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The YANKEES pitching staff is off to a HISTORIC start! · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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I've been all over the world as a DJ or even as a broadcaster.
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I've I've traveled so many places, even in different
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countries. I just like the food here more.
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And and even even though the after parties and the parties
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aren't the same, the club life isn't the same anymore.
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That get used to be because more richer people live down here now
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and they enjoy the fact that it's quiet, that everything gets
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shut down by two O clock, 3 O clock.
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They don't want it to go 5 or 6 in the morning like it is in the
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city. And even the city life here in
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New York isn't the same. You go out to the city.
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I mean, they do have rooftop parties and and they're somewhat
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fun. But even the underground places
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that used to stay open like Sound Factory or Pasha, they
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don't stay out. Those places used to stay open
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overnight. They would be open for 24 hours.
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They'd have unbelievable parties, rave parties.
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It's not like that anymore here in New York.
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And I think it has a lot to do with the way of living and, and
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the way people want to live their lives now.
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And, and these kids, they don't know what it's like to party and
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go to the clubs. They think a lounge or a bar is
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a club and they, they have no idea when you go out to, I don't
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know, London, Germany, New Zealand, the club life there.
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They have these big, it used to be like here in New York, in the
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Hamptons, where they have these big huge warehouses and you'd
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party all night long. It's not like that anymore.
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So that's the only thing I hate about New York is the party
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life. If you're a young kid, you don't
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actually enjoy what New York has to give an offer anymore.
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People don't understand what New York was 20 years ago, 25 years
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ago. Even in the 70's, the disco
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life, you know, Studio 54, it's not like that.
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And if you go to Vegas, even Vegas, when you go to Vegas and
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you check out the club life, it's better than it is here, but
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it's not the same. And these young kids?
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That's because y'all a lot of natives done moved out, but
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we're we're seeing a high influx of New Yorkers down here in this
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house. What's really going on?
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I know the cost of living is up up there and all that, but you
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can't have an identity if nobody's you know, that's born
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there is around. So that's half of the reason
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cost of living is another. You ain't got time to party no
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more trying to pay bills and keep the lights.
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On oh, stop, they, they try to pay bills and pop babies.
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That's what they want to do. Baby one, baby two, baby three,
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they pop out like hot cakes. You get triplets, twins.
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I mean, now you have all these different things that you can do
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where you can get twins. It's crazy.
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It's crazy because I don't know if anybody knows the story about
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Carlos Boozer. Now Carlos Boozers first born
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had leukemia and they didn't have blood to save his life.
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So what they did, him and his wife did, it was pretty simple.
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They they had this procedure done where they were trying to
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have another baby. So they used, I forget what it
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was, but they transferred his semen into her and into an egg,
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which eventually gave them a son, which eventually gave them
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two sons, which was Kaden and Cam.
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And we all know what happened with them.
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And they had double of the blood that saved their older brother
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who's playing college baseball right now.
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So it's crazy the way you can do things now.
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If you have money, you have to have money to do something like
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that. You you can't go in and talk to
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a doctor and say, hey, I'm broke.
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I I want to, I want to get twins.
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I want to get. Trips you need to tell me
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insurance want to take care of? No, they said, Medicaid won't
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take care. Of no, not here, not here,
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Definitely not I mean you want Sir, I I need triplets.
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I need you can't afford your own self.
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How the hell are you going to afford twins are a triplet, you
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know, so it's pretty crazy. Carlos Boozer, on the other
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hand, he's made millions and millions of dollars so he's not
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going to complain. But it's a crazy story.
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If you check 30 for 30 or E60. I think it was E 60.
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They did a 60 minute story about the the brothers and and what
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they grew up to and and their younger, their older brother
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who's now living and he's leukemia free and he's doing
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very, very well for himself. And that stands for what Carlos
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Boozer and his beautiful ex-wife was doing to try to save their
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son. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
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we call this the concrete jungle carousel.
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Welcome to the jungle. We got fun and games.
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You know where you are in the jungle, baby.
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Welcome. I'm trying to put Tiger Bomb on
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this jungle's nuts to the concrete jungle carousel.
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You gotta die. Welcome back everyone to the
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Concrete Jungle carousel. Errol.
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Let's just stay with the Big East boots that you were just
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talking about with Yukon and go to Saint St.
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John's. They haven't really done a
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postmortem on their season. They lost in the 15 to Duke.
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It was a close game. They were up most of the game,
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lost in the second-half. Really kind of an impressive run
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from Pitino. I thought they were going to win
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that game. Before the game started, they
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kind of blew it. They didn't have the same roster
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as Duke, obviously, but the coaching may have been better.
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First of all, Rick Pitino, after getting eliminated out of the
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tournament, just got an extension.
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So we understand what Rick Pitino stands for when it comes
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to Saint John's baseball, basketball.
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We haven't seen a Saint John's team go to Sweet 16 in a very,
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very long time. So we understand that.
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We understand that. But when you look at Pitino's
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credited and the way he built this team, he made some
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mistakes, especially in the second-half.
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I thought that Pitino should have with the success that they
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were having in the first half. They were up by Duke.
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They were beating Duke by 1. Going to the second-half, there
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were a lot of questions on how he was going to rotate his his
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players, his big man who was just shooting at will, hitting
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every shot, playing defense, rebounding, blocking shots.
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Why? Why did he only own play?
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I think he only played 3 minutes in the second-half of the game.
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There was a lot of questions on why Pitino was doing that and
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Shia. I don't.
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I'll say the coach Shire didn't out coach Pitino.
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I think Pitino out coached himself in that game.
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So I, I mean, you can argue that Pitino was the reason why they
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lost that game against you, because I, I thought that they
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had the edge going into the second-half.
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I thought they were playing such good team defense and they were
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rebounding the ball so very well.
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And in the second-half, they gave Kampuzer a little bit more
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chances at the free throw line. They just made so many mistakes
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at the tail end of the game. And, and and that's why Duke, by
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the skin of their teeth, beat St.
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John's. Yeah, they also got outmatched
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in the paint a lot, which I which knew it was a match of
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advantage coming into the game for Duke, especially getting
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John but back. He was able to get a lot of
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those offensive rebounds. But yeah, you're right, taking
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Prey out of the game when he had.
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That that's what I was. Talking about when he had that
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hot first half at 12 points, 4 for four shooting.
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Hitting three pointers. Yeah, and then you're right.
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He only played him 4 minutes after that.
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It was definitely puzzling when you had a St.
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John's team that was shooting over 50% from three for most of
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the game. They finished at 40, but this
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was a team that is not known for that type of game and they were
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hitting in an end. Like why wouldn't you keep that
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player in the game more than 4 minutes?
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I'm not saying don't ever like, I'm not saying you like leave
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him out if he goes cold, but still, he wasn't going cold at
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any point. He out coached himself.
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That's pretty much what happened in the game.
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Yeah, he over thought himself, man, I thought, I think the guys
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were all over the place. It seems like they kind of once
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dude went up, they kind of lost their head a little bit and they
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was just flying around, not necessarily making the right
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plays. And so I think it's it was they
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all kind of fairly young, right? So I would say like, you know,
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he got a he got a good group and I think that they'll be back and
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make some noise next this year. But yeah, I think it was just
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match in regards to talent and Duke been there before.
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So it was a little easier for them to maintain and keep
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control throughout the throughout the game.
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They actually believe it because Pitino just got a nice big
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contract. He's one of the highest paid
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coaches in in the NCAA and he's going to have even more NIL
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money because he has a billionaire making sure that he
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has all the money in the world to bring players from the
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portal. And you know what he likes to
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do? He likes to bring the older
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players to his team because they're easier to coach the
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younger players. He doesn't want those running
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done. One and done Guys like Calipari
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is done over the years and some of the other teams, so it's
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national championship teams. He'd rather keep these players
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for a significant amount of time so they can grow with him.
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Yeah, he gonna do some character for sure.
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Well, one guy he's going to lose is Zubi AGO for he's he's going
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to be a late first round to early second round pick.
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They're saying projected 21 years old, 69, you know,
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undersized for a center, but profiles he could play a little
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bit on the perimeter as we saw. He's going to be one of those
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tweeners heading into the draft. I think A-Team like the Knicks
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with a late first round pick. It makes a lot of sense to look
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at a guy like him for some depth.
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I stay away from, and I'll say this again, I stay away from
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anybody from Saint John's because every time the New York
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Knicks drafted Saint John's guys, Wallace, John Wallace,
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remember him, they don't pan out.
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They don't pan out. I know Rick Pitino, Rick Pitino
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reached out to the Knicks when they he when he was coaching
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Louisville and he said draft the Spider, draft this kid.
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Donovan Mitchell's going to be a star.
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He told Phil Jackson, he told the the organization he was very
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close with James Dolan. Draft this guy.
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Draft this guy. The Knicks decided to draft a
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kid from France. OK, and how did that work out?
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Neil Akina? It didn't work out very well.
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Donovan Mitchell became a star in the NBA.
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He became A2 dimensional player, one of the better shooters in
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one of the better offensive options from Utah, and then
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eventually went to Cleveland. And Nikhil Nila Keen is not even
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in the NBA anymore. So we all know what happens
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then. Yankees.
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Oh my goodness. So they're off tonight, but the
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Yankees have been off to a historic start .53 ERA in their
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first six games, best in a six game span in baseball history. 6
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total runs given up. Next best in baseball currently
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are the Dodgers and Brewers, tied with 17 going into today.
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So 6th is 1st. 6 total runs versus 17 in second place.
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Schlittler has a .26 walks and hits per inning, pitch or WHIP
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and 15 strikeouts. Freed has a .53 and 10
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strikeouts. Neither one is allowed to run
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this year. Pretty good.
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There there's a lot of historic things that the Yankees are
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doing right now. Think about this.
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The Yankees allowed only six runs in six games, third fewest
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in Major League Baseball history, and a start of a
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season. This is not even over.
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Starting pitching gave up only two runs in 33 1/2 innings, the
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fewest since 1900. The team The team has outscored
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opponents 24 to 6 during this stretch.
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They also opened the season with 20 straight scoreless innings, a
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franchise record. Not over yet, guys late.
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There's so many numbers that you guys have to understand what the
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Yankees are doing right now is historic.
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Think about this. The Yankees not only are doing
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something unique, it hasn't been done since 1943.
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The Yankees allowed only three runs in their first five games,
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tying the 1943 Saint Louis Cardinals for the fewest in a
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span since 1900. Historically stingy pitching By
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allowing only six runs over I'm sorry over the first six games,
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the staff ranks behind only the 2002 Giants and the 1915
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Phillies for best pitching start in Major League Baseball
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history. Fastest Start The team has
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secured a serious sweep against the Giants in their first
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leading in in technology. I'm sorry, in technology.
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The team has all been aggressive with the automatic balls and
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strikes. ABS Challenge System leading the
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league in successful challenges early this season and, and and
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it goes on and on. What the Yankees are doing right
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now. Statistically, Max Freed has
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dominated. 13.1 score is scoreless innings across the
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first two starts. Schlittler is open with 11.2
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scoreless innings back-to-back starts at at the last at least 5
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frames of and seven strikeouts. Here's another thing going into
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the season, baseball tonight took shots at the Yankees.
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Can this pitching staff last before Rodon comes back with his
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hamstring problem? Or Cole coming back something
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time at the end of June or mid June?
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Or Schmidt who can't stay healthy?
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Another guy that we don't know when he's going to come back.
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Heel was sent down and the Yankees were going to only have
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played four starters, 4 starters in this rotation early in the
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season. How many teams do that?
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And what are the Yankees doing right now?
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They're breaking records. They're doing things that we
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haven't seen Yankee teams do and they're doing without two of
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their best pitchers. Slidler is showing you that he
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could be a number one on a roster.
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The Yankees have Coal and Freed, and by the way, Max Freed has
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been one of the more dominant pitches the Yankees have brought
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in to this organization and free agency in history.
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Think about it, when you look at the past team, guys like Roger
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Clemens, David Wells, David Cohen, all these guys that
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they've brought over the years, guys that helped them win
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championships. Max Freed, even though he hasn't
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won a championship yet with the Yankees, what he is doing right
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now is incredible. He was up for a Cy Young last
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year. He had blitzed a problem.
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If Max Fried stays healthy this year with this rotation, he's
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going to win 2223 games. He's going to.
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He's probably going to start 3435 games.
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This guy is on that trajectory of left-handed pitchers that we
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can compare our all time pitchers, not only for the
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Yankees in baseball history. He's at that trajectory.
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The way he's pitching to possibly be a Hall of Famer in
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the future. It is amazing story and the
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Yankees are not scoring a lot of runs by the clip.
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Think about this. Look at the scores.
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They beat the Giants 7 nothing. Then they they won 3 nothing 31.
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They lost 1215 nothing 53 then. It's not like they're out
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scoring and out powering these teams.
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This is something that the Yankees have done year in and
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year out. They were all without scoring
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and scoring runs, more home runs.
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It's not like that this year. If the Yankees could play at
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this level and play Little League baseball, I mean bunting
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and running and doing the things right on the bases, why couldn't
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the Yankees win 95 to 100 games this year?
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Why couldn't the Yankees be in an elite team and be considered
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the team to knock off the Dodgers this year?
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They are by far this pitching staff right now.
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The way they're playing when they get rode on and Cole back
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and Schmidt, you're, you can argue this is the best pitching
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staff the Yankees have ever had and the best pitching staff in
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all the baseball. Yeah, Schlittler is doing things
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with the pressure on him, the burden on him that I don't think
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you've seen many young, young pitchers do at that level,
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especially in New York, which is very hard to do this year.
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Three guys that you said, Schmidt, Rodon and Cole that are
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all hurt, and now he's taking on more innings, more pitches that
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he's learning to develop into his arsenal.
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It's a really impressive accomplishment.
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And now once the Yankees get those guys back, you could see a
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lot of what the Brewers did last year where they were able to to
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limit guys with innings and send guys down if needed to with
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their younger guys because they have so much depth right now.
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You got Will Warren, you got Ryan Weathers, you got all these
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versatile options that they can just move through once they're
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healthy, heal when he gets called up again because I think
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they're putting him down because of innings limits to the
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beginning of the season. So they have so much room they
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can go to. And like you said, Max Freid is
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turning into a great trajectory. Last really good five year peak
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that he had. He just couldn't stay healthy
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with the Yankees last year, couldn't tell the Braves towards
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the end of his career. He's on his way.
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To I will worry now, the only thing I worry about the Yankees
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is their bullpen. They always have a very good
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bullpen. One of the best bullpens, top
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five bullpens in the first half and then they're tired in the
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second-half. If these pitchers now you need
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Schmidt back, you need these guys to pitch the innings.
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If they get these guys back in it, you're going to see he'll
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come up at one point this year with an injury when somebody
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goes down and that's why they send he'll down so they can give
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him his reps and he'll be ready to be called up this year.
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This guy was a rookie of the year.
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So I'm I'm, I don't believe he will sit in the minor leagues
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that long, but with this rotation, if they can get
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innings out of these pitchers, they're not going to work out
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there. They're not going to work into
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their bullpen like they've done year in and year out.
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And they're going to be ready for the playoffs, which they've
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had problems in the playoffs staying healthy and keeping this
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bullpen fresh. I think this team could
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absolutely win 100 games the way they're pitching right now.
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Now it's still early and everybody says it's early.
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Calm down, cool down. I don't know if I can calm down
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and cool down about this team. They're doing things that Yankee
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rosters and Yankee rotations have never done.
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I'm talking about some great rotations in the past that the
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Yankees have. Remember the 98 rotation the
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Yankees had? Ridiculous, ridiculous.
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And that was the best Yankee team some people argue ever.
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This rotation right now is doing things that rotation hasn't
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done. I know it's only six games.
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It's incredible what they're doing right now, only pitching.
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They only have 4 starters right now going into Easter.
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It's crazy. Yeah.
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And it's it's. Listen, I'm on the same page
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with you. I'm thinking the same thing.
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I watched a little of that Mariners game and like you said,
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Schindler was playing out of his mind and I think he did so good
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that he made Kirby step up his game.
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If you go back and watch the game, it looks like Kirby came
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from over there and he said I need to pitch better.
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But then with a Ghostman, he had a three run Homer and sealed it
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up versus the Mariners. I thought that was great, but
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I'm with you on it. I think the Yankees are the
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favorite to come out of the East, and I think, you know,
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this might be the time. I know we've had some meltdowns
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in the postseason, but I think it's time that we bring it back.
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How? About Rice too, I mean, Rice has
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been unbelievable for the Yankees.
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He's been the best hitter for the Yankees and he did this last
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year and then he kind of died down in the second-half.
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I think he's going to be better this year.
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I predict the way Rice is playing right now, as long as he
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can be half decent as a defensive player, he might start
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for the All Star team at first base.
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He he very much could be the best first baseman here in the
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American League. Now what he's doing right now.
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This guy's on base percentages been as good as as a young
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player the Yankees have brought up in years.
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Could you remember the last time it was Aaron Judge?
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Aaron Judge is the last that the only player that I can remember
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that has an on base percentage like Rice has right now.
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And it's incredible what he is doing right now.
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You got to give him a lot of credit and and he has a good
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teacher and Goldschmid who's one of the one of the great first
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baseman's of this time. So I think this is a great story
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for the Yankees. Schlittler Rice, their
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youngsters are going and doing very well and hopefully we'll
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see little Spencer Jones come up soon.
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Not little big Spencer Jones come up soon with that bat in
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that lineup. That's all I wish.
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I want to see that kid in the lineup.
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There's a lot to be happy about with the New York Yankees.
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Don't go out, don't trade away prospects.
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Let's ride or die with these young guys and see what they
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have. Yeah, Rice is interesting.
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He has a lot of advanced metrics.
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People behind him last year they said he was the most unlucky
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player in all of Major League Baseball with his stats.
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Using all those things, you can talk about each one by itself,
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but if you combine them all, he got screwed the most by bad
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luck, they said in the entire league.
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So seeing him come out like this, he's kind of due for some
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good luck. He's crushing it right now.
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The Yankees absolutely needed that cue.
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I was just going to throw it to you a little earlier about, you
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know, fast starts and how important those are.
22:26
Or are they kind of like overrated because like I always
22:28
said, it's more how you finished and how you start.
22:31
But like, obviously it starts important to know.
22:33
Yeah, I think, well, when you're young, a fast start can give you
22:37
all the momentum that you need. So I think that especially when
22:40
you come into, you talk about opening, opening day and new
22:42
season and getting out there, getting those wins early helps
22:47
you on the backside. So, you know, everybody goes
22:49
through a little slump during the middle of the season, but
22:51
what not, but be able to have those wins stack up on the top
22:54
of what you're doing on the back end of the season, it's
22:56
tremendous. So.
22:58
So now how do we explain Francisco Lindor?
23:02
Speedy Francisco Lindor of the Mets multiple mental mistakes in
23:08
yesterday's loss versus the Cardinals.
23:10
Forgot how many outs there were in the first inning and he had
23:14
the ball, stepped on the base and didn't turn the double play.
23:17
He gets picked off in the 6th inning when Soto's at the plate
23:21
and then Soto hits a home run. They end up losing.
23:24
This would have put them over the top to win.
23:27
I mean, pretty terrible job by Lindor, who's supposed to be the
23:31
leader of the team. He got killed by everybody in
23:34
the media today especially. Yeah, it's definitely not
23:37
something you see that's unlike him.
23:38
You've seen this with other Mets players that have come up.
23:41
We saw that with Ahmed Rosario. We saw that with even Pete
23:44
Alonso at the beginning of his career had a lot of defensive
23:46
random blunders. Lindor was never that type of
23:48
player. So it's definitely surprising to
23:50
see that kind of thing, but did not learn from it in the first
23:53
inning to the 6th inning and just try to, I guess, be
23:55
unaware. It's definitely not a good ideal
23:57
thing when you have other guys in the lineup, especially the
23:59
new addition, struggling. But that's struggling.
24:01
We talked about Simeon struggling right now at the
24:02
plate. You can't have those kinds of
24:04
things that have the Mets lineup be top having.
24:06
Media's got to stop. This team is still playing 500
24:09
baseball. It's still early in the season.
24:12
I'm not going to worry about the Mets.
24:13
This team's going to win 1413 games in a row and they're going
24:17
to get really, really hot because this lineup is really,
24:19
really good. Bob Bouschette is not going to
24:21
be hitting and striking out like he is doing right now.
24:25
I mean, he's moving to a position he's uncomfortable
24:27
doing. And this guy is an all world
24:29
hitter. This guy's won a batting
24:31
championship, a batting, you know, a title.
24:33
I'm not going to sit here and say Bob Bouschette is going to
24:35
hit one and 70 this year. This guy knows how to hit.
24:38
His father's one of the great hitters, a Hall of Famer.
24:41
I'm not going to attack Beau Bichette because he hasn't
24:44
figured it out yet. It's also New York.
24:45
There's a lot of pressure on you.
24:47
There's more pressure being put on him.
24:48
He's made what, the fifth highest paid player in baseball
24:51
right now? He's making more than Aaron
24:53
Judge. He is beside the Mets have the
24:55
two highest paid players in New York right now in baseball.
24:59
Think about that and they're on the same team and not the two
25:02
best players in the league because the Yankees have the
25:04
best player in the league and he's making less so.
25:07
And that's not even a top ten player in the league, and he's
25:09
making top five money. Well, you have to buy into that
25:12
if you want a superstar player to come to you, because the Mets
25:15
are not what you call pinstripes of a place to go to.
25:19
No, and they're not even as a wet oil machine as you've seen
25:21
some of these did. You say wet or oil machine well
25:24
oil. I'm just saying I'm just hear
25:25
what you want to hear. But I just as I thought you
25:27
said, wet. Yeah, yeah.
25:28
I'm just. I'm just.
25:29
Now I'm going to turn you into the king of wishful hearing now.
25:32
Well, there is something about that, I do believe.
25:35
Do you bend the meat? I do bend the meat right Speedy.
25:37
Maybe you should. Thank you.
25:38
Maybe. Maybe I'll use your logic.
25:40
Maybe you should send the meat. I'm proud of you, Earl.
25:43
I thought she was going to lighten door up today, so I'm
25:46
actually I was. I thought we was gonna have to
25:49
take you back a little. Bit no, I listen.
25:51
I don't take shots at the Mets and I, I think that the Mets are
25:54
still a good team. They should make the playoffs.
25:57
We've seen the Mets completely fall apart in the second-half of
25:59
the season. I don't think that's going to
26:01
happen this year. They're going to figure it out.
26:03
They're going to get the legs under them.
26:05
They're too good of a lineup. And I still think this rotation
26:08
is, I mean, Peralta's good, Mcclain's good.
26:12
You have two dominant pitchers at the top of your pitching
26:14
staff. Why couldn't you find a way to
26:16
win games? And they got still Tong tong's
26:18
not even up yet. So I, I think there's their
26:21
rotation's still good enough to find ways to win.
26:23
The Mets are going to be fine. Yeah, I think they they play
26:26
well. I mean, I think they made a lot
26:27
of contact with the ball yesterday.
26:28
They just couldn't get on base. And I think they just like the
26:31
Knicks. They got identity crisis and I
26:32
know we're getting to them a little later.
26:36
Well, let's, let's do that right now.
26:38
Let's talk about those Knicks in this identity crisis.
26:42
So the Knicks did just beat Memphis Grizzlies.
26:45
No Jalen Brunson in that game. Didn't matter.
26:47
Memphis Grizzlies. Very bad.
26:51
I I looked at the roster of the Memphis Grizzlies.
26:54
Errol, I will give you $100 right now, if you could name you
26:57
guys on that team. I'm tired.
27:00
You really want me to pull something out of Miami?
27:02
Honestly, I knew 1 and I have never heard of dozen of the
27:06
players on that roster. It is an absolute joke of a team
27:11
said you're coaching. The team right?
27:12
Most. Available name on their team.
27:15
I'm telling that's the most. That's the name I recognize the
27:17
most and only because I remember him from the draft a few years
27:20
ago, not because he's good in the league or anything like
27:22
that. The Knicks beat that team, but
27:24
before that, they lost three straight games.
27:26
They've lost four straight games against teams with winning
27:28
records. They got blown out by the
27:29
Rockets. On Tuesday, Josh Hart said that
27:32
the Knicks are not going in the right direction.
27:36
Not a great way to go with only a handful of games left in the
27:39
season. It's a regular season.
27:41
I, I, we have to see what this team's going to do at the tail
27:44
end, like 4 games left, three games left.
27:46
We'll see how they they react to it.
27:48
I'm worried about Mike Brown getting Karl Anthony Towns
27:51
involved in the game. That's been the big problem for
27:52
the Knicks. You have two guys you're 2
27:55
leading scorers in Jalen Bronson and Karl Anthony Towns.
27:58
Both don't play defense. That's going to be a problem in
28:00
the playoffs. That is going to be a big
28:02
problem if these guys are not consistent as far as defending
28:06
their position or even helping out on the glass.
28:09
And Karl Anthony Towns, he disappears in games.
28:11
That has something to do with coaching.
28:13
If he's not getting the ball, the only person that is handing
28:15
on the ball, giving the ball is Jose Alvarado.
28:18
That's a problem when Jaylen Bronson is not feeding the ball.
28:21
Josh Hart's not feeding the ball.
28:22
Oh, Jana, Nope, he's not feeling feeding the ball.
28:24
Mikhail Bridges isn't feeding the ball.
28:26
If there he's not getting fed the ball.
28:28
They're not winning games. They're not winning champion A
28:30
championship. That's the big problem right
28:32
now. It's all about Karl Anthony
28:34
Towns. If he's not involved in a game,
28:36
he's not giving you 25 and 12 in a game.
28:38
Good luck, Knicks. You'll probably lose in the
28:40
first round. It it's so very important.
28:42
He is so important to this team. I would say he's more important
28:47
than Jaylen Bronson is as far as what we need the Knicks to do
28:50
and how they're going to run their offense.
28:51
They need to run their offense just as much through him as they
28:54
do to Jaylen Bronson. Yeah, you mentioned last week we
28:57
were having the size debate of like Carl Anthony Towns doing,
29:00
you know, do show his skill set is like this great shooting big
29:02
man against teams that have size too.
29:04
And Houston is definitely one of those teams and did not showcase
29:06
it in this game. Knicks vows back against the
29:08
Grizzlies team. But how much does that really
29:10
matter, Fish? Like you're saying they have
29:11
like their entire roster injured?
29:12
And that's also a big problem for the New York Knicks.
29:14
They have problems beating good teams.
29:16
They did it last year and they're doing it this year.
29:19
They don't when the games are close or they're coming down to
29:22
the nitty and the gritty. We saw what happened against
29:24
Indiana. We saw what happened at some
29:27
points against Detroit. They got lucky against Detroit
29:29
and a lot of the games they blew out the Boston Celtics.
29:32
I'm not taking shots at you quitting, but they blew out.
29:35
They they completely destroyed the Celtics.
29:37
And maybe it was the way everything fell together or
29:40
maybe Boston just thought they were going to run right all over
29:43
the New York Knicks. But the other two teams, they
29:45
had problems. Detroit was a hard team and they
29:47
had problems with them in the first, in the first first round.
29:51
And I they definitely have problems against Indiana.
29:53
If they expect to play that gritty kind of game, the Knicks
29:57
are not going to beat those teams.
29:58
Detroit's tougher than them. The Celtics are tougher than
30:01
them. And, and I would say the only I
30:03
would say Cleveland isn't tougher than them, but there are
30:06
other teams that if they're match up, could you imagine a
30:08
Hawks match up against the New York Knicks?
30:10
I. Would be afraid of the Hawks.
30:12
He would. He would be the.
30:12
Hawks I would be afraid of. He's cover the low guys, He's
30:15
cover the low. I'd be afraid of the Hawks
30:17
because they're a tough team. They play tough now that Trey
30:20
Young is gone. They're they're tough and they
30:23
don't go out there and talk or curse out to the fans like Trey
30:26
Young or giving the fans the finger.
30:28
They go out and they play fundamental to fundamental
30:31
basketball and fundamental teams are those teams that I work
30:34
worry about because they got players that will play hard and
30:37
play at the top, play at a top level against the top team.
30:40
The Hawks all the spark they needed is to get rid of two
30:42
players that Knicks fans love, Trey Young and Chris Tops
30:44
forcing. Yeah, but I mean, I think the
30:48
Knicks are, like I said, they got an identity crisis and I
30:51
think they're using their offense as their defense.
30:53
But the problem is that you're going to have to stop somebody
30:55
at some point. And so I know you're a big fan
30:58
of OG, but I think they're going to need him to get over at least
31:02
20 or better to be able to compete in the playoffs.
31:04
Because I do think as the playoffs continue, Cat is just
31:07
going to stretch out and he's going to be taking a lot more
31:09
threes than he need to. And he's not.
31:11
He doesn't want to be a true big man.
31:12
And that's what they need. And with Janet Burson
31:15
utilization and then use it, wait and then having him step
31:18
out and shoot the three, it's just not going to cut it if that
31:20
shot is not making. So that's my concern is when the
31:23
shot not going in, what are you going to do?
31:24
Because you don't play defense. Yeah, You know, Q, he didn't
31:27
even attempt a single three and they were working the offense
31:29
through him last night in this Memphis when he didn't take 1/3
31:33
pointer. Yeah, I mean, he had a good day,
31:35
but. I mean he's dominant unless he
31:37
just start whining about not getting calls.
31:39
Turn the ball over a lot, too. Yeah, if he take that away, he
31:42
could really be a good stretch 5.
31:44
Stretch 4. And it's Mike Brown, and I'm
31:46
going to tell you this right now.
31:47
If Mike Brown gets knocked out in the first round, he could be
31:50
1 and done this year. They could fire him after this.
31:52
Show you guys we face the census.
31:54
What do you think? They'll beat the Sixers, I
31:57
think. They'll beat the Sixers, yeah.
31:59
The thing with the Sixers is I don't trust the Sixers and I
32:04
don't trust. Their family.
32:05
And that's what I'm saying, if they healthy, do you trust that
32:08
and this can go and can beat them in a series?
32:10
I think the Knicks will beat them in a series.
32:12
I don't trust the Sixers. I don't trust them as a team.
32:16
I like Tyrese Maxi, I think he's a great player, but am I going
32:19
to trust Joelle Embiid? I don't even know if Paul George
32:21
is going to be ready. I don't even know if he'll be
32:23
healthy enough to play in if in a full series against the New
32:26
York Knicks. I don't trust.
32:28
I don't trust their. Team Aaron Glenn said at the NFL
32:31
annual meeting. Yeah, I heard that Geno Smith
32:35
will lead The Jets to the Promised Land.
32:38
This being Passover, as you know, second night of Passover.
32:41
I thought this was a relevant thing to bring up the promised
32:44
Land and Aaron from the Bible. The name Aaron, just like my
32:47
name. I was there the day Gino was
32:49
drafted. At no point in my life that I
32:52
ever think him in the promised Land.
32:53
We're going to come up on this one together.
32:55
Maybe the promised land is what JPP found because he thinks he's
32:58
healthy enough to go back to the Big Blue and play for the Giants
33:02
one more time at age. Got to be around in his late 30s
33:05
and I know he only has about 7-7 or eight fingers left on his
33:08
hands. I don't know how he's doing it,
33:10
but God bless that man. He was on the practice squad of
33:13
the Bucks last year. Is, is Aaron Glenn part of a
33:17
movie called Babes in Toyland or Laurel and Hardy movie?
33:20
Because there is no way that this guy is going to take him to
33:25
the promised land. Maybe three wins, five wins at
33:28
best promised land not going to happen.
33:31
This is there's nobody on this roster as as far as quarterbacks
33:34
are concerned that is going to take him to the promised land.
33:37
Now, if they bring in Ty Simpson and let him sit and let him
33:39
learn and and he develops, maybe that happens.
33:42
Maybe they go and draft a quarterback next year and Dante
33:45
or. Or no, he said Manning.
33:46
Or whatever, whoever, whoever they decide, they're going to
33:49
have to hope on whoever they draft to be their future Geno
33:54
Smith. He's the same guy that got
33:55
knocked out by a linebacker because even paying $500 because
33:58
of a bat, because of playing poker, whatever the hell it was.
34:02
And, and again, I hope this thing, I hope this thing helps
34:06
Geno Smith understand what the New York media is and what the
34:09
New York fans are all about because it didn't work the last
34:11
time he was here. But I, I don't think he's bad.
34:14
I don't think Geno Smith, I think he's better than any any
34:17
of the quarterbacks The Jets have had since, you know, Aaron
34:20
Rod. I mean, Aaron Rodgers wasn't
34:22
even good, so I don't even know. So I mean, maybe Sam Dolan, Mark
34:26
Sanchez, he wasn't even that good either.
34:27
So I mean, there hasn't been anything Christian Hackettberg
34:31
couldn't hit bronze side of a barn or something.
34:33
Like. That you could only hit a
34:35
report. Chad Pennington.
34:36
I like Chad Pennington. If he stayed healthy, if you
34:38
didn't have shoulder problems, Chad could have been great.
34:40
He really could have been. He was, I think Aaron is crazy,
34:43
man. I think, I mean, he said that
34:45
fell asleep at the combine. Then he's talking about
34:48
integrating AI into coaching and things of that nature.
34:51
So I think he's all over the place.
34:53
He don't have an identity. Don't think that Gino then is
34:56
even thinking about taking The Jets to the promised land.
34:59
So I think he's just trying to stay relevant in the news or
35:02
whatever, and he's doing a pretty good job at it as far as
35:04
being in the news, but all for the wrong reason.
35:07
All right, and let's finish with hockey.
35:09
There was a goalie fight between the Rangers and Devils goalie
35:13
this week. That was awesome.
35:15
Igor just Sturken got charged by Devil's winger in the crease,
35:20
Paul Cotter. He went after him.
35:22
Markstrom then skated the length of the ice only to get put down
35:26
by Igor. I knew he what an awesome, what
35:29
an awesome job. The highlight of the Rangers.
35:33
Who cares? They're both not making the
35:34
playoffs. Nobody cares who.
35:37
Won. Rangers didn't.
35:38
It was. A good fight.
35:39
It was a good fight. You got to admit.
35:41
It was a good. It was a.
35:41
Good back and forth and he put them down.
35:43
Kelly Rooney, Patrick Wall was a good fight.
35:45
That was not OK. Please.
35:48
Patrick, Patrick and Give. Us nothing to be excited about.
35:51
More importantly though, just to finish off Sabres, play the
35:54
Islanders and beat them four to three on a goal by Krebs with
35:58
three minutes left. That puts the Sabres at 100
36:01
points for the season and gives them the first place spot
36:06
currently in the Atlantic Division and the most points.
36:09
I also believe in all of the Eastern Conference, the
36:12
Islanders are third in the Metro.
36:14
They have a one point lead on the Blue Jackets, but the Blue
36:16
Jackets have a game in hand. They also leave the last wild
36:20
card spot over the Senators by three points, but Ottawa has two
36:24
games in hand. I'm not worried.
36:26
I'm not worried about the Islanders.
36:27
I think the Islanders will sneak into the playoffs, even if if
36:30
there's an eighth seed. We might see the Buffalo Sabres
36:32
in the Islanders in the first round of the Battle of New York.
36:35
That would be fun to watch. It's not the Rangers in the
36:38
Islanders that every New York fan wants to see, but it'll be
36:41
fun. The Buffalo Sabres are a young
36:42
team up and coming team. They're they're loaded and they
36:45
they have a tremendous type of player like Tage Thompson, who
36:49
has been so sensational all season long, including winning a
36:52
gold with Team USA. I'm not.
36:54
And again, the Islanders, all they got to do is make the
36:57
playoffs and anything could happen.
36:58
They have a great goaltender in Sorokin who's probably going to
37:01
win goalie of the year. I mean, his metrics would tell
37:03
you that he should. And they have probably arguably
37:06
the best young player right now in hockey.
37:09
So I, I, that's what you want to see.
37:11
I want to see Buffalo in the Challengers making and see the
37:13
battle of New York. Nothing really impressive about
37:17
the Rangers and the Devils fighting goaltenders.
37:20
Whoever is beating the hell out of anybody, the only thing
37:22
they're going to be pounding out is beers on a golf course at the
37:26
end of the season. They can hang out on the golf
37:28
course and beat the hell out of each other there.
37:29
I could care less. Yeah, the Islanders, I think
37:32
they were due to level out a little bit, but they haven't
37:34
really gone on any bad stretches yet, so I think they will still
37:36
be fine too. Ottawa was a very streak reliant
37:38
team there in the first wild card out and Buffalo's play them
37:41
tonight. So they're going to actually get
37:42
a little help from Buffalo and Buffalo, yeah, they've weathered
37:45
the course very well, getting a better goaltending now.
37:47
That was the question coming in. If they can get in the playoffs,
37:49
they're definitely dangerous. All right, Lee Carousel.
37:52
That is the concrete jungle carousel.
37:55
And now, ladies and gentlemen, the deuce of the day.
37:57
The deuce of the day, you log, not a log.
38:01
I don't have a log, but no. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
38:11
I was hanging out in the facility today and I'm, I'm not
38:13
talking about the bathroom because we are talking about the
38:16
deuce of the day. But I was hanging out at the
38:18
office today and before I left, I was talking about media day,
38:22
going to the Ducks media day and hanging out and interviewing
38:25
some of the players. And then I get a call and a text
38:28
message from Fish and he tells me that Trevor Bauer just signed
38:32
a contract for this year to play for the Ducks.
38:35
That's great because Trevor Bauer is one of the highest and
38:38
most dislike players in the Major League.
38:41
What was in the major leagues? There's a lot of stories behind
38:44
some of the background. Jabba didn't like him, a lot of
38:47
people don't like him, and now I got to get a chance.
38:49
I'm going to have a media pass all season long to go to Ducks
38:52
games and get as much information as I possibly can
38:56
from Trevor Bauer as he signs a contract with the Ducks.
39:00
I'm loving it. Now I can get all the
39:02
information I need. I can use it to attack the major
39:06
leagues, attack everybody that spoke about him, including Jabba
39:09
Chamberlain that came on the show and said he was a nasty,
39:12
mean person. I'm just, I'm very intrigued
39:16
because I'm going to get as much content as I possibly can from
39:19
this guy. I don't know if it's a deuce of
39:20
the day or it's the goal of the day because my goal this year is
39:24
to get all the information I possibly can from Trevor Bauer
39:29
to attack the MLB to top and Ted Tack, Rob Manfred, Manford or
39:34
whatever you call him. This is a great story, ladies
39:36
and gentlemen. I'm loving it.
39:38
I'm seeping it. I'm happy, Speedy.
39:40
You're happy, right? Who cares what you like?
39:44
Oh, that's beautiful. Trevor Bauer coming to Long
39:48
Island with the Ducks. Got to reach out to Nick Goody.
39:51
When Nick Goody comes out in a couple of weeks, maybe we'll go
39:53
to a a Bower game. He's out here.
39:55
We'll go check out Trevor Bauer because they're buddies.
39:58
Even though Jabba and him didn't like each other.
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40:32
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40:43
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40:45
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40:49
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40:51
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the back end, all our interns, all the guys, all, everybody, I
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mean, including my own. I mean, I'm a little out there
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and tired. I've dealt with a lot of
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sickness over the last couple weeks.
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Just happy that I'm healing up and feeling better.
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And I'm definitely not playing cornhole with Mr. Weber.
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So I'll stay away from that. Ladies and gentlemen.
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Anyways, that's it for our show. Good night, farewell, goodbye
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It. It is the worldwide sports radio
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network, radio network, radio network.