
• 51:56
  passed,
• 51:56
  they
• 51:56
  brought
• 51:56
  some
• 51:57
  family
• 51:57
  members
• 51:58
  back.
• 51:58
  So
• 51:59
  Rosie
• 52:00
  Brown
• 52:01
  was
• 52:01
  one
• 52:01
  of
• 52:02
  the
• 52:02
  best
• 52:02
  Giants
• 52:03
  ever.
• 52:03
  They
• 52:03
  brought
• 52:04
  back
• 52:04
  his
• 52:04
  family.
• 52:05
  He
• 52:05
  passed
• 52:05
  away.
• 52:06
  So
• 52:07
  it
• 52:07
  was
• 52:07
  really
• 52:07
  cool
• 52:08
  that
• 52:08
  they
• 52:09
  had
• 52:09
  that
• 52:09
  happen.
• 52:09
  Lt
• 52:10
  came
• 52:10
  back.
• 52:11
  I
• 52:11
  actually
• 52:11
  think
• 52:11
  Strahan
• 52:12
  was
• 52:12
  one
• 52:12
  of
• 52:12
  the
• 52:13
  only
• 52:13
  guys
• 52:13
  that
• 52:13
  didn't
• 52:13
  go.
• 52:14
  But
• 52:14
  the
• 52:14
  Knicks
• 52:14
  did
• 52:14
  something
• 52:15
  very
• 52:15
  similar
• 52:15
  lined
• 52:16
  up
• 52:16
  across
• 52:16
  the
• 52:17
  court.
• 52:18
  Almost
• 52:18
  60
• 52:19
  years
• 52:19
  of
• 52:19
  basketball,
• 52:20
  but
• 52:20
  funny,
• 52:20
  Carmel
• 52:21
  Anthony
• 52:21
  goes
• 52:21
  to
• 52:21
  like
• 52:22
  every
• 52:22
  Nick
• 52:22
  game
• 52:22
  and
• 52:23
  he
• 52:23
  didn't
• 52:23
  go
• 52:23
  last
• 52:23
  night.
• 52:24
  So
• 52:26
  it
• 52:26
  was
• 52:27
  a
• 52:27
  very
• 52:27
  cool
• 52:28
  thing
• 52:28
  though,
• 52:28
  for
• 52:28
  sure.
• 52:29
  Yeah,
• 52:29
  I
• 52:29
  thought
• 52:29
  that
• 52:29
  was
• 52:29
  pretty
• 52:30
  cool.
• 52:30
  To
• 52:30
  see
• 52:30
  him
• 52:30
  go
• 52:31
  down
• 52:31
  the
• 52:31
  line
• 52:31
  and,
• 52:32
  you
• 52:32
  know,
• 52:32
  no
• 52:32
  names
• 52:33
  all
• 52:33
  the
• 52:33
  way
• 52:33
  up
• 52:33
  to
• 52:34
  guys
• 52:34
  that
• 52:34
  were
• 52:34
  big
• 52:35
  shots
• 52:35
  out
• 52:36
  on
• 52:36
  the
• 52:36
  court
• 52:36
  at
• 52:36
  the
• 52:36
  same
• 52:36
  time
• 52:37
  seemed
• 52:37
  pretty
• 52:37
  cool.
• 52:37
  So
• 52:38
  one
• 52:38
  of
• 52:38
  the
• 52:38
  reasons
• 52:39
  I
• 52:39
  have
• 52:39
  you
• 52:39
  on
• 52:39
  Today
• 52:39
  is
• 52:39
  the
• 52:40
  12
• 52:40
  team
• 52:41
  college
• 52:42
  football
• 52:42
  tournament
• 52:43
  has
• 52:43
  come
• 52:44
  out
• 52:44
  and
• 52:45
  the
• 52:45
  first
• 52:45
  round
• 52:45
  schedule
• 52:46
  is
• 52:46
  going
• 52:46
  to
• 52:46
  match
• 52:46
  up
• 52:46
  Penn
• 52:47
  State
• 52:47
  against
• 52:48
  SMU.
• 52:49
  That
• 52:49
  game
• 52:49
  will
• 52:49
  be
• 52:50
  at
• 52:50
  Penn
• 52:50
  State
• 52:51
  on
• 52:52
  December
• 52:52
  21st.
• 52:54
  Your
• 52:55
  first
• 52:55
  thoughts?
• 52:55
  I
• 52:56
  guess
• 52:56
  we'll
• 52:57
  start
• 52:57
  with
• 52:57
  yesterday's
• 52:58
  game
• 52:59
  and
• 52:59
  what
• 52:59
  you
• 53:00
  thought
• 53:00
  of
• 53:00
  that
• 53:00
  and
• 53:00
  then
• 53:00
  kind
• 53:01
  of
• 53:01
  moving
• 53:01
  forward.
• 53:01
  What
• 53:01
  you
• 53:02
  think
• 53:02
  about
• 53:02
  Penn
• 53:02
  State?
• 53:04
  I
• 53:04
  think
• 53:05
  it
• 53:05
  showed
• 53:05
  that
• 53:05
  Penn
• 53:05
  State
• 53:06
  could
• 53:06
  contend
• 53:06
  with
• 53:06
  anybody
• 53:07
  in
• 53:07
  the
• 53:07
  country,
• 53:08
  which
• 53:08
  gives
• 53:08
  me
• 53:08
  hope.
• 53:09
  But
• 53:09
  what
• 53:10
  doesn't
• 53:10
  give
• 53:10
  me
• 53:10
  hope
• 53:10
  is
• 53:10
  that
• 53:11
  James
• 53:11
  Franklin
• 53:12
  continues
• 53:12
  to
• 53:13
  find
• 53:13
  ways
• 53:13
  to
• 53:13
  lose
• 53:14
  against
• 53:14
  teams
• 53:14
  that
• 53:14
  are
• 53:14
  superior
• 53:15
  to
• 53:15
  him.
• 53:16
  Now
• 53:16
  he's
• 53:16
  1
• 53:16
  in
• 53:17
  15
• 53:17
  against
• 53:18
  top
• 53:18
  10
• 53:19
  opponents
• 53:20
  in
• 53:20
  his
• 53:20
  coaching
• 53:21
  career.
• 53:21
  10
• 53:21
  state,
• 53:22
  he's
• 53:22
  11
• 53:23
  and
• 53:23
  2
• 53:23
  this
• 53:23
  year.
• 53:24
  His
• 53:24
  only
• 53:24
  two
• 53:24
  losses,
• 53:25
  of
• 53:25
  course
• 53:25
  were
• 53:26
  to
• 53:26
  Ohio
• 53:26
  State,
• 53:27
  Oregon,
• 53:27
  both
• 53:28
  teams
• 53:28
  of
• 53:28
  which
• 53:28
  are
• 53:29
  in
• 53:29
  the
• 53:29
  college
• 53:29
  football
• 53:30
  playoffs.
• 53:30
  But
• 53:31
  I
• 53:31
  actually
• 53:31
  think
• 53:32
  with
• 53:32
  the
• 53:32
  loss
• 53:32
  10
• 53:33
  states
• 53:33
  path
• 53:34
  is
• 53:34
  a
• 53:34
  little
• 53:34
  bit
• 53:34
  easier
• 53:36
  than
• 53:36
  what
• 53:36
  Oregon's
• 53:37
  is,
• 53:37
  to
• 53:37
  be
• 53:37
  completely
• 53:38
  honest.
• 53:39
  Penn
• 53:39
  State
• 53:40
  and
• 53:40
  no
• 53:40
  bias.
• 53:41
  But
• 53:42
  111,000,
• 53:44
  it
• 53:44
  don't
• 53:44
  matter
• 53:45
  to
• 53:45
  the
• 53:45
  middle
• 53:45
  of
• 53:45
  nowhere
• 53:46
  in
• 53:46
  Pennsylvania.
• 53:47
  There's
• 53:47
  no
• 53:47
  pro
• 53:47
  sports
• 53:48
  around.
• 53:48
  If
• 53:48
  you're
• 53:48
  in
• 53:48
  that
• 53:49
  area,
• 53:49
  you're
• 53:49
  going
• 53:49
  to
• 53:49
  a
• 53:49
  Penn
• 53:50
  State
• 53:50
  football
• 53:51
  game,
• 53:51
  it
• 53:51
  don't
• 53:51
  matter
• 53:52
  if
• 53:52
  you're
• 53:52
  80
• 53:52
  years
• 53:53
  old,
• 53:53
  90
• 53:53
  years
• 53:53
  old,
• 53:54
  you
• 53:54
  see
• 53:54
  the
• 53:54
  same
• 53:55
  people
• 53:55
  every
• 53:55
  week.
• 53:56
  It
• 53:56
  will
• 53:56
  be
• 53:57
  packed.
• 53:57
  It's
• 53:57
  going
• 53:57
  to
• 53:57
  be
• 53:58
  freezing.
• 53:59
  Yep.
• 53:59
  So
• 54:00
  it's
• 54:01
  definitely
• 54:01
  a
• 54:01
  home
• 54:01
  Field
• 54:02
  advantage.
• 54:02
  And
• 54:02
  if
• 54:02
  you
• 54:03
  win
• 54:03
  the
• 54:03
  Big
• 54:03
  Ten
• 54:04
  title
• 54:04
  game,
• 54:05
  you
• 54:05
  don't
• 54:05
  get
• 54:06
  a,
• 54:08
  you
• 54:09
  don't
• 54:09
  get
• 54:09
  a
• 54:09
  home
• 54:09
  game.
• 54:09
  Right.
• 54:10
  Get
• 54:10
  a
• 54:10
  buy
• 54:10
  and
• 54:10
  you
• 54:11
  don't
• 54:11
  know
• 54:11
  at
• 54:11
  that
• 54:11
  point.
• 54:12
  Exactly.
• 54:13
  And
• 54:13
  then
• 54:14
  if
• 54:14
  you
• 54:14
  beat
• 54:14
  smu,
• 54:15
  the
• 54:15
  College
• 54:16
  Football
• 54:16
  Playoff
• 54:17
  works
• 54:17
  now
• 54:17
  as
• 54:17
  they
• 54:18
  take
• 54:18
  the
• 54:18
  three
• 54:19
  best
• 54:19
  ranked
• 54:20
  conference
• 54:20
  champions
• 54:21
  and
• 54:21
  then
• 54:22
  one.
• 54:24
  Yeah.
• 54:24
  You
• 54:25
  got
• 54:25
  four
• 54:26
  school
• 54:26
  which
• 54:26
  is
• 54:27
  Boise
• 54:27
  State
• 54:28
  and
• 54:28
  that's
• 54:28
  who
• 54:28
  Penn
• 54:29
  State
• 54:29
  would
• 54:29
  play
• 54:29
  next.
• 54:30
  So
• 54:31
  group
• 54:31
  of
• 54:31
  five
• 54:32
  school.
• 54:32
  Penn
• 54:32
  State
• 54:32
  has
• 54:33
  a
• 54:33
  really
• 54:33
  good
• 54:33
  pass.
• 54:34
  Yeah.
• 54:34
  Because
• 54:34
  they
• 54:34
  could
• 54:35
  then
• 54:35
  play
• 54:35
  New
• 54:35
  Year's
• 54:35
  Eve
• 54:36
  and
• 54:36
  then
• 54:36
  you
• 54:36
  know,
• 54:37
  who
• 54:37
  knows
• 54:37
  in
• 54:37
  the
• 54:37
  finals.
• 54:38
  But
• 54:38
  at
• 54:38
  least
• 54:38
  at
• 54:38
  that
• 54:38
  point
• 54:39
  you've
• 54:39
  gotten
• 54:39
  two
• 54:39
  kind
• 54:40
  of
• 54:40
  not
• 54:40
  power
• 54:41
  teams.
• 54:41
  But
• 54:42
  I
• 54:42
  think,
• 54:43
  you
• 54:43
  know,
• 54:43
  not
• 54:43
  that
• 54:44
  I
• 54:44
  want
• 54:44
  to
• 54:44
  talk
• 54:44
  about
• 54:44
  it,
• 54:44
  but
• 54:44
  I
• 54:45
  think
• 54:45
  they're,
• 54:45
  they're
• 54:46
  sitting
• 54:46
  down
• 54:46
  right
• 54:46
  now
• 54:47
  trying
• 54:47
  to
• 54:47
  find
• 54:47
  they'll
• 54:48
  have
• 54:48
  12
• 54:48
  teams
• 54:48
  next
• 54:49
  year.
• 54:49
  But
• 54:49
  these
• 54:49
  will
• 54:49
  not
• 54:50
  be
• 54:50
  the
• 54:50
  criteria
• 54:50
  of
• 54:50
  how
• 54:51
  they
• 54:51
  put
• 54:51
  it
• 54:51
  together.
• 54:52
  They
• 54:52
  just
• 54:52
  know
• 54:52
  that
• 54:53
  this
• 54:53
  is
• 54:53
  not
• 54:53
  a
• 54:53
  good
• 54:53
  situation
• 54:54
  for
• 54:54
  Oregon.
• 54:55
  But
• 54:55
  that's
• 54:56
  for
• 54:56
  another
• 54:56
  time.
• 54:58
  Any,
• 54:58
  anything
• 54:59
  that
• 54:59
  kind
• 54:59
  of
• 55:00
  stuck
• 55:00
  out
• 55:00
  at
• 55:00
  you
• 55:00
  amongst
• 55:00
  the
• 55:01
  12
• 55:01
  teams,
• 55:01
  you
• 55:02
  know,
• 55:02
  either
• 55:02
  seed
• 55:02
  wise
• 55:03
  or
• 55:03
  you
• 55:03
  know,
• 55:04
  matchups
• 55:04
  that
• 55:05
  kind
• 55:05
  of
• 55:05
  sticks
• 55:05
  out
• 55:05
  besides
• 55:06
  Penn
• 55:06
  State
• 55:06
  playing
• 55:06
  smu.
• 55:10
  I'm
• 55:10
  happy
• 55:10
  that
• 55:10
  Alabama
• 55:11
  didn't
• 55:11
  get
• 55:12
  in.
• 55:12
  They
• 55:12
  didn't
• 55:12
  deserve
• 55:13
  it.
• 55:13
  I
• 55:13
  and
• 55:14
  so
• 55:14
  many
• 55:14
  years
• 55:15
  past
• 55:15
  I
• 55:16
  felt
• 55:16
  that
• 55:17
  Alabama
• 55:18
  and
• 55:18
  Saban,
• 55:18
  and
• 55:19
  don't
• 55:19
  get
• 55:19
  me
• 55:19
  wrong,
• 55:19
  he's
• 55:19
  the
• 55:20
  greatest
• 55:20
  collegiate
• 55:20
  coach
• 55:21
  of
• 55:21
  all
• 55:21
  time.
• 55:22
  But
• 55:22
  there
• 55:22
  was
• 55:23
  some
• 55:23
  bias
• 55:23
  involved
• 55:24
  and
• 55:24
  oh
• 55:24
  yeah,
• 55:25
  for
• 55:25
  Alabama
• 55:26
  to
• 55:26
  lose
• 55:26
  to
• 55:26
  a
• 55:26
  6
• 55:27
  and
• 55:27
  6
• 55:27
  Vanderbilt.
• 55:29
  Yeah,
• 55:30
  yeah.
• 55:31
  Two
• 55:31
  6
• 55:31
  and
• 55:32
  6
• 55:32
  teams.
• 55:32
  So
• 55:33
  it
• 55:34
  was
• 55:34
  definitely
• 55:34
  the
• 55:35
  right
• 55:35
  decision.
• 55:36
  I
• 55:36
  thought
• 55:36
  it
• 55:36
  was
• 55:36
  really
• 55:37
  cool
• 55:37
  after
• 55:37
  winning
• 55:37
  the
• 55:38
  ACC
• 55:38
  title
• 55:38
  game.
• 55:39
  But
• 55:39
  David
• 55:39
  Sweeney
• 55:40
  was
• 55:40
  really
• 55:41
  pushing
• 55:41
  for
• 55:41
  SMU
• 55:42
  to
• 55:42
  get
• 55:42
  in.
• 55:43
  Right.
• 55:43
  So
• 55:43
  of
• 55:44
  course
• 55:44
  it's
• 55:44
  nice
• 55:44
  for
• 55:45
  Big
• 55:45
  Ten
• 55:45
  schools
• 55:46
  to
• 55:46
  really
• 55:46
  be
• 55:46
  in
• 55:47
  there.
• 55:47
  But
• 55:48
  I
• 55:48
  love
• 55:49
  the
• 55:49
  Indiana
• 55:49
  matchup
• 55:50
  between
• 55:50
  Notre
• 55:51
  Dame
• 55:51
  and
• 55:51
  Indiana.
• 55:51
  I
• 55:51
  mean
• 55:51
  what
• 55:52
  a
• 55:52
  story
• 55:52
  Indiana
• 55:53
  is.
• 55:54
  So
• 55:54
  I'm
• 55:54
  really
• 55:55
  looking
• 55:55
  forward
• 55:55
  to
• 55:55
  that
• 55:55
  game.
• 55:56
  That'll
• 55:56
  be
• 55:56
  a
• 55:56
  freezing
• 55:57
  atmosphere
• 55:58
  but
• 55:59
  I'm
• 55:59
  definitely
• 56:00
  looking
• 56:00
  forward
• 56:01
  to
• 56:01
  Penn
• 56:01
  State's
• 56:02
  path.
• 56:02
  I
• 56:02
  think
• 56:02
  they
• 56:02
  have
• 56:02
  a
• 56:03
  legit
• 56:03
  shot
• 56:03
  to
• 56:03
  get
• 56:03
  into
• 56:04
  the
• 56:04
  Final
• 56:04
  Four.
• 56:05
  But
• 56:05
  as
• 56:05
  you
• 56:05
  said,
• 56:06
  the
• 56:07
  way
• 56:07
  that
• 56:08
  the
• 56:08
  criteria
• 56:09
  is
• 56:09
  it's
• 56:10
  simply
• 56:10
  not
• 56:10
  good.
• 56:11
  Yeah.
• 56:11
  And
• 56:11
  I'd
• 56:12
  love
• 56:12
  to
• 56:12
  see
• 56:12
  Tennessee
• 56:12
  take
• 56:13
  down
• 56:13
  Ohio
• 56:13
  State.
• 56:14
  I
• 56:14
  think
• 56:14
  that
• 56:14
  would
• 56:14
  be
• 56:15
  great
• 56:15
  to
• 56:15
  see
• 56:16
  because
• 56:16
  I
• 56:17
  really
• 56:17
  don't
• 56:17
  want
• 56:17
  to
• 56:17
  see
• 56:17
  Oregon
• 56:18
  and
• 56:18
  Ohio
• 56:18
  State
• 56:19
  again.
• 56:19
  Just
• 56:19
  like
• 56:19
  I
• 56:19
  didn't
• 56:19
  want
• 56:19
  to
• 56:19
  see
• 56:20
  them
• 56:20
  in
• 56:20
  the
• 56:20
  Big
• 56:20
  Ten
• 56:21
  championship
• 56:21
  game.
• 56:21
  But
• 56:23
  you
• 56:23
  know,
• 56:24
  negativity
• 56:25
  still
• 56:26
  even
• 56:26
  though
• 56:26
  after
• 56:26
  that
• 56:26
  game
• 56:27
  is
• 56:27
  over
• 56:27
  towards
• 56:27
  James
• 56:28
  Franklin
• 56:28
  or
• 56:28
  do
• 56:28
  you
• 56:28
  think,
• 56:29
  you
• 56:29
  know,
• 56:29
  one
• 56:30
  win
• 56:30
  in
• 56:30
  this
• 56:30
  tournament
• 56:31
  will
• 56:31
  kind
• 56:31
  of
• 56:31
  let
• 56:32
  people
• 56:32
  forget
• 56:32
  about
• 56:32
  some
• 56:32
  of
• 56:32
  that
• 56:33
  stuff.
• 56:35
  Personally,
• 56:35
  I'm
• 56:35
  not
• 56:36
  a
• 56:36
  Franklin
• 56:36
  guy.
• 56:37
  All
• 56:37
  my
• 56:37
  friends
• 56:38
  know
• 56:38
  it.
• 56:38
  It's
• 56:38
  very
• 56:39
  hard
• 56:40
  to
• 56:41
  consistently
• 56:42
  perform
• 56:43
  well
• 56:43
  against
• 56:43
  teams
• 56:44
  you're
• 56:44
  supposed
• 56:44
  to
• 56:45
  and
• 56:45
  consistently
• 56:46
  perform
• 56:46
  bad
• 56:47
  against
• 56:47
  the
• 56:48
  teams
• 56:48
  that
• 56:48
  are
• 56:48
  superior
• 56:49
  to
• 56:49
  you.
• 56:49
  And
• 56:50
  people
• 56:50
  bring
• 56:51
  up,
• 56:51
  hey,
• 56:51
  James
• 56:52
  Franklin
• 56:52
  has
• 56:52
  the
• 56:52
  longest
• 56:53
  streak
• 56:54
  of
• 56:54
  winning
• 56:54
  in
• 56:55
  games
• 56:55
  he's
• 56:55
  favored
• 56:56
  or
• 56:56
  in
• 56:56
  games
• 56:57
  against
• 56:57
  non
• 56:58
  top
• 56:58
  25
• 56:59
  opponents.
• 57:00
  But
• 57:00
  I
• 57:00
  tell
• 57:00
  everybody
• 57:00
  in
• 57:01
  response
• 57:01
  that's
• 57:01
  not
• 57:01
  how
• 57:02
  you
• 57:02
  win
• 57:02
  a
• 57:02
  national
• 57:03
  championship.
• 57:04
  That's
• 57:05
  just
• 57:05
  not
• 57:05
  how
• 57:05
  you
• 57:05
  do
• 57:05
  it.
• 57:06
  Oh,
• 57:06
  what
• 57:06
  a
• 57:06
  big
• 57:07
  win
• 57:07
  against
• 57:07
  Minnesota
• 57:08
  to
• 57:08
  keep
• 57:08
  your
• 57:08
  season
• 57:09
  alive.
• 57:10
  Minnesota
• 57:10
  has
• 57:11
  seven
• 57:11
  or
• 57:11
  eight
• 57:11
  wins,
• 57:12
  like
• 57:12
  it's
• 57:12
  not
• 57:12
  that
• 57:12
  impressive.
• 57:13
  So
• 57:14
  he's
• 57:14
  got
• 57:14
  to
• 57:15
  win
• 57:15
  big
• 57:15
  games.
• 57:15
  It's
• 57:16
  what
• 57:16
  it
• 57:16
  comes
• 57:16
  down
• 57:16
  to,
• 57:17
  Chris,
• 57:17
  he's
• 57:18
  got
• 57:18
  to
• 57:18
  get
• 57:18
  to
• 57:18
  the,
• 57:19
  you
• 57:19
  got
• 57:19
  to
• 57:19
  get
• 57:19
  to
• 57:20
  the
• 57:20
  Final
• 57:20
  Four.
• 57:21
  I
• 57:21
  mean,
• 57:21
  you're
• 57:21
  playing
• 57:22
  a
• 57:23
  Mountain
• 57:24
  west
• 57:24
  school
• 57:25
  and
• 57:25
  a
• 57:26
  team
• 57:26
  that
• 57:26
  just
• 57:26
  joined
• 57:27
  the
• 57:27
  ACC
• 57:27
  like
• 57:28
  it's
• 57:28
  time,
• 57:28
  man.
• 57:28
  You
• 57:29
  got
• 57:29
  to
• 57:29
  start
• 57:29
  winning
• 57:29
  big
• 57:30
  games.
• 57:30
  You're
• 57:30
  going
• 57:30
  to
• 57:30
  have
• 57:30
  112
• 57:31
  plus
• 57:32
  behind,
• 57:32
  112
• 57:33
  plus
• 57:33
  thousand
• 57:34
  people
• 57:34
  behind
• 57:34
  you.
• 57:35
  And
• 57:35
  then
• 57:35
  you
• 57:35
  go
• 57:36
  play
• 57:36
  in
• 57:36
  the
• 57:36
  Fiesta
• 57:37
  Bowl.
• 57:37
  And
• 57:38
  it's
• 57:38
  crazy
• 57:38
  because
• 57:38
  Arizona
• 57:39
  is
• 57:39
  where
• 57:39
  that
• 57:40
  game
• 57:40
  is
• 57:40
  played.
• 57:41
  And
• 57:41
  for
• 57:41
  the
• 57:41
  first
• 57:42
  week
• 57:42
  of
• 57:42
  the
• 57:42
  season
• 57:43
  I
• 57:43
  was
• 57:43
  actually
• 57:44
  in
• 57:44
  Arizona
• 57:45
  with
• 57:45
  my
• 57:46
  friends
• 57:46
  and
• 57:46
  there's
• 57:46
  a
• 57:47
  huge
• 57:47
  Penn
• 57:47
  State
• 57:48
  chapter
• 57:48
  out
• 57:49
  there.
• 57:49
  So
• 57:49
  I
• 57:50
  know
• 57:50
  that
• 57:50
  if
• 57:50
  they
• 57:50
  go
• 57:50
  play
• 57:51
  in
• 57:51
  the
• 57:51
  Fiesta
• 57:51
  bowl,
• 57:52
  there's
• 57:52
  it's
• 57:53
  going
• 57:53
  to
• 57:53
  be
• 57:53
  full
• 57:53
  of
• 57:53
  white
• 57:54
  and
• 57:54
  Penn
• 57:54
  State
• 57:55
  fans
• 57:55
  because
• 57:55
  I
• 57:56
  saw
• 57:56
  many
• 57:56
  fans
• 57:56
  went
• 57:57
  for
• 57:57
  their
• 57:57
  first
• 57:58
  week
• 57:58
  game
• 57:58
  against
• 57:58
  West
• 57:59
  Virginia.
• 57:59
  I
• 57:59
  could
• 58:00
  just
• 58:00
  imagine
• 58:00
  how
• 58:01
  it
• 58:01
  would
• 58:01
  be
• 58:01
  a
• 58:01
  State
• 58:01
  Farm
• 58:02
  Stadium
• 58:02
  if
• 58:03
  they
• 58:03
  wind
• 58:03
  up
• 58:03
  playing
• 58:04
  Boise
• 58:04
  State
• 58:04
  there.
• 58:05
  All
• 58:05
  right,
• 58:05
  we'll
• 58:05
  see
• 58:06
  if
• 58:06
  Penn
• 58:06
  State
• 58:06
  gets
• 58:06
  there.
• 58:07
  Thanks
• 58:07
  for
• 58:07
  joining
• 58:07
  us
• 58:07
  tonight.
• 58:08
  AJ
• 58:08
  Giving
• 58:08
  us
• 58:08
  a
• 58:09
  quick
• 58:09
  minute
• 58:09
  on
• 58:10
  Penn
• 58:10
  State.
• 58:11
  So
• 58:12
  once
• 58:12
  again
• 58:13
  tonight
• 58:13
  our
• 58:13
  guests,
• 58:14
  we
• 58:14
  had
• 58:14
  Justin
• 58:15
  Jonas
• 58:15
  from
• 58:16
  Section
• 58:16
  8.
• 58:16
  We
• 58:16
  had
• 58:17
  James
• 58:17
  Ciano
• 58:17
  and
• 58:18
  A.J.
• 58:18
  roepner.
• 58:19
  That's
• 58:20
  going
• 58:20
  to
• 58:20
  do
• 58:20
  it
• 58:20
  for
• 58:20
  tonight.
• 58:20
  I'm
• 58:21
  Chris
• 58:21
  Caputo.
• 58:21
  We'll
• 58:21
  see
• 58:22
  you
• 58:22
  back
• 58:22
  in
• 58:22
  two
• 58:23
  weeks
• 58:23
  here
• 58:24
  on
• 58:24
  Sports
• 58:24
  Talk
• 58:24
  New
• 58:25
  York.
• 58:25
  The
• 58:26
  views
• 58:26
  expressed
• 58:26
  in
• 58:26
  the
• 58:27
  previous
• 58:27
  program
• 58:28
  did
• 58:28
  not
• 58:28
  necessarily
• 58:29
  represent
• 58:29
  those
• 58:29
  of
• 58:29
  the
• 58:30
  staff,
• 58:30
  management
• 58:31
  or
• 58:31
  owners
• 58:31
  of
• 58:31
  WGB.