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Will the Yankees actually MISS the playoffs? · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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To going to give him a significant You're going to have
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a ton of money to spend. Why not put it in one of the top
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three offensive players in the league?
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We're going to be looking at Aaron Judge and saying that he
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can't win the big game, Michael Jordan said.
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I played eighteen games. You don't see the fun doing.
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That a game where you got to go. I told you, Giant fans, say more
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I will say something and I I've been very frustrated over the
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last couple of days. It's been on the very busy
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weekend for me. The heat is gone from cool to
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hot and humid. At night it's nice and cool,
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it's windy, it's beautiful and the next day it's humid.
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It's disgusting, it's sticky. I hate this.
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When is fall coming? When the football season starts,
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that's when it usually means fall is around the corner and
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the winter is around the corner. When is the football season
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going to start? I am so tired of the summer.
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But you know, anyways, I don't want to get too deep into it.
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You see, I'm like lisping because I can't stand the summer
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anyway. Stop it.
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How is Nebraska? I mean, I haven't been to
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Nebraska. I haven't never been to
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Nebraska. How is it over there at Omaha?
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Omaha. I mean, you don't live there,
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but but you know, you know what I'm saying, You hang out over
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there. It's the same really.
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It's like you never know. One day it could be 90, the next
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day it could be snowing. It's that's it's kind of the way
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it is here if you it. Snows in the summer over there.
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Dude, you'd never know when it's going to snow here.
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I mean, we'll get a snowstorm in probably April.
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That's usually kind of I would in storm is not storm like
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normal, but you know, we'll get a couple inches, but it's all
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over the place here. I mean, we're supposed to be in
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the mid 90s by the end of the week.
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Tomorrow it's supposed to be 78. So yeah, it's just it's all over
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the place. But it's Nebraska.
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They say wait 5 minutes and the weather will change.
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I mean, we literally just had two huge storms that ripped off
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roofs and we had 91 mile an hour per winds.
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Was it a hurricane or tornado? What was?
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It we don't we don't get hurricanes, obviously there's no
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we're we're landlocked around here in the middle of the
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country. I got.
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It you're right, that was like Kansas City.
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So yeah, tornado sirens went off, but there were no
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tornadoes. But it was anywhere from 60 to
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91 miles an hour and trees down everywhere and ripped, I mean,
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roofs off and everything. So.
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And then it was then it was perfectly fine.
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And, you know, nice sun was out. Shirts off.
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You're running. You're getting your workout in,
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Shirts off. Who you?
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Oh yeah. Press Are you trying to impress?
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No, I'm trying to even out my tan line.
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Terrible. I got it.
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I figured that's what you were doing.
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You weren't trying to impress your future wife.
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Why would you do that? Your Jabba Chamberlain you don't
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need. To they it was it was funny.
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We went and Carter and I played catch and, you know, it's
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already hot enough and he wants to go play catch on the football
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field. And I'm like, can we go play on
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grass and not turf? Like, what are we?
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What are we doing here? Like.
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Isn't Carter going back to school?
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In yeah, yeah, he just got back they won the NBC World Series
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last week well yeah, a week and a half ago and then back we got
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his house already got his house everything done so now we're
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going to move him back here and I'm a good.
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So you're moving him back here? From no moving him back to
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college. OK, yeah, he he came home after
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he was in hutch. I got it.
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Yep. At college and then moving back
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there and get all the, all the odds and ends and stuff that he
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needs. So yeah, the it's going by
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faster and faster, man. It's he ain't getting younger.
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Is he moving into the portal? Is there any conversation when
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it comes to going? Junior college.
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Junior college is different right then per SE like a four
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year university, whether it's NAIA division 231 like so it
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just depends. Like junior college technically
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now nowadays with the way things have changed really doesn't go
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against your eligibility wise. Oh really?
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So yeah, so technically he'll have he'll still have 4 full
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years. Yeah, I'm learning all this
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stuff too, does. He want to do that?
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Does he want to go play D1? Is he planning to play D1
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baseball? I think we'll just kind of see
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what happens. He went junior college just to
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figure out if he wanted to play a position or if he wanted to
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just pitch. And, you know, we talked about
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it, you know, throughout his whole, you know, recruiting
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process that it's going to be hard to do both, man.
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It's it's it's really, really hard to do.
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And, you know, we were talking about a playing catch the other
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day and, you know, and I was just like, do you miss hitting?
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And he's like, yeah, but he goes, it was already hard enough
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to do, you know, both being healthy, like what, you know,
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get hurt, how's that rehab and, and all the other stuff.
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So it was it was a great choice for him.
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He's got great teammates. You know, he's their their
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school as a whole is really, really good.
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They won the national championship in football and
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basketball is good. Their soccer team is good.
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So it's a really cool, yeah, really, really good junior
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college. And so, yeah, they like I said,
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they won the NBC World Series this this summer.
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So yeah, he's he's had a good summer and back and playing
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golf. And so, yeah, so I don't.
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I was going to go back and six. Foot 5, right 65.
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Just short of it, Yep. Long and ready to drive drive it
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in Speedy drive it in. As we always say you like to
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drive the golf balls and drive the nice long iron.
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But yeah, I I wish him nothing but the best.
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I hope everything. Works out.
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For him and hopefully he can go play D1 baseball like his daddy
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did and, and work in and work his way up from obviously single
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A to AA to AAA. And, and a lot of these young,
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these young kids, we've seen this over and over and over
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again, especially here in Long Island.
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They decide to not play college ball.
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They just want to jump right into the majors and go play
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single a baseball. So it's interesting when you see
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some of these kids in, in the development development of these
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kids. I've seen Garrett Cole, he
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decided he gets drafted by the Yankees.
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He was a first round draft pick and he said, he said that I, I
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want to go play college ball. I want to play for UC LA and he
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decided to obviously waive his eligibility to go and play
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college ball. And then he goes back into the
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draft a couple years later and gets he's the first round, he's
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the number one pick in the first round and he goes to Pittsburgh
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and now look, he's playing for the New York Yankees.
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Obviously he's been out for the season and he was a Brian
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Cashman guy. So we'll see.
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I'm interested to see where your son goes and and where he
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believes he is going to be as a baseball player moving forward.
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He is young. He's 6 foot 5.
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He's he's built like it Ox, like you say, and he's better looking
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than you, so that's a good sign. Oh, that's that's a fact for
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sure. Aaron Boone ejected again.
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Yanks keep losing despite Judge return as a DH The Yankees
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manager Aaron Boone was ejected for the fifth time this season
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during the third inning of of the Yankees 71 loss against the
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Astros yesterday. Boone was tossed from the game
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for arguing balls to strikes in a Ryan McMahon at bat in the
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third inning. Boone had been arguing from the
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bench about low strikes and was tossed from continue for
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continuing to harass the home plate umpire.
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Boone was caught on camera arguing about the low strike
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calls, telling home plate umpire Derek Thomas you need to fix it
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later in the game. The Yankees ace Max Free also
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was frustrated which not getting calls from Thomas during the 5th
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inning, leading to the Astros extending their lead in their
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inning which was the final inning for Freed.
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In another short outing of late, the Yankees fan, the Yankees
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fans were seen at the stadium wearing paper bags over their
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heads, many of them saying to fire Aaron Boone.
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Since the All Star break, the Yankees are 27 and 36 have the
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second worst bullpen in ER as fourth worst in ER A over all
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baseball. In that time, the Yankees only
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hold a half a game lead over the Guardians for the final American
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League Wild Card spot. How do I shoot this from the hip
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guys? I mean, I could shoot it many
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different ways. You Yankee fans out there have
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heard my thoughts to where the Yankees are and what the Yankees
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should have done at the trade downline.
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So I'm going to shoot this very nicely for all you fans to
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understand. And I'll speak English because I
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don't know how to speak Chinese or Spanish.
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Because if I could, I would because they absolutely sickened
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me. This team is not good.
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This is not a good roster. This team is built on a bunch of
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secondary players, farm system players that are not good.
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McMahon's a good player. He's not a great player.
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Giancarlo Stan should not be playing in the outfield.
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Aaron Judge right now is going to be a bona fide DH for the
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rest of the season. Dominguez stinks.
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Bellinger, Speaking of the devil, is the only one that
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actually can hit the ball right now.
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This is a bad roster and Aaron Boone, everybody wants to bloom.
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Give me a break. Aaron Boone has a lot.
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It is a lot to be blamed for with obviously what this team
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does after the game and the way they speak to the media.
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Because he should be speaking to the players and saying you
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shouldn't say anything. Let me do the speaking.
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Let me attack what we're doing on the baseball field.
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But you see, here's the problem. Aaron Boone is a puppet.
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Aaron Boone's being told by Brian Cashman and all the execs
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what to say when he's speaking to the media.
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So he looks stupid and dumb when he goes out there and says, says
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we're still a good team. We're still a good roster.
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We're still a good defensive team.
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We still have a good ball pen. We still have a good pitching
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roster. What are we watching here?
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This is not a good roster. This is not a good team, Yankee.
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Feds. Do you actually believe this is
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a good roster? Max Freed has been a shell of
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himself since the first half of the season.
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This guy was 9 and O at one point.
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Go look at his record since the second-half since the All Star
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break. Look how many runs he's given
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up. And I'm not blaming Max Freed.
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I'm blaming the fact that the Yankees didn't give the pitching
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staff enough depth when we all know Clark Schmidt was not going
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to be healthy all season. We all knew that Marcus Strowman
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couldn't cut it and we all knew that he wasn't going to be back.
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And when he did come back, it was going to take him months to
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recuperate and get back to what he was the year before.
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They have no depth and the roster.
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We have Grissom coming off the bench and giving you power.
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What does he have? 20 home runs and he's batting
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245. This is not a good roster.
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And the fact that you see Aaron Boone going out there and
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yelling at umpires, to me, it's exciting.
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It's the only exciting part of this team.
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It's the only thing that stands out as far as I'm concerned to
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what this team is. I like that he has that
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personality to go out there and stick up for his player.
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I like that he goes out there and he's kicking the dirt and
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yelling like we all remember Lou Piniella used to do.
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Sweet, sweet. What did they call him Sweet
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Lou? I mean, remember when he was
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doing what he did with Seattle when Seattle was good, when he
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was out there sticking up for Ken Griffey Junior and Randy
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Johnson and Alex Rodriguez. Do we remember Sweet Lou when he
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was doing that? I and I remember when I was in a
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live when Lou Pinalo took over for the Yankees in the 80s.
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That's what you want to see your manager do.
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Go out there and show enthusiasm.
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That's all he could do right now.
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Because honest to God, this is not a good roster.
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And the fact that the Guardians are a half a game behind the
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Yankees. The Guardians traded away
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practically half their team at the trade deadline, and they're
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still a borderline playoff team. That to me is embarrassing.
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The Yankees added two relief pitchers that on any other team
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would probably be closures. And what are they doing?
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They're giving the closing job to Devin Williams.
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Does that make any sense? Oh, I'm sorry, It's the
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analytics. It's Brian Cashman in that
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analytic committee over there. What do we call them, Lenny?
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Or what? What do you call those analytic
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guys? I mean, it's a.
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Guy, yeah, that fish, said Lenny.
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It's embarrassing, the fact that he's going out there and showing
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some personality. I don't know why any fan is
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putting a bag over the head. Here's here's what I'll I'll put
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a bag on. I'll put a bag on.
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You know what? Because to me, that's all I care
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about right now watching New York Yankees is how how I'm
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getting laid after the game. If I'm a player right now on
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this team, that's all I care about traveling from city to
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city and how many bags I'm wearing.
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Because the fact is that's all I'm getting out of this this
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season. I'm getting I'm getting the fact
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that I'm going to five star hotels, I'm eating five star
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food and I'm begging five star women.
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That's about it unless they're married.
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But I mean, it didn't stop Kobe Bryant may rest in peace.
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I'm sorry, but I'm just speaking the truth here.
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The fact is these guys are out there embarrassing their
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organization. They are they're embarrassment.
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And Aaron, Aaron Judge being in the lineup.
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What did anybody think that Aaron Judge was going to be the
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savior? Being ADH?
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Honest to God, where? Where do we see this team even
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six weeks from now? Do we see them as a playoff
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team? Because the answer would be no.
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They're not a playoff team. They're not a good team.
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They're not a good roster. They're going to fire Aaron
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Boone at the end of the season. That's not going to make a
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difference next year. They're going to probably let
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Brian Cashman step down in the offseason because he has been a
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debacle over the last 3-4 years. I think Jabba would probably say
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10. It's not good.
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This is not a good team. Yankee fans, the Mets, I know
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Mets fans are sitting here laughing.
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Mets fans should not be laughing about the.
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Game. They should not be laughing
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about the Yankees. They traded away top prospects
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with relief arms thinking that these relief arms were going to
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save them. And it hasn't.
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Because guess what? It's not the relief problem that
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they're having. It is their lineup.
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That's been a problem really since the All Star break.
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I'm just speaking the truth here. 27 and 36 with a roster
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that has over $300 million of salary cap, $300 million, and
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Yankee fans are sitting there saying that the Yankees should
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have given Soto 600 or $768 million.
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Come on, guys. That wouldn't have made a
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difference. This roster wouldn't be
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different. The logic here is what the
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Yankees did was spread out the wealth they gave a pitcher who a
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lot of people thought was going to be all around good,
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especially as the second tier guy right behind Garrett Cole.
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But Garrett Cole was not healthy and that's why the Yankees and
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Garrett Cole's team over there, his agent decided, hey, I'm
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going to opt into my contract after he wanted to opt out
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because he knew he had problems with his arm.
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The fact is this is the this is very Yankee esque.
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Luis Savarino. Remember that?
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Remember Luis Savarino? Does anybody remember that?
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Luis Savarino got a contract from the Yankees and then the
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year after, Luis Savarino automatically had a shoulder
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injury. Then he came back and then he
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had an elbow injury. Before you know it, Luis
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Savarino wasn't pitching for the Yankees for almost three
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seasons, three seasons, and the Yankees knew about it.
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But guess what? Because he was the 3rd best
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pitcher in baseball and he was up for a Cy Young.
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The Yankees said, you know what? He's our guy.
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We're going to extend them. This is a problem with the New
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York Yankees. The Yankees settle for every
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single thing they do over the last couple of years.
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If George Steinbrenner was alive right now, he would have dug
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into his pockets and said, you know what?
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I'm just going to buy my way through.
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I'm going to buy my way through. I'm going to give one.
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So do a contract. I am going to hey, Albert, pool
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Halls is available or, or Mike Trout's available.
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And Bryce Harper, I'll bring it, all of them to my team and my
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roster. Oh, Trey Turner, he's available.
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I'm giving him a $400 million contract.
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That's what George Steinbrenner did.
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And the last time the Yankees actually dug into their pockets
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was in 2008. Do we remember when they gave CC
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Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and AJ Burnett the money?
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And why did they do that? Because the Yankees were moving
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into a new stadium, and Hal and Hank wanted their father to see
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one last championship before he passed.
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That's the facts. I know nobody's going to believe
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it. And I don't have an inside
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source. I'm just telling you what I saw
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it to be. The Yankees haven't won since
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2009. When did the Boss die?
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When did he die? Was it 2011?
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Was it 2012? When did the Boss die?
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I don't know The I don't know the year.
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Somebody looked that up. I have, I have producers all
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over the world and nobody knows Speedy, when did he die?
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It was 2010. Aaron Diaz says 2010 so.
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So he died. So he died a year after.
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So the Yankees. It was during the All Star
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break. So the Yankees spent the money,
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and Hal and Hank spent the money to make sure that their father
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saw another championship. And guess what?
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Since their father's death, how many championships have they
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won? How many World Series
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appearances that they have they made?
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Zero and one. That's what the Yankees stand
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for. Do you know what that stands
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for? Losers.
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That's what the Yankees are. I don't care what their wins
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are. I don't care that the Yankees
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are the have the winningest record and they're going on
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what, 35 years, 35 seasons with winning records and they're
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going to die. They're going to die like that
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Brian Cashman, even if he steps down, I think the Yankees could
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go another 30 years with a winning record.
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It's not going to matter because Yankee fans and the Yankees
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organization are based on one thing, and that's winning.
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And the Yankees haven't won for 15 seasons, the longest drought
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in Yankees history. This isn't the Mets.
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This isn't the Mets where it takes them 40 years to win a
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title. And the Yankee fans are fighting
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Met fans all over social media arguing who's better.
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Who cares? The Yankees have won 27 World
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Series. Do we remember when Joe Girardi
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was wearing #28 after 2009? Because he was so sure he was
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going to bring back and bring home #28 guess what?
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It's been 15-16 years and the Yankees still haven't brought
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home #28 and it might be another 10 before they do that.
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Because this organization has a bunch of lazy asses, lazy guys,
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lazy people running this organization.
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And I'm going to, I'm not going to mention names.
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You know who I'm talking about. And I'm not going to hurt myself
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on working with the New York Yankees organization, so I'm not
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going to mention names, but you know who you are, Yankee fans.
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You know who they are. Every single Yankee fan looking
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at me right now. Don't lie and don't be deceitful
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about what your team is all about.
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The fact is this organization is poorly run.
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It's poorly been run over the last 16 years.
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I'll keep the quick ones. We have our guest.
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This is the most like leadership questions that they've had too.
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Obviously, Aaron judges a captain.
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I'm not taking shots at him. And I agree with you about boom.
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Like I think he gets a little too much Flack.
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But like 2023, two years ago, everyone was doing the media
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circus with Josh Donaldson and Stanton, like should he play the
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outfield? Should he not?
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And stuff like that. That was infiltrating.
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And that was the last year the Yankees missed the playoffs.
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He's a little winning record, but they were never really
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competitive that year. They last year they missed the
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playoffs before that was 2016. And that was a year that no,
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they weren't supposed to do well anyway and that the rest of that
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division was good. So it did need to get the
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outside source, whether it's one of the players, whether it's a
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different coach other than Aaron Boone to rally this team.
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Take it is all right. We lost two out of three of the
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Astros to be a good team. Now let's our winning streak
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starts now, because a lot of these younger teams, Seattle,
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the Red Sox that have way less, not way less talent, I should
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say with Seattle, but the Red Sox less talent are now rising
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because they actually have a good team culture.
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Yeah, it's there's a lot that has transpired over this time
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of, of not winning or whatever. And I've said it numerous times
23:14
on numerous shows, on our show, on other Yankee podcasts and and
23:19
so on. It's just it just feels like
23:22
they're OK with getting there. There's no, like, sense of
23:26
urgency or there's no like, OK. Yeah.
23:28
Like, how many times have I heard?
23:30
Well, we got to the World Series last year and, like, what?
23:34
Yeah. So you're the first loser.
23:35
Sweet. I'd rather go kiss my sister
23:38
like. Do you have a sister?
23:39
I like to kiss her. Nah, probably wouldn't.
23:44
Nah, Nah. No, you put yourself down.
23:47
I mean shave the beard and show people how sexy you are.
23:50
Maybe I'll believe. That she's and she's like a foot
23:53
shorter than me. Oh, you do have a sister.
23:56
I do. She's four years older than me.
23:57
Oh, OK. All right.
23:58
Yeah. You thought I was making that
24:00
up? No, I did I.
24:02
Thought I listen. If you want me to kiss your
24:03
sister, I might do that. I'm just.
24:05
Kidding. No, I don't want to get myself
24:06
into. Trouble here.
24:07
No. So I just think it's they, they
24:12
say they want to win. Are they doing the things?
24:14
I, I think a little bit not like fully to the extent of what it
24:18
really takes. But obviously that's just my
24:21
opinion. I'm not in the clubhouse.
24:22
I'm not in the front office. It's the same front office since
24:26
literally late 90s, early 2000s. I think that whole front office
24:30
game, the latest that they brought in the people that are
24:32
still there is like Kevin Reese and Tom, it's in 2007.
24:35
Everybody else has has been there.
24:38
And so it's just I, like I said, it's, it's playing tug of war
24:42
and it feels like they're on, you know, opposite ends and not
24:45
on the same side. And if, if that's the way it's
24:48
going to be and they're, they're settling and they're OK with
24:51
just getting there, then I think that's kind of just the way it's
24:53
going to be, right? Like we haven't seen anything
24:56
changed drastically in, in the time frame that we've seen.
25:01
So I don't know if it's really going to, I don't know if, if it
25:06
takes firing, there's obviously somebody that's going to, you
25:08
know, have to eat it at some point where you you've got to
25:12
make a decision. Do you keep the same thing?
25:14
Are you still OK with, you know, being settling and being like,
25:18
oh, we got there. I just, it's crazy because it's
25:21
kind of everybody's saying the same thing and it, and it's kind
25:23
of the common denominator is like, yeah, yeah, we're cool
25:25
with getting there, but are we going to make that step to
25:28
actually like boom, like here we go.
25:30
So we're gonna talk to the blue in the face till something
25:34
happens. And I don't know if that's
25:35
really gonna happen anytime soon.
25:37
I mean, just my opinion. I have a better chance to having
25:39
blue balls and watching my face turn blue.
25:41
So anyways, ladies and gentlemen, we call this the Golf
25:45
Clap of the day. This deserves a golf clap.
25:49
No doubt. All right ladies and gentlemen,
25:55
my golf clap of the day goes to the UFC as they secure a
25:59
landmark deal with Paramount. Yes ladies and gentlemen, you
26:03
get a chance to see the UFC on Paramount.
26:07
UFC has announced a game changing broadcast partnership
26:11
with Paramount making them the media giant the exclusive home
26:16
of all UFC events in the US starting in 2026.
26:22
Currently positioned on ESPN, the UF CS broadcast rights deal
26:26
has been an ongoing discussion for much of the year.
26:30
The new 7 year deal valued at an average and annual 1.1 billion.
26:36
We'll see Paramount Plus stream every UFC numbered event Fight
26:42
Night with selected cards simulcast on CBS.
26:47
It's a great, great move for the UFC.
26:50
Thank God they tell away from ESPN.
26:52
As we all know, the WWE decided to take on the responsibility
26:58
and working with the ESPNII. Just think that this is crazy.
27:03
The same owner, the same owners and corporation that owns the
27:07
UFC and the WWE decides to drop, yes, drop the UFC and pick up
27:13
the WWE and then the UFC decides, hey, you know what,
27:16
screw you, we're going to go with CBS and take $1.1 billion.
27:20
I think it's a great move for Dana White.
27:22
Dana White has been an absolute genius when it comes to building
27:27
a product and putting their products, their products center
27:30
stage with all the top combat sports, including boxing.
27:34
I love this deal. I think it helps obviously
27:36
Paramount build their product. What they're doing right now
27:39
with all these different series that they're bringing.
27:41
Mobland, I love it. I think it's great.
27:44
I think this is great for the UFC and putting them center
27:47
stage on CBS. I I think it's great.
27:49
So congratulations to the UFC. And that, ladies and gentlemen,
27:52
is my Golf Club of the day. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it
27:57
was wonderful. It's been wonderful.
27:59
And I love what the UFC is doing.
28:01
And they stay the hell away from what ESPN has done.
28:05
And I'm not taking shots at ESPN, but let's be honest, the
28:08
ESPN has not been very smart with the products they've put
28:11
together over the last couple of years.
28:13
And and that's why I think ESPN decided to part ways with the
28:15
USC because I think obviously what they have really produced
28:19
as far as studio work and and what they're promoting on Fight
28:23
Night has not been what they expected for a five year span.
28:27
It's been very, very bad. And I think the UFC realizes
28:30
that they're not going to grow on ESPN and they have a better
28:32
chance of growing on CBS in Paramount.
28:34
I actually couldn't stand this guy cuz every time he was on the
28:38
football field he killed the New York Jets.
28:41
There are guys that really stood out to me over the years.
28:44
This man stood out from all the rest.
28:47
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now talking to the first time on the
28:51
job in the Mouth show, 13 year NFL linebacker.
28:55
The one, the only Lorenzo Alexander, how are you?
29:03
Appreciate you guys, man Appreciate it.
29:04
I was, I was about this close for being a Jets player, though
29:08
when I became a free agent, when Rex Ryan was there, he was on me
29:11
heavy. But I end up going to Arizona,
29:13
got wrecks when I got the Buffalo.
29:15
So sorry about that, but I'm a Fact Check you real quick.
29:18
I got 15 years, you know. No, I know Jess fans don't know
29:21
how to count. It's all right. 15 you wouldn't
29:23
know. Came out in 05.
29:24
They don't count the practice squad years, which I don't
29:26
understand. I don't want to do it.
29:28
You know why? Because every time I remember
29:29
you, you made me sick to my stomach.
29:31
That's all. Every time I saw you, I'm not.
29:35
57 no more. That's Agent Vanessa.
29:37
You know, that's my guy. It's his number.
29:39
Yeah, well, guess what, I don't care what number you are, 5799
29:43
or 100, you pissed me off every time you want a goddamn football
29:47
field, I couldn't stand you. But I get to I get a chance to
29:51
see a little bit of what you're doing right now.
29:53
It's pretty damn amazing. It really is off the football
29:57
field and what you do, not only for kids and and all the
30:00
different junctions you're doing right now, it's a pretty
30:03
amazing. But I, I want to go into this
30:06
past season, the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen has been one of
30:11
those guys that have been picked on by many different people
30:14
around the look, one of those guys, Jalen Ramsey, a guy that
30:18
since he was drafted, took shots at him in the GQ magazine.
30:23
And, and Josh Allen very quietly says, you know, I'll, I'll do my
30:26
talking on the field, I'll do my playing on the field.
30:28
There are many different defensive players over the years
30:31
that say, oh, this guy's overrated.
30:33
He's not good. But hey, this is a guy that has
30:36
been the best quarterback really besides Patrick Mahomes really
30:40
throughout the league. Your thoughts to why everybody
30:44
hates Josh Allen in the league? I don't get it.
30:46
Yeah, I don't know. I wouldn't say everybody hates
30:48
him. You know, he had a little bit of
30:50
a dark cloud when he came into the league.
30:51
And so it may be some of that agenda kind of attached to it
30:55
when he got drafted. I know it was one of the things
30:57
that we even talked about internally when he was coming
30:59
out. And then, you know, you know,
31:03
Jalen just likes to talk too. You know, he likes to find he's
31:06
one of those guys he has to find something to talk about.
31:09
But obviously Josh's talent, his work ethic is spoken for itself,
31:13
you know, and he's gotten gone out there wanting MVP and you
31:16
knew he was special just the way he related to guys in the locker
31:19
room, the way he worked at it. I remember him getting hurt his
31:21
first year. I was like, dude, man, you may
31:22
want to sit out because you're going to be in his league a long
31:24
time. He's like, Nah, dawg, I'm I'm
31:26
about to go out here and grind it out.
31:28
You know, his his rookie year when he had like I think that
31:29
elbow or something. So guys get behind that and once
31:33
you're around him, you love him. So I've had nothing but great
31:37
respect and really been cool to see him growing.
31:39
I was actually back there for training camp.
31:41
So that was cool to see his masteration process of where he
31:43
was as a 2122 year old kid to now being a grown man, married
31:48
and being a leader in a franchise quarterback.
31:50
So. I want to go back to the year
31:51
before 2017. You guys broke the playoff
31:54
drought. That was since 1999.
31:57
What was that season like the the end of it?
31:59
Obviously the Ravens had to lose for you guys to get in.
32:01
What was that whole celebration like when you guys got in?
32:03
I mean, it was mayhem. It was great.
32:05
Really enjoyed it. You know, obviously going to
32:07
that year, I don't think people even thought we had an
32:08
opportunity to go there. We had Tyrod Tyler was our
32:10
quarterback. We had let go a lot of great
32:13
talent, guys that hadn't quite bought in or what Sean McDermott
32:16
was trying to build in Buffalo. And so, you know, I thought most
32:20
people thought it was going to be an 18 year drive, but we
32:22
found a way to kind of galvanized come together, trust
32:26
the process and Sean always says and put ourselves in a position
32:29
to where we had to get some help from Cincinnati.
32:31
And it was really cool. I mean that the the locker room
32:34
erupted. You can see Kyle Williams
32:36
crying. He had his kids in there because
32:37
he had been there with 12 years, I think at the time and hadn't
32:41
been ever been to the playoffs. So it was a special moment,
32:44
obviously for us with just the fans of Buffalo.
32:46
I mean, Bill's mafia, nobody competes with him.
32:50
I mean, I've been to five organizations and then have
32:53
opportunity to travel other places.
32:54
It's just nobody competes with their passion, love and it's in
32:57
the stadium and away from the stadium as well as far as the
33:00
way they support guys in the community as well.
33:03
As a fan, you always hear about Bill's Mafia and I wanted to get
33:07
your take because we see it as fans, but like do you guys feel
33:11
that like their presence like on and off the field and is it is
33:15
as crazy as it seemed in some of the pictures in the videos?
33:19
I've never got to really partake in like a lot of the pregame
33:22
activities, but I've had friends that come out.
33:24
My homeboy, the first we went to the players and played
33:26
Jacksonville actually was out there from Oakland Grove and
33:29
Charles Ellis was out there jumping through tables and it
33:32
just it's infectious. So once you get around you kind
33:34
of hanging out and be like, man, this is dope.
33:36
You know, since we're time, I've had an opportunity to try to get
33:39
into the mix and really feel it and see what it's like to
33:41
experience the energy and you just love it.
33:43
And I think from an off the field perspective, you know, you
33:46
know, you guys know that I'm really involved in the community
33:49
and trying to put on events for kids, free stuff, fundraisers,
33:52
so we can do programming. And Buffalo was probably the
33:55
only place I never had to worry about getting volunteers.
33:58
People are always signing up, trying to figure out how they
34:00
can get involved, how they can donate.
34:02
You can see that throughout, right when Joshua's grandmother
34:05
passes to Mark Hamlin, the amount of money that's donated
34:08
out when Cincinnati won. I can't think of the quarterback
34:11
right now, but Red Hand TCU, right donated to him and his
34:16
thing. I mean, they just very
34:21
philanthropic in a lot of ways and just all about being great
34:24
neighbors. So it's it's really cool to
34:25
experience. And the cool thing is that they
34:28
across the country, they're everywhere.
34:29
I'm in Phoenix right now. I can go to three or four
34:31
different Bills bars and feel like I'm back in Buffalo.
34:34
We are talking to former 15 year NFL linebacker Lorenzo
34:40
Alexander. You see, I added that I gave you
34:45
a nice little royal flush. Speaking of Royal Flush, the
34:49
another organization you played for was the Washington
34:53
Commanders and an organization that had a rookie quarterback in
34:56
Jamie Daniels that exploded right off the paper his rookie
35:00
season, took his team all the way to an NFC title game and has
35:04
an opportunity now with Dan Quinn to make even more noise
35:08
his second year. We've seen this many, many times
35:11
in their sophomore year, sophomore years.
35:14
CJ Strout, he was a guy that he had a good season, but he kind
35:17
of took a step back a little bit, needed to figure things out
35:20
in the second-half of the season.
35:22
What type of quarterback, when you watch as a defensive player,
35:26
do you see on tape that Jaden Daniels is?
35:30
I mean, he's extremely versatile, right?
35:31
He's a young quarterback. And if you want to compare him
35:34
with CJ Stroud, I think they both did a really good job as
35:36
far as understanding where they wanted to get the ball to out of
35:39
their hands pretty quickly. And that's typically what makes
35:43
makes it easy to compete against rookie quarterbacks because they
35:46
tend to hold on. They see ghosts and they end up
35:48
throwing you the football and those guys in the early
35:50
Christmas, I see what they did. I see what you did.
35:54
I see what you did. I see what you did, smart ass.
35:57
I see what you did, you smart ass.
36:00
I saw. I don't know.
36:02
I don't know what you're talking about, but what I'm saying
36:07
though, right? And then he's also a dynamic
36:10
runner, right? They, you know, running counter
36:13
with him, pulling guards and he has that extra IT factor about
36:17
him and again, being around him, being here when he played for
36:19
ASU, getting to see him up close, you get to see the type
36:22
of worker he is here. Coaches talk about him,
36:25
teammates and then obviously going to win the Heisman.
36:27
So guys really respect him. What he does.
36:29
He goes about his work the right way.
36:31
Now he may step back, right, Scary Terry isn't signed yet, at
36:35
least I don't think he is. So that's going to be an issue.
36:38
And then defenses have a whole year to kind of assess a really
36:42
game plan towards his strengths and he's going to have to make
36:45
the adjustments on the fly in order to to kind of repeat or
36:49
kind of mimic what he did as a rookie.
36:50
So I the reason why he said you were smart ass, because I'm a
36:54
Jet fan. And in his rookie season, there
36:58
was a quarterback that said on the football field against the
37:01
New England Patriots that he sees ghosts.
37:08
And I want to throw the F up because of course a Bills player
37:13
or a Patriot player always wants to bring up the butt fumble of
37:17
Mark Sanchez or the damn. I see ghosts out there in San
37:22
Donald. That's why I said it.
37:24
That's why I thought it was like, you know what?
37:26
They see ghosts. Yeah, I I see ghosts every time
37:29
I watch my goddamn team play football.
37:31
I. Want to relay back to where your
37:33
time with the Arizona Cardinals you were coached by the guy that
37:36
became The Jets head coach later in Todd Bowles is your
37:38
defensive. Coordinator and.
37:39
Also, Bruce Arians, one of my favorite coaches, very fiery
37:41
guy, always had some very interesting statements.
37:43
What were they like as coaches in your time in Arizona with
37:45
Carson Palmer and a future Hall first ballot Hall of Famer Larry
37:48
Fitzgerald? Yeah, well, there's a lot in
37:51
there. Well, BA and Todd are very
37:54
different. BA is is very in your face, cool
37:58
uncle type vibe, but it's going to MF you and let you know how
38:01
he feels in the moment. If you're not playing up to the
38:03
certain standard. Todd is more laid back chill.
38:07
He's going to hit you over the head, but he does it so smooth.
38:10
You like man is he hey, he hit me kind of hard.
38:12
So they they coach different, but obviously they've been
38:15
around each other. They they go about it very they
38:18
the goal is the same. They just deliver it
38:20
differently. But love both of them, very
38:22
aggressive coaches, personal coaches that care about the
38:24
players and they play a great style of offense and defense as
38:27
far as the way they compete. And then Carson was awesome.
38:31
Obviously we got him from Oakland that year.
38:33
He was an SC guy that I competed with or against when I was at
38:36
Cal back in the pack 10 days. And so that was just a real cool
38:40
experience. And now get to see him, right?
38:42
You always have these notions of who a guy is.
38:45
SC prima Donna, you know, they were.
38:48
I think he had won the Heisman that year too.
38:50
So you just get a idea. And I'm his rival.
38:52
But getting around Carson, seeing that, how he was as a
38:54
husband, a father was really cool.
38:56
And then you can't say enough about Larry Legend.
38:59
Uh, again, always in the community, always doing things
39:02
at the highest and most elite level is transition really well,
39:05
doing some big things. His son obviously just got a
39:08
scholarship to Notre Dame. My son is actually going to
39:09
broker where his son goes to now, but just a really good
39:12
friend I've had throughout the years and it's done, done
39:15
everything first class. So just really fortunate to be
39:19
around those type of dudes throughout my career.
39:21
And that's really how a guy that goes undrafted finds a way of
39:24
playing 15 years because you start getting around some dudes
39:27
that do it the right way. And if you're smart enough, let
39:30
me do a little bit of what he's doing, a little bit of what he's
39:32
doing and make it my own. And so very fortunate to be
39:35
around, you know, all four of those guys throughout my career.
39:38
Yeah, I'm glad you brought that up because that was something I
39:40
want to ask. My son's a sophomore in college
39:43
and, you know, it's one of those things to, you know, have kids
39:46
we talked about on the show and, and how that, you know,
39:49
transgressed. And sometimes it could be a good
39:50
thing. Sometimes it could be a bad
39:52
going from somebody that was undirected to play in 15 years.
39:54
What what do you think sets you apart of, you know, having the
39:58
chip on your shoulder? Or was it just, you know, hey,
40:00
I'm an open book. I'm a sponge.
40:02
I need to try to because I know I'm talented enough.
40:04
I believe in myself, but I got to show everybody else.
40:07
And like what? What sets you apart?
40:08
Because you easily could have been like, I'm undrafted, you
40:12
know, whatever, I believe myself and nobody else does.
40:14
And you could have folded and said, you know what, I'll go do
40:17
something else. But obviously you did.
40:18
And I got. I got.
40:19
Close to that point though, too. I mean, I was bouncing around a
40:22
little early in my career, got cut a couple of times.
40:24
Then I got on to like the traveling kind of circuit where
40:28
you flying in, doing all these workouts across the country and
40:32
people keep telling you no. And from being a guy, that was
40:35
the dude, right? That's a huge hit on your your
40:38
ego, your pride. Like, man, I'm not gonna
40:41
continue to put myself in these situations, but I had good
40:43
people around me. So that again, my mom, my uncle,
40:46
right, they believe more me at doing that time that I did
40:49
myself and really encouraged me to continue to show up.
40:51
And only reason why I got on Washington is because my man
40:54
Alice Guerrero, who's a Pat P's business partner now, pulled his
40:57
hamstring in the workout. That's how I got into
40:59
Washington. And once I got that taste right,
41:02
of having an opportunity to earn it after being cut, I, I
41:06
shifted, I, I, I took on a different level of
41:10
professionalism as far as how do you have to work the type of
41:13
effort you need to have. I think a lot of my faith, once
41:16
I got saved, I was around Sean Taylor when he passed.
41:18
I was in Washington for that, being grounded.
41:21
And you know, we talk about love, patience, kind joy, being
41:25
joyful, being gentle, being having self-control, becoming a
41:28
man in a lot of ways allowed me to then start really maximizing
41:32
and cultivating my talent to the full ability.
41:35
So that a guy that's, you know, as far as the NFL, when you
41:37
think about how athletic I am, I'm probably in the middle
41:39
somewhere, could then extend the 15 year career was really having
41:43
an opportunity to mature. Being around guys like James
41:46
Thrash, Ronaldo in London, Fletcher.
41:49
Those guys really helped shape me from a mentality standpoint
41:53
and help grounded me and help me mature as a man.
41:54
And then I started taking off and that's what I see what a lot
41:57
of kids are young men that fail. They have all this talent,
42:03
right, that's cultivated like you've been in the league, like
42:05
you, you know, 5-6, seven years. But mentally if they're still
42:09
like 15 year old boys, you know, they got these things where they
42:12
brought burning it on both ends and that's why things don't tend
42:16
to pan out or they bust because they burning up the cattle
42:19
dolphins. The CTE situation over the last
42:22
couple of weeks and obviously you know what happened in
42:25
Manhattan. I saw what you thought about the
42:28
CT situation. What are your thoughts to the
42:31
NFL in protecting the players and what do you think the NFL
42:34
needs to do for former players to help them move forward in
42:37
their lives? Well, obviously CT is real and I
42:40
think you have to mitigate it, which I think the NFL has done
42:43
in a lot of ways, being pushed by the PA to come up with all
42:46
these health and safety protocols that have really
42:49
gotten better. The culture has shifted because
42:51
when I played and had a concussion, I was going back out
42:53
in the game. I don't care what you he told me
42:54
now guys feel OK to go tell a guy or a teammate or a teammate
42:59
feels OK getting the guy out. So that the culture has shifted
43:02
in that regard in terms of like, you know, my son plays football.
43:07
I think there's ways to play a inherently dangerous game in a
43:11
Safeway possible, whether it's from a equipment, right?
43:14
I got it like the light helmet that I love #1 rated helmet by
43:18
the by UVA and does some good things.
43:20
So from a parent perspective and a player perspective, what is
43:22
what is the best equipment out there that I can wear to help me
43:26
mitigate some of those things to curing as well?
43:29
There's some things there. And then coaches, right?
43:31
How are coaches putting yourself in position to tackle safely,
43:38
still forceful, but as safe as possible and not doing these
43:41
stupid drills? And you don't really see that at
43:42
the NFL level, really see at the youth level more so than
43:45
anything else. And I think this education,
43:47
that's why I do a lot of things on my social media and in that
43:50
regard. And then, you know, some of the
43:52
stuff is just is unfortunate. And I think everybody
43:55
understands when you play like there's a potentiality that I
43:58
can develop. CTI may even have it now, right?
44:00
Because I've played so long. But that's not most people's
44:04
reality. Most people play, you know,
44:06
probably 5 to 6 years depending on where you get drafted.
44:09
But what I found, because I have a lot of guys like Ray Brown
44:13
played 20 years, offensive lineman, right, Daryl Green 20
44:16
years, these dudes are still thriving, right?
44:18
And so some of it's quite genetic, but they also are
44:21
always, they're still engaged. I think when guys get away from
44:26
the game and they don't stay engaged from a physical
44:29
standpoint, how am I take care of myself?
44:31
How am I am I continue to learn, right?
44:35
Those things help push that stuff down the road a little
44:38
bit. And so I think it's a holistic
44:40
thing that we have to continue to help guys.
44:42
And the NFL is way different because a lot of guys that
44:44
suffer from me, you look at them like the 60s, seventies, right?
44:47
They were smoking in the locker room, drinking in the locker
44:49
room, right? It's a whole different shift in
44:51
mind game now. And so we have to continue to
44:54
support those guys and meet them where they're at with CBA
44:56
benefits and all those stuff. And I think the league in the
44:59
Pennsylvania and overall the cultures are going in the right
45:01
way when we at least we're aware of it and trying to find out
45:04
what's the best way to have our game but also be as safe as
45:07
possible. Well, you're 1 of very few guys
45:10
that we've interviewed that really stands behind what the
45:12
Pennsylvania is doing and what the NFL is doing to help the
45:16
players. So I respect you and, and, and
45:18
your thoughts and you're very interesting and I wish we could
45:21
keep you all along. I know you're pretty busy and
45:23
you're doing a lot of things, so we appreciate the time as
45:26
always. Why don't you tell tell the fans
45:28
a little bit about what you're doing offset on the trying to
45:31
help some of the kids and and some of the stuff that you're
45:33
doing off the field. Well, first we'll give a shout
45:36
out to my daughter. She's turning 17 today.
45:38
Zoe Alexander. I'm having two birthday dinner.
45:41
So that's that's what's keeping me busy.
45:42
But you know, social media Loreza under score John have an
45:45
applied pressure performance and really just trying to help shift
45:49
the the culture and youth sports right.
45:51
You hear about AAU basketball, people fighting at football
45:54
games, betting on football games, kids getting concussions,
45:58
kids cussing, don't adult fights, just a lot of stuff
46:02
that's going on because everybody's fighting up.
46:05
Oh, I want my kid to go to the league or I want to win these AU
46:07
championships. And that's not what youth sports
46:09
is about. And so just trying to give my
46:11
perspective, you know, have been an athlete, being a dad, being a
46:14
guy that's out here coaching now cultivating what I found to be
46:17
the most important and that's inside out coaching.
46:20
Joe Herman wrote a great book about it, right?
46:22
We're trying to cultivate strong people by using the simulated
46:25
adversity that sports creates on a day-to-day prep, day-to-day
46:29
basis, right? And so sports reveals character,
46:32
right? And as coaches, then it's my my
46:34
obligation to help that young man or young lady develop into
46:37
the best person they can be. Because we know, and this is,
46:41
you know, a study that student athletes typically do the best,
46:44
whether in corporate America, right at, you know, wherever
46:46
they find themselves, they do really well because they've been
46:50
tried truth and tested over and over and over again.
46:53
So that's what I'm doing. That's what I'm the type of
46:55
myself I'm putting out there. I have my podcast as well,
46:57
Applied Pressure podcast that just trying to help people find
47:02
like the real advocates and people out there that are doing
47:05
it the right way. Well, we really appreciate the
47:08
time as always and I would love to get you on the show in the
47:12
very near future so we can kind of go the insurance and the
47:15
outs. I would love to know your take
47:16
of where you see the NFL and who, who do you think is going
47:20
to challenge the Buffalo Bills in the AFC this year?
47:23
Obviously Lamar Jackson has an opportunity but and the
47:26
Baltimore Ravens. But we really appreciate the
47:28
time and congratulations. Happy birthday to your daughter
47:31
and let's get you on very, very soon so we can finish this
47:34
interview, bud. Yeah, for sure.
47:36
Yeah, I'll jump back on. I'll find some time and get with
47:38
you guys. Appreciate it.
47:39
Absolutely. Lorenzo Alexander, ladies and
47:41
gentlemen, 15 year NFL linebacker.
47:45
And yes, he mentioned the ghosts as Sam Darnolds ghost live again
47:51
from another Buffalo Bills player.
47:53
I love it. Buffalo Bills and Patriot
47:56
players, They love to attack my New York Jets.
48:00
It's funny you I love it. It's funny Lorenzo Lorenzo was
48:02
mentioning a lot of there's a lot of Bills fans in Arizona.
48:05
Remember John Fina, the ex offensive lineman for the Bills
48:08
when he came on the show, you 2 had like a heated debate with
48:11
Aaron Rodgers. So it's like first being trained
48:12
over there or something like that.
48:14
It was funny, just completely sick to my stomach.
48:16
And I know I don't care what he says.
48:19
I know for a fact Lorenzo mentioned the ghost thing
48:22
because he knows they see ghost, though I don't remember anybody
48:26
saying that but Sam Donald. So that was a shot at The Jets.
48:30
He sat there and made it seem like it wasn't, but as soon as I
48:33
mentioned and he smirked on his face, he knew what he was
48:36
talking about. So that was a good interview.
48:38
He was fantastic. He gave us a good take of CTE.
48:42
He's one of very few players we've had on the show that has
48:46
stuck behind what the NFLPA has done to help players.
48:50
A lot of these ex players have taken shots at the NFL, not
48:53
helping, not really supporting some of these players offset on
48:57
the injuries that they had. And you you see and he's so I
49:01
think he's so articulate on everything that he has said.
49:04
He didn't really stutter on anything.
49:06
You can see that he's very confident about his personality
49:09
and where he sees the league and how the transition of the league
49:13
could either help football in the future and help the young
49:16
players grow or hurt football because of of people like me who
49:20
attacked the NFL. Oh, don't I love it.
49:26
Rodger Goodell in his private jets.
49:28
Yes, that was another thing I didn't want to mention it but
49:32
Lorenzo look like he stands very tall and strong about the NFL
49:36
and and what they stand for. I give him a lot of credit
49:39
because again, a lot of ex NFL players that have been on the
49:43
show really don't respect what the NFL has done for them and
49:46
stood behind some of these players after these terrible
49:50
injuries, life changing injuries they've had after their careers
49:54
were over. So CT is is for real, as you
49:57
heard Lorenzo say. And he he says he might have
49:59
CTE, but he won't know as as he gets older.
50:03
It's all genetics and and you'll see how you know you're in,
50:06
you're out where their bodies are going to transform or a
50:09
change moving forward as they get older.
50:13
So and Lorenzo's still young. He's 40 years old.
50:15
So he's still to me, he's still a young man.
50:18
All right. He's a middle-aged man.
50:21
I won't say young man, but he's a middle-aged man growing and as
50:25
a, as a now non professional athlete and a father and a guy
50:29
that stands for something. So I I like everything that I
50:32
heard from Lorenzo Alexander. He was a great interview and I'd
50:35
like to thank Speedy for landing one of these Buffalo Bill
50:39
players again. So thank you and and again,
50:43
taking shots at the New York Jets.
50:44
Anyways, we have a new segment. We call this Speedy's Stats of
50:49
the Day. Speedy.
50:54
We don't have a drop for yet. We got the stat of the week.
50:58
Here he is. Einstein himself, Speedy can
51:02
give it to you, whether is we're talking basketball, football,
51:05
baseball, UFC, hockey, He's got it all.
51:09
Speedy. We're going to stay with
51:11
preseason week one for our interesting stat of the week.
51:17
Go forward, Speedy. All right, so I'll go I'm going
51:19
to actually take it a little different direction.
51:21
It's not all NFL related, but the kick that didn't count for
51:24
the longest field goal in NFL history, Cam Little 70 yard
51:27
field goal. It's not in the NFL record books
51:30
because it's a preseason. So it was 4 yards longer than
51:32
the longest NFL kick. That was me, which is Justin
51:34
Tucker at 66 yards. But here's the the interesting
51:37
fact they were actually 2 not only in college football but
51:40
also high school football that were longer than Justin Tucker.
51:43
66 longer yard kick which is the NFL record.
51:47
So the college football record in 1976 was an Abilene Christian
51:52
kicker named OV Johansson. Sounds like a hockey name, but
51:55
69 yards? OV Mohali, What are you talking
51:58
about? That's a football name.
51:59
I know, but the way it's spelled, it's OVE and then it's
52:01
Johansson. Like it's felt like a hockey
52:03
name. Like it definitely sounds like
52:05
that. 69 Yarders in 1976. That is the college football
52:09
record. And then there was a high school
52:11
kicker named Dirk Borgnon who did it.
52:14
Shout out to Reno, Johnny's hometown in Reno High School in
52:17
Nevada in 1985. You'll get 68 yards longer than
52:21
any other NFL kick ever made until now. 70 yards by Cam
52:25
Little in the preseason. Interesting Cam Little breaking
52:29
records early. Who cares preseason, do it in a
52:34
playoff game, do it in a Super Bowl game, do it in the, I don't
52:39
know, the AFC or NFC title game and then we could talk, shut the
52:41
music. I'm done.
52:43
I will say this, Justin Tucker, I'm interested to see what
52:46
happens to his career after all the things that we've heard over
52:50
the last year. And I'm interested I he's out
52:54
what he was he suspended for 10 games?
52:55
Yes. Has he been signed by anybody?
52:57
It's interesting when he does become available.
53:00
What? They're not going to sign them.
53:02
They're going to stay away from like they did Josh Brown.
53:04
He had a bad year last year, Tucker, And it doesn't matter
53:07
how good you were if last year you weren't able to kick it.
53:11
They don't. They don't usually just go back
53:13
to the well because he was a veteran.
53:15
He was like, he's going to go to Hall of Fame before this
53:18
happened, right? If he was just on the stats,
53:20
he's probably the best kicker ever.
53:22
Hold on one second. Deshaun Watson gets a chance to
53:25
play again and this guy can't because he's he doesn't have a
53:29
contract. That's ridiculous.
53:30
This guy was a better player at his position than Deshaun Watson
53:34
was. And I do believe Justin Tucker
53:37
will get another shot. I do.
53:39
There'll be a team out there. Pittsburgh obviously couldn't
53:41
stand Justin Tucker because you always kill them in games.
53:45
I could see Pittsburgh doing it. Kansas City, Andy Reed, maybe
53:49
Philadelphia. They're an organization that
53:51
takes shots on players. They'll do it in.
53:54
A year and a half? How about the cowboy?
53:55
A year and a half they can't do it.
53:57
It's toxic. That's how the NFL works.
53:59
They all pretend like these guys are untouchable.
54:02
A year and a half later, once enough people forgot about it
54:06
that the the drama, if they do it will pass.
54:09
It'll just be a blurb move on. They'll sign these guys.
54:12
The punt God, right? The punt God from college he
54:16
was, he got drafted. There was this whole thing.
54:18
It turned out not to be true. It took him what, 2 years to get
54:21
back in the league with? The Chiefs last year.
54:23
Right took him a couple of years.
54:25
It's going to be the same for him look and I and I don't think
54:28
it was fake like we heard with the punt God, what's going on
54:31
here with Tucker. It was the same thing with
54:33
Deshaun Watson. When you hear one or two people
54:36
maybe when it's like dozens saying the same thing.
54:39
There's a lot of smoke where there's fire, and no one's going
54:41
to take a chance on a guy who had the worst year of his career
54:44
without what he. Does in his private life should
54:47
be nobody's problem. And honestly, it didn't hurt his
54:52
game on a football field. He's been doing it for years
54:54
now. This year he didn't have a good
54:56
season. We've seen a lot of kickers have
54:58
bad seasons and then come back and they they don't miss one.
55:01
This guy's the greatest kicker of all time.
55:04
I'm telling you right now, there's going to be a team in 10
55:07
games that are going to stand out there and say, you know
55:09
what, we need a kicker for the playoffs.
55:11
We need somebody that we know is going to be dead on.
55:13
And I could see Washington, one of these teams, if they lose a
55:16
kicker early in the season, they're looking for a * kicker.
55:19
Justin Tucker is going to be on that list of guys, right, right
55:23
on, right on that piece of paper that you're gonna want to bring
55:26
in to kick that ball. So I disagree with you, Fish.
55:29
I don't care what he's done. This isn't Deshaun Watson.
55:32
And by the way, Deshaun Watson got another chance and he got a
55:35
big contract from the Browns. So what's it?
55:37
What is it different? From well, maybe that's where
55:39
he's kicking. Maybe they'll they'll go over
55:42
like, oh, I we need a kicker, Cleveland.
55:45
I know a guy who's available. Let's just take Justin Tucker.
55:47
Why would it matter? Everyone thinks for a joke
55:50
anyway. I don't think so.
55:51
Why not? I think there'll be a playoff
55:53
team out there that's going to give him a shot.
55:54
He deserves it. I've heard a lot of good things
55:57
about him personally, what he does for kids, what he does off
56:00
the football field. I I understand he's not a what
56:04
he's done over the last past year or what he's been accused
56:07
of. Maybe it is true, but that's his
56:10
private life and I think we need to to stop talking about his
56:14
private life. What he does on a football field
56:16
is completely different. It's not like he was beating his
56:18
wife. Brown was.
56:20
The Giants kept them on their roster for a certain amount of
56:23
time. We saw what Rice did.
56:25
We've seen what other kickers in the Kareem Hunt, cream Hunt
56:29
kicked a woman. He has another job.
56:32
So don't tell me because Justin Tucker had one bad season
56:36
because of what he was doing off the field, going to the massage
56:39
parlors and getting his, you know what, his load being
56:42
pulled. But that's not what he was doing
56:45
though. He didn't go to massage parlors.
56:47
At massage parlors, that's expected.
56:49
He hired regular massage therapists that are not expected
56:53
to give you the old happy ending at the end of the massage.
56:57
And it's sexual abuse and sexual harassment to do that.
57:00
And it's a crime if they did it in charge.
57:03
But they're they don't want them to put them in jail.
57:04
They want the money. And that's how it's always going
57:07
to be. So people know that look, he did
57:10
this stuff let. Me ask you a question, fish.
57:12
Nobody's going to force you to do anything if you pull out
57:15
money and they want to do it, they're going to do it anyways.
57:19
It's so. Illegal.
57:20
It's illegal to do. That all right it's illegal OK
57:24
and they took the money so put him in jail if they if they have
57:27
physical proof that he was doing it then put him in jail.
57:31
He's going to that that's the problem right now it's money
57:34
talks and again these people that's all they're looking for
57:38
is a high payday. We've seen this over and over
57:40
and over again. We don't know the truth.
57:43
All we know is there's people coming out that said that he has
57:47
pushed them to do that. So again, it's all hearsay and
57:51
and they're taking money and they're getting paid off and
57:54
Justin Tucker is not in jail. So to me, it's false information
57:59
until proven otherwise. That's my opinion.
58:00
Thank you to Lorenzo Alexander for joining us and joining us
58:04
for the 25 minutes that he joined us.
58:06
He was great. He was fantastic, great takes
58:09
and great personality. I think he's, I got to check out
58:12
his podcast. I've never looked at it, but I
58:15
obviously think that he's he's got good, I would say good mic
58:20
return and conversation. I what do they call that good
58:23
mic presence? That's what I would say.
58:25
Great personality. So thank you to Lorenzo for
58:28
joining us. Thank you to all the fans tuning
58:31
in to us on Apple and Spotify. We were ranked at one point
58:35
today, I think. What was it, Fish?
58:38
What was the number? We were in, we were like 156 or
58:42
something like that. And for football podcast, we're
58:46
listed under football because you have to be listed under
58:48
something, but we were top, We were like 156 and it fluctuates
58:52
throughout the week, but we're consistently top 200 in the
58:55
world. This is our in the United States
58:57
rather in the the whole country. That's where we're ranked right
59:00
now and it's just climbing every week.
59:02
Pretty exciting. So thank you to all the Apple
59:05
and Spotify fans that are tuning in and downloading and and
59:09
really giving us the support. We really appreciate them.
59:11
To YouTube fans, now YouTube fans, you should be following us
59:15
and listening to our show. The High Stakes is YouTube.
59:20
And as far as monetization, well, ladies and gentlemen, you
59:24
should be tuning in and subscribing to us and looking at
59:27
our project. This this is a long project and
59:30
it's a project that will definitely soak your ass, if you
59:33
know what I mean. Speedy, you know what I'm
59:34
talking about. Anyways, what were you going to
59:38
say? Speed.
59:38
I was going to say, am I soaking my ass on a on a toilet that
59:41
Tommy was sitting in? Well, I don't know.
59:43
Do you dip your ass in a toilet? Pretty gross.
59:45
I mean, no, I don't. I mean, who dips their ass?
59:48
I honestly, I will tell you a funny, funny story.
59:52
I tried to sit on a bowl a couple weeks ago in a public
59:55
place and I didn't realize that the bowl was not hooked and I
59:59
fell into the ball. So that's that's true.
1:00:03
That's a true story. I and I and I don't like to brag
1:00:06
about it, but it is a true story.
1:00:08
Whoever did that was, it was impractical.
1:00:11
That was that was that was a prank.
1:00:14
Somebody pranked somebody and I wasn't paying attention and I
1:00:17
fell into the ball. So that's a true story.
1:00:19
Anyways, again, thank you. All the TikTok fans, all the
1:00:22
Instagram fans I don't know about happens.
1:00:26
That only happens to me because I'm an idiot.
1:00:28
Anyways, thank you to all the fans following us on social
1:00:31
media. Keep following us as you always
1:00:34
do, and we really appreciate you guys.
1:00:37
Wednesday, Who do we have on the show?
1:00:38
All. Right 1st guest shout out to
1:00:39
Nathan for getting him is Tony Vlahovic was at X Baseball.
1:00:43
How you pronounce that? Nathan has the.
1:00:46
I think it's Blahovic, which? No, it's Blahovic.
1:00:49
Blahovic. OK.
1:00:50
Blahovic, Blahovic, Blahovic he. Ahovic.
1:00:55
Former Former. That needs to be a sounded out.
1:00:58
Yeah, former MLA player, also the author of Justin.
1:01:00
And arrow can you spell that? I mean pronounce it Maholek your
1:01:05
and spell it. Maholek, you want me to spell
1:01:08
it? What is this?
1:01:09
A spelling? Bee no, we don't even do that
1:01:12
segment anymore. Speedy.
1:01:14
Speedy who? Who's what?
1:01:15
What do you have on? Volhovic.
1:01:17
So former baseball player he was the author of Just Need an
1:01:20
Opportunity. Bubble guts.
1:01:21
And also does a lot of work with athletes with Special Olympics.
1:01:24
So he'll be joining us at. April 5.
1:01:26
Special Olympics new. Jersey, obviously.
1:01:28
Nathan being from there, he's he's.
1:01:30
Coming off 40. Five.
1:01:31
And then our 2nd guest at 9:45 is Bob Rathbun.
1:01:34
He is a play by play broadcaster, does college
1:01:36
football and basketball, and is also the voice of the Atlanta
1:01:39
Hawks. Fish, where's panties?
1:01:41
That's probably true, ladies and gentlemen.
1:01:43
I got to ask his wife off air if he actually wears pennies.
1:01:47
Speedy. Speedy doesn't wear anything.
1:01:50
Why do you? Why do you want to know so bad?
1:01:52
Because it's interesting to me. I love Lisa AM.
1:01:55
As we all know, you know, it definitely is interesting to.
1:01:58
Me Jabba takes it up the ass. If that's true, I mean fish and
1:02:02
Jabba who wears. I mean, it's fish who wears
1:02:05
panties and Jabba that you know. I guess Niffin thinks takes it
1:02:09
up the ass would be an interesting.
1:02:11
Harold, you're the one that's always talking about the ass.
1:02:15
Oh, really? This makes my pecker hard.
1:02:17
I didn't say that. I had to take a shit.
1:02:19
I didn't say that. I'll let you lick my butt.
1:02:21
I never said that. I gave up the booties.
1:02:24
And I never said that either. So what are we talking about?
1:02:29
I think there's a couple others, a dial or two over there.
1:02:32
Yeah, otherwise. Well, I got one.
1:02:35
I got a couple of these spanking.
1:02:37
Slap that ass. I want you to slide it right in.
1:02:40
Good for me. It's good for you.
1:02:41
It's good for both. Why don't you give her the
1:02:44
bareback? Look at goodies face.
1:02:46
I mean, there's a lot of good takes.
1:02:48
I've been on this soundboard. I mean, I'm a little lost in in
1:02:51
translation, but we got to go. Ladies and gentlemen, we will
1:02:54
see you Wednesday. Enjoy yourselves for the next 24
1:02:58
to 48 hours and we'll see you back on Wednesday.
1:03:00
Goodnight. It is the worldwide sports radio
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