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What is the outlook for the Mets and Yankees after the MLB Trade Deadline? · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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he's been on a show quite a few times.
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We love him. He's got a great personality.
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And yes, ladies and gentlemen, he's won a couple of Emmys as
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our last guest, the one, the only nine year MLB pitcher, Emmy
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award-winning Co host Nelson Figueroa.
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Nelson What's up, man? What's up boys?
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How's it been going? You look good, man.
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I mean, you're you're not dressed in the suits like you
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usually are, looking sexy in front of the camera.
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And you should be excited because because your team or
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your former team made some pretty good moves so far and
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might make one or two moves before tomorrow.
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Your thoughts to the Mets moves and what do you think they have
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up their sleeves before the trade deadline?
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Well, I mean, without a doubt, they're just overnight, have an
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elite bullpen. You think about Gregory Soto,
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you know, left-handed, a guy who even, you know, Josh Chisholm
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said it was one of the toughest lefties he's ever faced.
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Yes, he had a bad game the other night.
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The 1-2 pitch left it over the middle 98 miles an hour and it
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got deposited into left field. They lose the game, but he's
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going to have more success and he's going to have failure.
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This guy has tremendous stuff. That was the beginning piece
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right now, all of a sudden you got these two arms and Rogers
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and Hasley. I mean, you talk about a closer
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who saved over 40 games just a year ago with has still has
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tremendous stuff. 2 rentals. The Rogers one to me was a
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little bit surprising about the amount that they paid for the
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rental. Don't get me wrong, Rogers is a
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unique talent. 1.8 ER Rays got 38 strikeouts to four walks.
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Doesn't walk guys. You don't have to worry about
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him in big pressure situations. The funky arm angle from down
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below and the frisbees moving upwards makes him a tough at bat
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against anybody. And that's the different look
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that you want to have right than the all the power arms going
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back-to-back to back late in the ball game.
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So I thought it was a very nice trade.
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The two pieces to get tonight for me, the Rogers one was a
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little bit steep. When you think about three guys,
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one who's a Major League caliber who can start relieved right
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now, you can plug them right into your rotation.
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Also the other two guys, Tidwell was one of their guys that were
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up and coming. They gave him some chances.
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He hasn't really panned out as of yet.
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And then of course, the outfielder who drew that, they
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were very high on going into this season to see him go for a
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rental, three guys for a rental, was a little bit rich for that
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blood and not be a closer type per SE.
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But you got to admit the stuff plays and plays well against any
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match up. So Speaking of outfielders,
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they've been in the market too for center fielder.
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We've heard Cedric Mullins, Louise Roberts, obviously the
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big name that they're pushing for that.
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Apparently the White Sox wanted Vientos in that deal, but now
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they're trying to make it work without it.
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What would you do at the? Center field position, Yeah,
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center field position again. I think if you can get Cedric
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Mullins a little bit cheaper than what they're asking for for
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Luis Robert. I like both players.
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I do. Mullen, again, he made an
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unbelievable catch. I don't know if it was tonight
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or yesterday. We showed it all on the
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highlight. That was a great catch.
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A guy who plays hard, knows how to run the bases as well.
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Luis, we saw great things out of him his rookie year.
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Since then, he's fallen off like a lot of the White Sox players,
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which is, you know, a shame. And sometimes you get used to
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that culture. You get used to that clubhouse
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and and maybe just a change of scenery wakes you up, you know,
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brings you back to life. And it's a possibility with
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either one of those guys. You're looking for an offensive
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upgrade over Tyrone Taylor, who is fantastic with the glove, but
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he has a liability with the bat. And so you like having Tyrone as
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your 4th outfield to bring him in as a defensive replacement,
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wherever that last guy makes the, you know, last out in the
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seventh, you can bring him in for the last two innings to lock
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things down defensively. But I think Mullins, for me, I
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think it is, is a better fit. I just think there's too many
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question marks with Robert and his effort.
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We've seen that time and time again.
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That's always been brought up, a guy who has amazing ability.
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Reminds me a lot of of Puig where it was amazing ability,
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but there's something not all the way there.
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And do you have time to let that come into your clubhouse and,
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you know, change the chemistry that's already going on there?
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I think Cedric Mullins is a much better fit.
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Do you think Nelson, that they kind of with the Rogers
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obviously most appearances since 2020, do you think they
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handcuffed themselves a little bit giving away, you know, that
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their system in the way they did it to get that center fielder
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because seeing what they did and the guys that they threw in for
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that and I don't necessarily find a thrown in all three,
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maybe 2. But do you think they can put
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themselves a little bit to get that next tier center fielder?
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And in a way where it's now it's like, OK, well, asking prices
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going up now that you're you're getting rid of these and guys
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are coming off the board, you think they kind of strap
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themselves. A little bit.
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I think when you look at it, I, I immediately when I was in the
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prospect list to see exactly what those two guys were on the
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Mets prospect list, they were already removed and put on the
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Giants prospect list. They ranked 12th and 13th right
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now for the Giants prospects. When you talk about Drew Gilbert
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and Blake Tidwell, of course Bhutto is going to be in the
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major leagues. He's going to be, whether it's
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starting or leaving, you know, he can do both kind of that Seth
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Lugo kind of feel that he, if had the opportunity to start,
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you know, he could be a, a pretty good starter, especially
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nowadays starters are only going 5 innings Max anyway.
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But as a reliever, you know, he's got a, a guy with a really
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good breaking ball, really good change up and he he had some
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success, at least that you can say, Hey, there's something
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still there for me. I I don't know.
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I think they have a lot of prospects that they were really
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fortunate enough to recoup for the Verlanders and the
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Scherzers. And when they got that crop for
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the first time in a long time, you have 10 guys that you could
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see in a Major League uniform. And you have seen, I mean, you
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look at the young Mets that have come up, you know, besides
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Vientos and besides Alvarez, the young guys that have come up
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like Acuna, the you got Beatty, you've got Mauricio, the three
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headed monster at third base right now.
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So you have a plethora and a surplus in certain areas.
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But it's almost as if you don't want to choose the wrong one
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because that Pete Crow Armstrong trade is looking real suspect
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right about now, right to go get Javi Baez.
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But it was a win down right. We didn't know that Pete Crow
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was put up a 3030 season so quickly.
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You know, he wasn't nobody ever gave the comp that Pete Crow
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Armstrong would be a 3030 guy. The comp was always Mark Kopse.
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You know that if if you're going to go get Holly bias to try and
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fortify your team at that time of the deadline and you've said,
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hey, Pete grow could be a barkatze type out fielder, then
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you know, good for them that he developed and he showed up so
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much power that I didn't think that they knew about.
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They knew he had a a good stick, but I don't think they knew that
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he had thirty home run power in him.
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And of course, it's the first time through the league when it
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happens like that right now, the league gets to make adjustments.
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We Vientos is feeling the wrath of that in year 2, Of course.
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So you know when you get that little guy coming up and you
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think, ah, I just told him a high fastball and let him hit a
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fly ball. That ain't the new baseball no
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more, right. That was just that used to be
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the the for us, the scouting report without even getting a
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scouting report. He's a little slap hitting
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leadoff guy. It's just what are you willing
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to give up at this point? And like, I was very floored
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about the Phillies deal. Like that to me was a much
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better deal to get Duran that it's a multiple year deal.
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It's not a rental. This guy's going to be a Philly
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until 2028. And you know what kind of plus
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stuff he has at the back end of the bullpen.
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We are talking to former 9 year MLB pitcher, Emmy award-winning
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Co host Nelson Figueroa. He's been on our show many, many
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times. We love him.
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Great personality. Speaking of no love here in New
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York, especially for the Yankee fans, is Juan Soto.
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And Juan Soto has said, or we haven't had you on the show
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since what he said before the All Star game.
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There was a lot of interesting comments that he made about what
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he thinks he should be and why he should have made the All Star
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team. And it why shouldn't I want to
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be on the All Star team? I would have, I'd be $100,000
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richer then. This guy's making 60 million a
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year. He really made himself look bad.
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We have attacked him on this show plenty of time.
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Speedy is a Met fan. Jabba was obviously an ex Yankee
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and I don't think he hates the Mets.
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Me, I don't hate the Mets, but I, I'm not too fond.
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I was never fond to want Soda here with the Yankees either,
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just so you know. So it has nothing to do with me
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and Juan Soda not liking him because he left to go to the
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Mets. But this guy, this guy's an
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egotistical, crazy SOB and he makes himself look so very bad
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when he opens his mouth. Just play the game.
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That's what I want to say about play the game.
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Play the way you like to play and you're going to win a lot of
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games and you're going to put up really, really good numbers.
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Look what happened him recently because of that buddy, he can't.
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The umpires are calling strikes when they're not strikes and
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then he's complaining and now it's only going to make it's
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only going to hurt him worse as they move forward into the
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playoffs because this might happen again because the guy
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doesn't shut up. Your thoughts to Juan Soto and
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why do you think Juan Soto doesn't know when to shut his
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mouth? I'll.
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Go first on the $100,000 bonus for making the All Star team.
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A little bit of sarcasm was thrown in there, obviously.
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Like he needs the $100,000. I, I get it, you're talking to
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reporters who are living paycheck to paycheck.
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Possibly it, it loves people the wrong way.
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But at the same time, it's called sarcasm.
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I mean, I, I think you realize he's not hurting for the 100
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grand. Did he deserve to make the All
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Star team? Absolutely.
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He's one of the faces of baseball and he's leading he's
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leading all right fielders in home runs and you know, top
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three in RB is I blame the fans. So let's get this straight.
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I don't blame baseball for not selecting him.
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I blame the fans for not voting him in.
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Steve Cohen went out there and spent 750 plus $1,000,000 to
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bring you a superstar in his prime and he came to New York
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and the Chicago Cubs had two of the three outfielders for the
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All Star game because their fans outvoted met fans.
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Plain and simple. It was easy.
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All you had to do was vote Juan Soto.
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But you know what, everybody thought he's going to be an All
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Star anyway. Or they were pissed off because
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of the way that he started and that slow trajectory.
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And this guy is so overpaid and blah, blah, blah.
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But remember what he did in the month of June, The month of
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June, he turned it on. His OPS was over 1100.
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He he, you know, all of a sudden wins player of the month.
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How do you do all that and not make the All Star team?
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But Jazz Chisholm makes the All Star team, batting 250 with, you
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know, 17 home runs. So there's a lot, there's a lot
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left to be desired. Oh, gets put in the Home Run
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Derby, too. That was fantastic.
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I can't stand. So when you're talking, wait,
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when you're talking about guys that run their mouth and open
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their mouths, there's no comparison in the 2.
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So let's be very, very clear with that.
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The other guy has done it at the Major League level and at an
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elite level for a long time, not just in the regular season but
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in the playoffs as well. Remember as a 19 year old, him
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staring down future Hall of Farmers in Grenke and Verlander
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and challenging them to throw their best pitch and then
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depositing it 430 feet up in the upper deck.
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So Juan Soto has earned the right to tell an umpire, I don't
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think that was a strike. And when you watch the tape,
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they weren't strikes. OK, so let's be clear.
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So as the as the person who has the best eye in baseball, the
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guy who controls the at bat better than anybody who knows
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the strike zone, does he push the envelope?
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Yeah. Brandon Nemo used to do the same
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thing all the time. He 3/2.
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He just start walking off thinking I know the strikes are
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better than the umpire. And there are umpires that take
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onus to that when you're talking about having the ability to say
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something. He was respectful about it the
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first time. Let him know because it happened
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to Lindor, It happened to Nemo right after that.
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And then the one that really got everybody's goose was the
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fastball elevated about neck high that he calls strike three
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and then stares him down waiting for him to say something so he
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could throw, you know, toss him out the game.
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That's where you have a problem with the umpires.
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Listen, if an umpire is going to be bad and he's bad both ways,
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then he's just bad. But it's the inconsistency of a
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guy throwing at the top of the zone, calls it a strike one
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time, then all of a sudden a breaking ball comes at the top
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of the zone and now he's going to call that 1A strike.
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The other one was a ball. It it just doesn't it's it's a
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bad feel for the team and someone's going to stand up for
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it. Whether Lindor had a little bit
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to say. I think every battery.
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So even if even for the Padres. Listen, I'm not saying this guy
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was only going out for Soto and the Mets, But I mean, you know
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what, Soto's in a slump. The top of the lineup's in a
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slump. They got to do something to wake
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it up. Mendoza went out there, bit the
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bullet, got tossed, got his argument.
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And at the end of the day, Ron Soto is about one thing and it's
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about trying to be the best Juan Soto that there will ever be and
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about winning. We've seen him do it at almost
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at every front, right? Got to the playoffs with every
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team. He's been to his World Series
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ring, you know, very early in his career.
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So he's been there and done that in a way that no other person
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can obviously say. I mean, Albert pool host is the
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guy that comes to mind of a where he ranked, you know what
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the numbers that he was putting up.
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He doesn't have the power numbers of of a pool host as of
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yet. But this is a kid who's only 26
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years old that is learning, learning how to hit the home run
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ball all over the field. And that's a dangerous thing.
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When he can be so patient and so quiet and able to hit that ball
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when it gets deeper and deeper into the zone, he's going to be
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a problem for a decade to come. Nelson just a pretty
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perspective. Errol would probably much rather
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take Juan Soto on his team. Rotary's Valve.
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And jazz jism. No, what I really want to know.
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What I really want to know is where that umpire got his
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haircut. Because Supercuts.
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Had to be. That is one of the ugliest.
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Haircuts. I've ever Maybe it's where Mark
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Davis gets his haircuts. All right, switch it back to the
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to the Mets starting rotation. Now we've seen they're having
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some issues with length, especially when Senga was going
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down to obviously Peterson's. I'm very good with efficiency
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wise, getting the ground balls, especially he's getting a
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little. But the the length of sides
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that's been kind of questionable.
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Do you think it could be a deadline move for them?
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Do you think it's maybe it's an approach that the pitching has
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to take with Jeremy Heffner? What are your thoughts with the
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Mets starting rotation right now?
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I have loved the experiment of Clay Holmes.
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I think it's a a it's been a win thus far, but you're starting to
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see the effects of it, right? It's the most hitting he's ever
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pitched at the Major League level as a pitcher, let alone a
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starter. The the sinker isn't was
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ineffective. His last start today, the ball's
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up in the zone. He's only throwing 9293 miles an
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hour. That's not the Clay Holmes we
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knew as a closer throwing the 98 plus mile an hour bowling ball
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sinker that was, you know, almost impossible to hit and
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impossible to layoff of. I have loved seeing him adapt
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and being able to throw this kick change four times in a row
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to a lefty and getting out and then save his, you know, bread
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and butter pitches for later on in the game.
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He's been he's he's he's been a really nice addition.
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I am of the ilk and I know he wanted to be a starter and I
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know he wants to do everything, but is he going to be one of
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your 3 starters when you make the playoffs?
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No, it's going to be Peterson, it's Sanga, and it's going to be
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Minaya. So if he's not going to be one
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of your 3 starters going into the playoffs, why wouldn't you
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slide him down and look at the bullpen that you've already put
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together And then you can use Clay Holmes, maybe use them in a
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longer role if you want to do it that way.
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Put him as a three inning middle reliever.
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I get it, you're paying him $12 million, but what's $12 million
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nowadays for an effective reliever?
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And, and, and money means nothing to Steve Cohen.
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So I think at this point when you're looking at Clay Holmes
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and if you're only going to go 5 with him, then you know you need
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a bullpen for the rest of the day.
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Are you going to be able to piggyback a guy like Blackburn
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or McGill? I mean, that would be the plan
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as of right now. But once you start getting
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towards the end and are you get into the playoffs, what is Clay
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Holmes going to be for you? Is he, he's not going to be one
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of your 3 starters. So are you going to be able to
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tell him all of a sudden, hey, we need you to dial it up again
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the way you used to do it? Or can you start preparing him
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in a way where those two starters are coming back off the
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IL? Can you get them to piggyback a
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little bit and give him the time to get acclimated to, you know,
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maybe 3 innings here and there, maybe going 2 innings, maybe
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becoming a setup man. And, and I don't think it hurts
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his value going into next year because I think there's a lot of
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teams that if you were going to sign him, it's a two year deal
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that he out the Mets. But I think if you were going to
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sign him or he was looking to go elsewhere as a starter, you know
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that he can continue to ramp it up and get stronger next year
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for what he did in Year 1 with this experiment.
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Yeah, I know a little bit about experiments and how.
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Yeah, you do. Yeah, it's it's tough too
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because we kind of fell in that two in O9 with, you know, we had
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the extra off days and so she was complaining about that.
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And so yeah, I just and that was kind of a question to you like
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and you kind of touched on it. So I'm kind of going to going to
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veer off to you and I don't think it hurts his development.
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Obviously, we kind of knew what he wanted to do.
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Do you think it will hurt him or hurt the team in the lot?
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Royer, he's going to feel like, all right, I'm not going to be
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one of those three guys, you know, I have to go do this and.
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Yeah, it's, it's a, it's a different mindset.
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And when you get. Locked in and especially when
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you get into the post season, it's a completely different
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animal too. And do you try to somehow figure
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him out in with one of those three guys, which I don't think
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he will? And then if you if you make that
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decision, how early do you tell him, hey, this is the plan.
20:28
Do you wait till the end or me personally, I would tell him as
20:31
soon as you have an idea of and you can't say it too soon
20:35
because you don't want to put the cart before the horse,
20:36
right? Right, right, of course.
20:38
You got to get there. No doubt, but I do think, but I
20:41
do think after this trade deadline is over and you know
20:43
what you have, you kind of reshuffle the deck on
20:45
everything, right? If if you say you do get another
20:48
starter, say some reason, they, they, they, they blow the Royals
20:52
out of the water with a deal and they get Seth Lugo in there.
20:55
You bring back Seth Lugo and now Seth Lugo is your #2 starter #3
20:58
starter wherever you want to put him.
21:00
He's undoubtedly pitch just fine.
21:03
Oh, I know he did. He's not an extension.
21:04
That just means you got to pony up a little bit more, right.
21:07
So while he signed the extension, that's great, but he
21:10
didn't he didn't sign with a no trade clause to it.
21:13
So I feel like if if that only makes it a bigger deal now you
21:18
got to give a bigger prospects, you got to give up more.
21:20
The Mets have two prospects that they are very high on in Tong,
21:24
who's in AA and the kid in AAA, Sproat and McClain.
21:28
So they got three guys that they're really high on that.
21:31
If you're the Royals and you talk about cost most effective
21:33
and under control for the next 5-6 years, you may maybe you get
21:37
one or two of those guys, right? Maybe you get one or two of
21:39
those guys and one of the third baseman.
21:41
And then you see where you're at if you're the Royals.
21:44
And we know the Royals have done that before.
21:45
They've done it time and time again.
21:46
So I still think that it's not totally out of their own
21:51
possibility. The same thing when we thought
21:53
Byron Buxton would be a tremendous fit as the center
21:56
fielder in Queens. And what did Byron Buxton say?
21:58
No, thank you, I'm good. I'm good in Minnesota, you know,
22:03
I, I, I, I get that he earned it.
22:05
He's he's earned that, you know, the right to have a new trade
22:08
and been there long enough. But yeah, we were talking about
22:11
the the right fits. So whether it's that was just
22:15
one of the names that I really liked and thought would be a
22:16
tremendous fit there. There's some other starters that
22:19
you can put in there. But I think if you're going to
22:21
get a starter, you're not looking to get a back end guy.
22:23
You have those already. You have three or four of those
22:26
already. But the Clay Holmes experiment
22:29
is it, is it about, is it about him wanting to prove that he can
22:37
do this throughout the whole season?
22:39
So say, say he gets injured pushing himself a little bit
22:42
beyond, right. We get into August, he doesn't
22:45
make it to September as a pitcher, period.
22:47
And we're like, well, what were you thinking?
22:49
He's still 125 innings like he's, he's tapped.
22:53
What what good is that going to do you come playoff time anyway,
22:56
right? You know, put a guy who's, you
22:57
know, gassed at the finish line or if you can find a way to even
23:02
say, hey, like I said, you make him a, a long reliever if you
23:06
want to keep guys going only 5 innings.
23:08
I, I, I'm, you know me, man, I'm old school.
23:10
Like this 5 inning thing, this five and dive like 5 and dive
23:13
for us used to be an insult, right?
23:15
The guy that did it, you're like, oh, bro, you kidding me
23:17
again? 5 and dive must be nice.
23:20
Now you're like, oh, what a great job.
23:22
You're getting high fives and everything else.
23:24
Like that's not a starter to me. Like that was just a long relief
23:28
appearance for a guy like me. You know, I would, I would come
23:32
in in the second inning and be like, let me see if I can get
23:33
through 7 for the team. You know, if I could finish the
23:35
whole game. That was my job.
23:38
But I think in this day and age, if you're able to, if his, if
23:42
his plan is to win and be a part of it in a way that can be
23:47
effective, then I mean you, you put it out in front of him and
23:50
see what he says. I think you do it early enough
23:53
so that he has time to think about it.
23:55
But I mean, I, I think that the, the writing's on the wall for
23:58
what you're seeing. What you're seeing is a guy who
24:01
had tremendous strikeout numbers early on with the new kick
24:04
change. And you know, he had added a
24:06
little cutter to his nasty slider and and sinker
24:10
combination, right. But once baseball started going,
24:13
oh, playhomes has four pitches. Oh, oh, oh, now look at his
24:16
numbers in each month since then, his walks to strikeout
24:20
ratio. They're getting a lot closer.
24:22
They're a lot closer in, in month in the month of July than
24:25
they they were in the month of April.
24:27
The month of April. I, I want to say it was
24:28
something like 34 to 8 or something like that.
24:30
He's, you know, 4 to one at least in strikeouts to walk
24:34
ratio. And you look and he's barely 1
24:36
to 1. And that's a concern because
24:39
you're talking about a guy who's used to having swinging this
24:40
stuff. Yes, he has a good sinker and
24:42
can pitch to contact, but I still think that it's more of
24:46
the stuff isn't as sharp as it was in the beginning of the
24:49
season. We are talking to former 9 year
24:52
MLB pitcher, Emmy award-winning Co host Nelson Figueroa, friend
24:56
of the show. I know you're a busy guy Nelson.
24:59
I have two quick questions for you and we've been back and
25:03
forth. One that I think I've argued
25:05
this with Met fans, it's a Met in Yankee question.
25:09
First one is you're you're talking about the captaincy and
25:13
obviously Lindor is the guy and everybody loves him and all that
25:17
other stuff. Pete Alonso to me is the heart
25:20
and soul of this team in this organization.
25:22
He was a draft pick of the New York Mets.
25:25
He's been a star. He took away his social medias,
25:28
stood for something, the polar bear.
25:31
And now he's going to earn himself a lot of money in the
25:33
offseason because he will opt out of that contract and he's
25:36
going to make. A whole.
25:37
Load of that money. That's my question.
25:40
I think that Pete Alonso should be the captain of the team, not
25:43
Lindor. No offense to Lindor, I know
25:45
he's a great player, he's a great leader, but he is not a
25:48
Met. Pete Alonso is.
25:50
So that's my argument to the Met fans and then the Aaron Boone
25:54
story. Every single Yankee fan can't
25:57
stand Aaron Boone. But this guy, this guy is not to
26:02
blame for the Yankees woes. It's ownership and their
26:05
analytics. It has nothing to do with Aaron
26:07
Boone. He's given what he is dealt in
26:10
with, dealing with. He's, you know, he's dealing
26:13
with the situation and he's doing what he has to do as a
26:16
manager. He still has a winning record
26:18
and he's still considered a top five Yankee manager of all time.
26:22
Do you think Aaron Boone keep his job?
26:24
So those are my 2 questions for you.
26:27
OK, back to the first one, right?
26:29
What was the the the gist of the first one, Captain?
26:32
Who do you think should be the gotcha of the New York?
26:35
Mets I, I, I, I couldn't disagree with you more.
26:37
And there's the problem. You're going with the home girl.
26:40
You're going with the homegrown idea.
26:41
Problem is Keith Hernandez was not home girl, and he was the
26:44
captain. Before him was John Franco.
26:47
He was After him, I'm sorry, is John Franco, who was homegrown
26:50
as far as Brooklyn, but was not homegrown as far as being a Met,
26:53
drafted by the Mets, He was a Cincinnati Red in his first
26:57
incarnation into the big leagues.
27:00
When you look at what it means to be a captain and who has a
27:04
going to be here longer, how can you give the captainship to Pete
27:07
if he's not going to be here next year?
27:10
Hello, how are you going to do that?
27:12
First of all, and you want me to?
27:13
You want to hello me. Yeah, we know Pete Alonzo is
27:17
going to be back next year because Stern is not going to
27:20
let him go now. He earned them.
27:21
Hold on, Stern was ready to let him go.
27:24
Last year, Stern actually bought him a ticket to.
27:26
Toronto and said go ahead, Simon.
27:28
Toronto shows that Stern didn't know what he was talking about
27:32
because this guy's been the hardest.
27:34
So the Mets hold on. So I think you wait and I think
27:38
you see what you're going to do with him and then decide who the
27:41
captain is. I just think he's the heart and
27:43
soul of this team. That's what I think.
27:45
Listen, listen. Since the day he put on a Met
27:48
uniform, he has been a guy that just, he gets it.
27:54
He gets what it takes to be a New York Met, a New York ball
27:58
player. He gets the grit, determination.
28:01
He gets the you need to have an edge.
28:04
You know, Florida kid who comes in there and he says, you know,
28:08
LFGM changes the vernacular of the team where everything was
28:11
cut and dried. You can't say certain things.
28:15
Listen, Pete has been fantastic. Here's the problem.
28:19
Pete's gonna have the home run record, right?
28:21
And that's great. So say, if Pete doesn't come
28:23
back, you're telling me Juan Soto in the 15 years isn't going
28:25
to hit 20 home runs a year for 15 years?
28:27
No, he is. OK, so there's a home run
28:30
record. So his home run record, he's
28:31
definitely. Gonna be a bonafide DH in about
28:34
3 to 4 years as well so. Home runs are home runs.
28:37
I don't care if he's ADH, so first baser or the outfielder.
28:39
I don't care if he's pitching and he gets in.
28:42
The Mets have like 4 DHS on that team.
28:45
This is true. So, so back.
28:47
So back to Pete. And listen, I love, I love Pete.
28:49
I love Pete to death. But here's what the problem is.
28:52
The Mets know this just like they knew it last offseason.
28:56
The market will dictate Pete's worth, OK?
29:00
Was there a market for Pete? Nobody signed him.
29:03
Nobody wanted him. Nobody was ready to jump for
29:06
whatever number that Boris put out there.
29:08
And it was said that it wasn't a high number or it wasn't a
29:11
record-breaking number, but he wanted the $30 million.
29:14
They knew that. That's why they gave him 30 in
29:15
the first year and then 24 for the second year if he opted in,
29:19
right? So he's already taken a pay cut.
29:21
He already agreed to that contract.
29:23
So if he's going to opt out and get another deal, it's years,
29:26
not necessarily money. He's not going to get Guerrero
29:29
money. Let's be real.
29:30
He's not going to get real. He got a year older and
29:33
throughout this year we saw him start out hotter than he's ever
29:37
been. It looked like the RE, the
29:39
rejuvenated Pete Alonzo that came in the best shape of his
29:43
life, retooled His swing Pressure wasn't on him as a free
29:47
agent anymore, even though it is, because, again, he was going
29:50
to opt out. He started out and it was
29:53
phenomenal. Can you tell me what his numbers
29:56
are from the month about middle of June on?
29:59
Are you going to pay? His numbers are never good in
30:01
June, but hey yo, why? Why did they beat Milwaukee last
30:05
year? Why did they make that run all
30:07
the way to Indiana LCS? Now, now I got it.
30:11
One swing is historic, but I'm not paying a guy $150 million
30:14
for one swing. I got it.
30:16
Don't get me wrong. I, I listen, I love him.
30:18
I love him as a player. I think he's great.
30:20
I think he he gets it. He's a met through and through.
30:23
New York or nowhere, He's wearing the shirt everywhere he
30:26
goes. He he lost all leverage when he
30:28
started doing all that. And at the end of the day, what
30:31
matters is the market is dictated by what is available
30:35
supply and demand, right? If you look at the first baseman
30:38
market, why wouldn't you move over Mark Vientos to first base?
30:42
If you got a guy that you feel that and you have all these
30:44
other third baseman, you could do that.
30:46
And why are you going to pay 30 million a year for Pete?
30:49
Alonzo Pete. Alonzo's is better than Vientos
30:51
when it comes to defense because Vientos can't feel for crap
30:54
either. Oh, hold on a second.
30:57
When Pete Alonzo first came up to the big leagues, what did
30:59
everybody say? Defensive liability.
31:01
He sucks. He's this, he's that.
31:03
And you, if you look it over, please, please look up how many
31:06
errors he has made. He's but he's really good at his
31:08
scoops. He's first or second in baseball
31:11
and scoops. Rizzo used to be #1 and then he
31:13
was number 2. When you talk about Vladimir
31:16
Guerrero and Pete Alonso, it's not comparable.
31:19
You talk about a guy who bats nearly 300 and able to give you
31:23
3540 home run power. I love the prolific home run
31:27
power. I love RB is I'm a big fan of
31:29
all that. But what we see is that he does
31:32
go through these big periods of turning invisible.
31:35
So do you have the money to do it?
31:38
Absolutely. Do you have the money to do and
31:40
get some other pieces that you may need?
31:44
Absolutely. So I I think if Pete wants to
31:46
take that 24,000,000 and say let's go 24,000,000 for the next
31:50
four years after that and it's a five year deal on the back end
31:53
of that with 100 million or 125 million, whatever it is, I think
31:59
maybe the Mets succumb to that. But if you think he's going to
32:02
get anywhere near Guerrero money from the White Sox, who's going
32:07
to pay in that? The Yankees men.
32:09
Will the Yankees play because the Yankees had a chance to
32:11
Nelson. The Yankees had a chance to pair
32:13
him up with Aaron Judges. Why did they do it?
32:15
Nelson Figueroa has a love fest for Mr. Lindor.
32:19
Ladies and gentlemen, now you heard it back.
32:21
That's he's here till 2030, someone undoubtedly the leader
32:25
of the team was as clutch as they could be.
32:27
He's only been chosen as an All Star once, but yet he's the
32:30
number one in war since he became a met of all shortstops
32:33
in baseball and nobody. And and it just to be like he
32:37
has a bad first two months and then the rest of the season.
32:40
Who cares? By the end of the year, he's a a
32:42
guy who gets close to 30 and 100.
32:45
You know, he's able to steal you 20 bags.
32:47
The defense is undeniable. He's a Gold Glove finalist every
32:51
year, even though with the Mets he hasn't won one.
32:54
You know, it's very odd that all started out that doesn't want to
32:57
go glove. He finally gets the All Star
32:59
game. Gentlemen, A Truman.
33:01
Yeah, right. That's exactly how it is.
33:03
But I think it's going to be Lindor if you're going to name a
33:05
captain. I love Pete and I thought Pete
33:08
before Lindor. I said Pete is the next captain.
33:10
When I first saw him. I said Pete gets it, this guy is
33:13
great, this guy is fantastic. But it breaks the home rookie,
33:16
home run record, LF, GM, the whole 9 yards.
33:18
Put the team on his back, said this is what I want.
33:21
He wanted all the smoke but the Yankees and Aaron Judge and
33:24
breaking his record. He wanted all of it right?
33:27
Said I'm a blue and orange. I believe blue and orange and
33:30
everybody loved it. I said back then he was the
33:32
captain. Then you got Lindor in a Mets
33:34
uniform and gave him a 10 year deal and it was like, if this
33:38
guy is the real deal like he has been, you want to find it for me
33:41
and see who's been better than Lindor since he's been a Met.
33:44
All right, stop now. Let's hear your.
33:47
I got it. I got the point.
33:50
You got Lindor. You love them.
33:52
What was your other question? Oh yeah, Boonie, Boonie.
33:54
Should Boonie be fired? Yankees don't have the balls to
33:56
fire because you're going to bring somebody in to captain a
33:59
ship. Doesn't have the balls.
34:00
He's never had to fire anybody. This you're very right and you
34:04
know how it is for them, right? It's it's that once you're in,
34:07
you're in like, you've got to be done with your contract and
34:10
you've got to be the one to walk away.
34:12
I don't see them firing Aaron Boone because, again, is it
34:15
Boone's fault that the players are playing the way they are?
34:17
Is it Boone's fault that Volpe in Year 3 is deciding to see if
34:20
he can make a record of errors? Is it Boone's fault that, you
34:24
know, the, the, the team is constructed in a way that if
34:28
Aaron Judge is out for any considerable amount of time,
34:31
that they have a, a tough time finding ways to win?
34:34
And you start thinking, man, is it even possible that you're
34:37
starting to question, will they make the playoffs?
34:39
Will they secure a wild card? There's a lot of people who feel
34:42
that way. I mean, we know that Aaron Judge
34:44
has the flexor strain. You know what they said about
34:46
his toe two years ago? It was just bruised.
34:50
And then ten days later, when he wasn't on the field, they're
34:52
like, well, actually, it's a torn ligament.
34:55
Sorry about that. He's going to be out for 60
34:57
days. Hey, Nelson.
34:58
Hey. Nelson, I got a question.
34:59
I got a quick question for you and, and this is honest to God
35:03
truth. Who does Anthony Volpe remind
35:06
you of that played for the Yankees for a Gold Glove winner
35:09
in his first year and now he can't even throw the first base.
35:13
There was an ex Yankee that couldn't do that and he was a
35:17
Gold Glove winner. That's easy.
35:19
Oh yeah, knob block. That's right.
35:21
This is the best part, Nelson. Shots knob block junior.
35:25
Now he gets to learn great defense from their recent traded
35:27
liar acquisition of Ed Rosario. To me, the trade acquisitions,
35:33
we're going to tell you exactly what they thought was or how
35:35
long Aaron Judge would be out. You brought in some pieces.
35:38
Did you really do anything that has moved the needle for you?
35:42
McMahon is a a better defensive third baseman than what we've
35:45
seen thus far. He was batting 225 compared to
35:49
the other two guys are batting $1.70.
35:53
It's it's, it's, it's funny, like I can't believe how many
35:56
guys are on in the major leagues.
35:59
Java, correct me if I'm wrong. How many 213 hitters did you see
36:04
playing in your days? Not very many like, and that's a
36:08
crazy part I've been going through.
36:10
Like as you see stats come up and you're looking stuff up like
36:14
300 is like obsolete anything. And it's so.
36:17
Shot and you're looking at it, you're like man, there was if
36:21
you saw like a 250 in the lineup back when we you'd be like.
36:25
That was the soft spot. Yeah, you're like, all right,
36:27
good. Perfect.
36:27
This is great. I get a break in the lineup, but
36:30
yeah, now it's like. If it was Adam Lynn.
36:33
Yeah, unless it was Adam Lynn because I couldn't throw him
36:35
anything, I think. Here we go.
36:37
Yeah, we all. We all got that guy, bro.
36:39
We all got that guy. It's just interesting how it's
36:42
how it's changed and what they value so much more than they
36:45
used to. Like great at bats.
36:47
Yeah. You know some people that are
36:49
still old school like LA. I mean I hated it as a pitcher.
36:52
And so did you either strike out, get out, but I don't want
36:55
to throw you 12/14/15 pitches like.
36:57
Correct. We were taught 3 pitches or
36:59
less. Yeah, where like dudes took like
37:03
solace and like, I'm that guy. Like I may hit 260, but I'm
37:07
going to have, I'm going to average 4.8 pitches in that bat.
37:11
Dustin Petroid. No doubt.
37:12
No. Stupid other one that I hated
37:15
facing was Placido Polanco. That guy was tough.
37:18
I think it threw a change up like one time and I was like
37:20
I've thrown everything else like 6 times.
37:22
Like, I don't know. It sucks, but let's see if it
37:28
happens. Yeah, yeah.
37:29
At that point I grabbed the rosin bag and leave the ball on
37:31
the mound and try to see if I get triggered with the rosin
37:33
bag. I mean honestly.
37:35
So we I listen, I think one of the things about the Yankees,
37:39
like I said, they made some trades and it was Slater is that
37:44
got you screaming championship Rosario first.
37:47
Of all, first of all, I already said the Yankees should be
37:49
sellers and everybody attacked me on social media saying what
37:53
do you know about the Yankees? The Yankees should be sellers.
37:55
Next year will be their year. You got Garricko coming back Max
37:59
free, Rodon's pitching well, and then he'll you'll have the best
38:02
rotation in the American League. You can't even argue that.
38:05
Aaron Judge healthy. You make a move, maybe you bring
38:07
in Kyle Tucker and if you want to sign Bellinger and move him
38:10
to first base, then you have some kind of lineup.
38:12
Right now their lineup sucks and to me, a bunch of players that
38:16
shouldn't be in the major leagues.
38:17
So you said it your best, You said it best, and that's all we
38:20
got to say about the Yankees. By golly I I'd rather sit and
38:25
watch cartoons than watch the Yankees play right now.
38:28
Yeah, it, it, it would be like watching.
38:30
You just need the sound effects, right?
38:31
Every time there's a ball hit and you're going to see
38:33
rumbling, stumbling. Bellinger has been, you know,
38:37
everything. They, they got their money's
38:38
worth with Bellinger. You know, it was a trade.
38:41
Obviously he's making 25,000,000.
38:43
You got 12 million for Goldschmidt.
38:47
You know, the Yankees team could look a lot different next year.
38:51
Spencer Jones is down there absolutely tearing the cover off
38:55
the ball. And while, you know what's
38:58
Giancarlo Stanton going to be if Judge is going to play?
39:01
Nelson, I got to cut you off. Coach Fish over there said to
39:05
me, we don't know if he could play in the league.
39:08
He strikes out too much. And all the Yankee fans, trade
39:12
them. Trade them.
39:13
Let's get a big bat. Let's get a big.
39:15
Let's get a relief pitch. Get out of here.
39:17
Yeah. You keep Spencer Jones.
39:19
He could be the future of this organization.
39:21
Move it forward. Yankee fans, you're idiots, all
39:24
of you. Stupid, dumb Spencer Jones.
39:28
There aren't a lot of guys who have come up through the system
39:31
that you can hang your hat on and I'll go the last 10 years
39:35
just for the last 10 years. Want to give me a name anybody,
39:40
any guy that hasn't been right. I mean, I, I name name 1Y player
39:47
in the last 10 years. So one of the things I said the
39:49
other night that, you know, the Mets, yes, they lost to the
39:51
Padres, whatever. But out in the field, all but
39:53
two were home grown Mets, all but two, which was Lindor and
39:58
Soto. Those are the two superstars
39:59
that they signed as free agents. Everybody else was drafted and
40:03
run through the farm system. So that's pretty impressive to
40:06
sit there in this day and age and say, hey, we grew all these
40:09
and finally we're seeing the fruits of our of our labor.
40:12
Then you look on the other side with the Yankees and other than
40:14
the Core 4, give me a starting picture that you can say.
40:21
That guy was a great Yankee pitcher.
40:22
CC Sabathia was not an original Yankee, so we can't go with
40:25
that. One, and even either was heel.
40:27
Heel was not a Yankee the Yankees traded.
40:30
I know there's no, there's no, there's no guy that you can say
40:34
and sit back and go, man, that guy came up.
40:37
Greg Bird was supposed to be that guy.
40:38
He was that dude, right? For a while and then he then
40:41
injuries and goodbye. We haven't seen Greg Bird.
40:44
We see Greg Byrne make it to the age of 30 in the big leagues.
40:47
Aaron Hicks, Remember that four year deal, lock him up.
40:50
Good defensive player, guy with a solid bat, switch hitter and
40:55
Nope, he didn't do very well. Sheffield.
40:59
Luke Voigt. Well, Voigt wasn't a pun.
41:02
Justice. Are you talking about Justice
41:04
Sheffield? Yeah.
41:05
Sheffield. Sheffield was a guy the Yankees
41:06
drafted, saw Clint Frazier. They made a trade.
41:09
He was from the Yankees organ. I mean, we could go on and on
41:12
and on All. Yeah, yeah.
41:15
Tyler Wade I think was 1. So failures.
41:17
Yeah, Tyler Wade would just steal pieces and a good
41:19
defensive player. But all the Yankee fans, well.
41:21
Couldn't I think so. I think in this day and age of
41:25
what we're seeing and we're talking about the trade deadline
41:27
and what, where, where the Yankees at, Brett.
41:29
Gardner was good. He was a good Yankee from the
41:31
farm system. Brett Garner was good.
41:33
Listen, solid, solid guy. Solid guy, solid player.
41:38
All Star. A guy that you're putting in
41:40
your top ten of anything? No.
41:43
If you're a Yankee fan, is Brett Gardner making your roster the
41:46
top 20 of Yankees? No.
41:49
He's not making my Top 40. All like all time.
41:51
Yeah, yeah, even all Yeah, I mean, all time.
41:54
Of course not, because the Yankees have had I mean this the
41:57
best of the best. I mean, you look at the the the
42:00
starting 9 or nobody that was, you know, your grandfather
42:04
watched those guys play the starting night.
42:07
There's no way other than judge. I'd rather scratch my.
42:10
Balls. That's what I.
42:11
Would do, not the real question. And I wonder why you're the
42:14
mouth not. The real question where?
42:16
Where is Jazz Chisholm in Errol's top 300?
42:19
Nowhere. Jazz Chisholm is one of the most
42:22
overrated Yankees that the Yankees have ever had, and
42:26
Yankee fans love this guy. The guy doesn't shut up.
42:30
He opens his mouth. He embarrassed himself at the
42:32
Home Run Derby. That was probably the worst I've
42:35
ever seen a Yankee he hit at a Home Run Derby and he sits there
42:39
after the game and said, I mean, after the whole thing and says,
42:42
hey, we're still a great. Defensive team and we're.
42:44
The best team in the American League.
42:45
Get the hell out of here, will you?
42:47
What are you? Smoking.
42:49
Let me give you. Let me give you where, where
42:50
Jazz Chisholm lost me. It was very, very early and it
42:53
was when the Yankees were winning, when the Yankees blew
42:56
Milwaukee out in the water to start the season.
42:59
And he said the the unthinkable. You know how the baseball gods
43:02
are, right, Jabba? It was it was he literally said,
43:06
oh, it's like playing Wiffle ball in the backyard.
43:09
What my man, if that was my day and this guy just said after
43:16
they put up a 16 spot on us, it's like playing wiffle ball
43:19
out there. Do you know how many times he
43:21
would have been hit? No shot, no shot.
43:26
He was not going to get drilled at least twice in the next game
43:30
and one might have been by me and I only threw 90.
43:32
The next one was going to be by a guy who threw the hardest
43:35
whiffle. Ball, my man.
43:37
It's the big leagues bro, don't disrespect the game like that.
43:39
Like that's ridiculous to make that statement.
43:41
I would pay the Yankees for a one day contractors to hit Jazz
43:44
Chisholm. I would pay the Yankees whatever
43:48
they want to get a chance to throw the ball at Jazz Chisholm.
43:51
I can't stand him. I don't like anything about him.
43:54
Jabba stuck up for him quite a few times.
43:56
I just don't like his mouth. I don't like his personality.
44:00
He just and he tries so hard, but nobody cares.
44:04
I do not want to hear this guy open his mouth.
44:06
What has he won? What has he done?
44:08
I don't care. I don't want to hear it.
44:10
He played for the Marlins. He was the cover athlete for MLB
44:13
The Show bro. Come on.
44:15
Oh my. God Goldschmidt.
44:17
Goldschmidt won the MVP, but this guy was the cover athlete
44:21
for MLB Be The Show. Explain it to me if you can,
44:24
because he batted 250 with 14 home runs.
44:27
I don't get it. And and that's why he played for
44:29
the mark. Personality, it's all the drip.
44:33
It was all the drip, all all my chains and all my shoes.
44:36
No, I was stop, stop the the the game.
44:40
The the game needs a reset in a way where I I like watching guys
44:44
and it was funny because I just got a I just got a USB drive of
44:48
some old video and I got to watch Scott Roland in his prime,
44:52
hit a home run and run the bases and there was nothing.
44:55
There was nothing better than seeing that guy just calmly
45:00
Sprint around the bases so he could get back in the dugout and
45:02
let the next guy get to hacking, just doing his work, you know,
45:06
lunch pail style. Like the guy would make
45:08
highlight plays. It was an ordinary, it was a
45:11
Tuesday. That's what that play was.
45:13
It wasn't an ESPN highlight where he needed to talk about it
45:15
and, and, and pop his collar and wear some and wear colors that
45:19
aren't the Yankee color. That gives me such a agita about
45:23
these guys wearing lime green in Yankee uniforms.
45:27
You know what it was Navy blue. You wear Navy blue and
45:32
everybody's wearing Adidas. Why?
45:34
Because I said so. You know, Jeter had the Jordan
45:37
contract, of course, but there was a uniformity to being a
45:41
Yankee. He goes out with his hat
45:43
backwards. You're not Ken Griffey Junior.
45:45
You've proven that. Home Run Derby should have
45:47
proven that beyond the doubt. You're not Ken Griffey Junior.
45:50
Put your hat on the right way, wearing the, the, the green
45:54
spikes and the, the green belt and, and the, and you were there
45:58
when, what was it 1 chain you were allowed to wear?
46:00
When I was in the minor leagues of the Yankees, When I was in
46:02
the minor league of the Yankees, I tried to rock 2 fighting
46:04
necklaces one time. They were like, whoa, I'm like,
46:07
they're not even gold or silver, bro.
46:09
These are like supposed to be beneficial for, you know, ionic
46:13
properties or whatever the hell it was.
46:14
I'm just trying to, you know, stay in shape and be ready to
46:16
pitch. And they were like, oh, you
46:18
can't wear both of those. I popped one off and I threw it
46:20
in the stands. I'm like this is ridiculous.
46:22
Meanwhile I I got to watch this guy have 4 chains on with a
46:25
charm that's bigger than his chest.
46:27
He's probably renting it because he can't afford it.
46:29
I, I mean, it's probably fake too.
46:31
It's, it's probably like, it's like, I don't know, aluminum or
46:35
something. I I mean, yeah, the guy is.
46:39
Aluminum. Yeah, he's just an absolute
46:42
joke. I I just don't like, I don't
46:45
like looking at him. I don't like, I don't like
46:47
talking about him. And that's why I gave him the
46:49
name Jazz Jism. OK, Because I'd rather.
46:53
I've heard, I've heard, I've heard that somewhere before.
46:56
Keith Hernandez does it all the time.
46:57
No, it's hilarious. That's why I like Keith.
47:00
That's why me and Keith are buddies.
47:02
I should reach out to Keith and tell him, hey, you know what?
47:05
I'll give you my jazz Chism if you really want it.
47:09
Good Lord, good Lord. Anyways, we love you, man.
47:14
You're, you're doing you've done so many great things.
47:16
You're you've done a great job on pix 11 and thank you.
47:21
And you're you're rocketing. You do owe us, you know, a game
47:24
to go to for the New York Knicks that that's got.
47:27
To happen, we are doing that. We do.
47:29
No doubt that's happening. And, and maybe we'll invite
47:33
Jabba. I don't know.
47:34
Jabba might RIP somebody's head off if he goes to a Knick game.
47:38
So I don't know. No.
47:40
Then as soon as we leave the garden, we can just go to my
47:42
restaurant. There you go, free food.
47:45
I like it. I like it.
47:46
Sounds good. You don't got to tell him.
47:48
Twice. Nope.
47:51
Well, I mean I don't eat too much, I'm a cheap date.
47:54
So anyways. We got honey mustard.
47:56
Don't worry. There you go.
47:58
I need that honey, baby. I need that honey.
48:00
A little mustard, you know that's.
48:02
Great. Speedy doesn't shave, so we'll
48:04
have to keep him away from it. No dipping sauce to.
48:06
Him if you Don't worry, I'll go after Jabba's old Lube.
48:11
Maybe he'll make that work. Well, Jabba actually told us he
48:14
put Lube in his beard. Now Speedy, have you ever used
48:18
Lube before? Not, but I'll have to have you
48:21
ever smelt. Have you ever Have you ever
48:23
smelt your Lube? No.
48:26
Interesting. If you need to get rid of the
48:29
blue out of your house, you could you could send it to me.
48:32
All right, I don't want to scare this guy.
48:34
Oh God, I have to bring back. I will say this, our next
48:40
segment is one of the funniest ones and and we're actually
48:43
putting it to bed tonight. We call it analytics.
48:47
You could stay on and actually listen to it if you want.
48:50
It is a funny. One, I just got in and I've been
48:53
doing this. I'm going to, I'm going to take
48:55
my leave of you guys so we can do this again soon.
48:58
Absolutely tell your wife I said hello.
49:00
You got it brother. Thank you so much.
49:02
The one I see your voice. Our friend Nelson Figueroa,
49:06
Fantastic. He is fantastic always and Emmy
49:09
award-winning as we all know. Two time Emmy Award-winning so
49:13
we can't forget the 2 double Deuce and two in a pink.
49:17
And this, ladies and gentlemen, could be the last one in the
49:21
stink. We call this Anal Linux.
49:23
Ladies and gentlemen, and now it's a analytics I want.
49:29
Everybody together to go ahead and say penis, penis, penis,
49:33
vagina, vagina, vagina. All right everybody, it's so sad
49:41
that we may be coming to an end right here with this wonderful
49:45
segment. A game show that is always a
49:48
quality educational experience. Yes, of course I am talking
49:52
about analytics. The way the game works is there
49:55
is a mystery term that Errol has for Speedy and Speedy has for
49:58
Errol. They will each have up to three
50:00
clues to solve it and whoever gets it right first is the
50:04
winner. If they tie, there is a tie
50:06
rigger. They do have to use the term in
50:07
a sentence. Whoever's sentence is better is
50:10
then the tiebreaker winner. There's a catch though.
50:14
The terms are different. So Speedy is our resident
50:17
statistician guru. And yes, he will be asking
50:21
Errol, who's more of a traditionalist, more of an eye
50:24
test man, an originalist as they would say politically when it
50:29
comes to sports. He doesn't know these newfangled
50:33
terms. This war crap, no, he's got.
50:37
He's going to have to solve this, though he doesn't know it.
50:39
On the same token, Speedy has some things he doesn't know as
50:43
well. He always calls them gross
50:47
sexual crap. Yes, these are sexual innuendos.
50:50
These are the analytics compared to the analytics of the sports
50:54
boys. It's been a long ride.
50:56
Are you ready for perhaps the last episode of Analytics?
51:01
Let's go all righty. All right, right, so here we go.
51:05
We're going to start off as we always do with Speedy When the
51:08
music starts. It's time for the big reveal of
51:11
the sports analytical term of the night.
51:14
All right, so we got football again for the last one SRS we
51:18
got for this week. SSRS Football.
51:27
SRS is something rating. Rating is correct.
51:30
Yep. SRSSRS I don't know the.
51:40
Interesting accent. Trying to do trying to.
51:44
Do I have a country accent? I have no idea.
51:49
All right, we got one of the letters though rating.
51:51
Let's move on to speedy PD. Here it is Errol.
51:55
The music is playing. Let's hear the big reveal all.
51:59
Right, Speedy, you ready? All righty.
52:03
Poofing. Oh God.
52:08
Oh boy. Oh God.
52:13
All right, the action of a man sticking his hand inside a
52:34
woman's vagina. Oh, woman's vagina.
52:45
Oh boy, Speedy. No, that is incorrect.
52:49
But that's all right. That was real wild guesses.
52:51
It's time we get some clues, Speedy.
52:55
SRS let's get Errol his first clue all.
52:57
Right, so something that is not complicated could be considered.
53:04
Good clue. Not complicated finesse.
53:13
Say it again. So something that is considered
53:15
not complicated, like an opposite.
53:24
Not complicated with an S Simple, yes.
53:30
And then another term for like a like a scheme, like a way you
53:35
want to run things in basketball, you could consider
53:38
scheme. Don't know, Don't know.
53:53
All right, I don't know. I do understand what he's
53:55
getting at with basketball, but we're getting close there.
53:59
It's wrong. You have one letter left to
54:01
solve, Speedy. You're going to have to do some
54:04
work here, Errol. Let's give him his first clue
54:08
for boofing. Speedy, you insert this
54:15
particular item item somewhere. Gosh, let's hope it's not the
54:21
freaking dildo that was thrown in the court.
54:25
I have a weird feeling it could be though.
54:27
It's an item that makes you feel good.
54:32
Oh God, this is that stupid vibrator thing that you wanted
54:35
to bring back for like 5 years ago.
54:38
Oh God, this would be the way to to end full time analytics is to
54:42
bring back that memory. All right, let's go with that
54:45
because I can't think of much else.
54:48
All right, let's stick the vibrator inside a woman's ass
54:52
and then come come down with your body.
54:59
Come down what? What do you mean come down with
55:03
your back? Downward action.
55:04
Well, show us downward action. I don't know, Jimmy.
55:07
Superfly Snuka off the top rope. There's no age.
55:10
Show us the same. I don't know what to
55:11
demonstrate. Show us.
55:12
Just show us what you think it would do.
55:15
Just show us. I am not demonstrating a
55:16
freaking vibrator that makes you feel good.
55:20
But it, it's something that you can feel good.
55:26
It it, you know, it makes you feel good, makes you feel good
55:32
in many different ways. Yeah, sure.
55:36
That was a creepy way to say it makes you feel good.
55:39
Yeah, that was kind of odd. You're like, I am an odd person.
55:43
That that's kind of like how Halle Berry talked in Monsters
55:46
Ball. I'm going to give him a real
55:48
make me feel good dude. Dude I get aroused every time I
55:52
watch that part. That's a creepy thing to get
55:56
aroused. Dude, I wouldn't tell you this.
55:58
Halle Berry was like my all time.
56:00
Like if I see Halle Berry, I would do anything to sleep with
56:05
that woman. You remember who she had to get
56:06
away from. It was abusive to her.
56:08
David Justice, I know. David Justice.
56:10
No, no. In the movie, you know who
56:11
played her husband? Yeah.
56:12
Diddy the Diddler. It was Diddy, but of course the.
56:15
Diddler, the Diddler. Now it all makes sense the.
56:19
Diddler, but she he did. I loved Halle Berry.
56:21
She was like I had posters of her all over my wall.
56:25
I loved Halle. Swordfish.
56:28
Hey, didn't she get 500 per? Titty.
56:30
Yeah, she. Do it.
56:31
So it was pretty, pretty, pretty high price.
56:33
But speedy, you can't avoid this.
56:37
We need a. We need a guess.
56:39
Yes. All right, so all right, So the
56:42
vibrator goes inside the woman's ass and then the man, I will
56:48
say. So it probably isn't his hand.
56:51
We'll go back to the penis. We'll drive right on top of it.
56:57
Drive, you're going to drive on top.
57:01
I'm just going to hit the wrong answer.
57:02
I I I feel. Like there's another action.
57:07
With like Hot Wheels. Bars right now, No, I'm.
57:10
Not not a wheel. You said drive on top of it.
57:14
Yeah, because the only thing you could drive is a car.
57:16
Yeah, OK. Why can't you just like not give
57:23
the analogy? You don't have to say it's like
57:27
driving a car or driving. You could say what you want to
57:31
say, Speedy. You could say it.
57:35
I don't know what that is though, that's why I'm guessing
57:37
all right. There we go wrong.
57:39
Answer is still. Confirmed.
57:41
Wow, let's go back the other way.
57:43
I just got really close. I just got even more stupider.
57:47
Only so many brain cells left. My brain cells are in another
57:50
world right now, so. All right, Speedy, next clue
57:53
all. Right.
57:54
So a more general term, not even just a sports term.
57:56
If somebody has a methodology of doing something, a certain set
58:00
of certain set of rules or something like that, something
58:04
that is more organized, you consider it a like a routine
58:11
kind of thing, like some person does it 1A particular way.
58:14
I know what you're saying. You're not giving a great one
58:17
for this. It's a little tough, but I I
58:21
could figure it out. Say it again.
58:23
So I guess if somebody has one like preferred methodology or
58:28
routine in how they were to do something, even from a general
58:30
standpoint, you have a a particular, I guess comfort to
58:36
like, like I was saying, you want to we want to run a scheme
58:38
of coaching style like a certain set of rules if you're.
58:42
Especially defensively. I got it.
58:46
I got it. I think I know what it is.
58:48
I think I know what it is. System.
58:51
Yes, simple rating system. All right.
59:00
And a Ding, Ding, Ding. Now you know what you have to
59:06
do, Errol. I'm.
59:08
I got to use it in a sense. I'm a little lost with this, so
59:11
I'm going to have to guess on this.
59:12
And this is football, all right? SRS.
59:19
The New York Jets simple rating system is amongst the league's
59:26
worst over the last 20 years in the NFL.
59:31
The tracks. That's rocks.
59:33
I mean, that's right. I would say that's a.
59:36
Good guess they could be a. Pretty good guess, I mean.
59:40
There's not much competition. It's probably them, the Browns
59:42
or the. Rage goody has no woody as as a.
59:46
Teacher, I would say the sentence is a little vague, so
59:49
there is some room there for Speedy.
59:51
I like anal spell. Definition for SRS please and
59:54
like how it would be used. If I somehow get to my sentence,
59:57
I'm using Nathanetics. These didn't show up.
1:00:00
Where? Where is Nathan?
1:00:01
He was supposed to be. Nathan was supposed to be here
1:00:03
for the last the last farewell tour of Analytics.
1:00:07
Speedy. Tell us SRS.
1:00:09
So simple rating system. How we use it?
1:00:11
Yeah, so simple racing rating system is a it is a team metric.
1:00:14
So him using the dress is actually right.
1:00:16
So it actually combines point differential with strength of
1:00:19
schedule and a few other factors to judge how how strong A-Team
1:00:23
really is in a decibel based rating system.
1:00:26
The Bills were the highest one this year, combined with a bunch
1:00:29
of those factors in the regular. System in The Jets, one of the
1:00:31
worst, as always. As we always know. 20 years,
1:00:36
absolutely. Yeah, the 20 year sample, I
1:00:37
would imagine the Browns are the worst, but The Jets are probably
1:00:40
bottom three I would imagine. It would be them, the Raiders in
1:00:42
The Jets, I would say all three of them, yeah.
1:00:46
The Giants would give you a run for your money since 2012.
1:00:49
No 2020 years. 20 years. No, they won.
1:00:51
They won two. I said since 2012, since 2012.
1:00:54
Well, yeah, since 2012, yeah. Then you're looking at.
1:00:56
It all right so look barrel solved it I would give AB minus
1:01:02
to that sentence you're going to have to solve it right now
1:01:05
speedy and do better than that here's the music let's.
1:01:10
Go All right, Speedy. You take this particular thing
1:01:17
in many different ways. You can smoke it, you can pop
1:01:22
it, you can get high on it. OK, All right, all right, all
1:01:27
done Sounds. Like a good time with Caddy.
1:01:28
All done and you got to put it into a body.
1:01:32
OK, A certain part of the body. So caddy's going to put weed in
1:01:36
a geese? Nice this can be done.
1:01:40
You're off the hook. I'll use a caddy this can.
1:01:42
Be done with a certain part of your body, OK?
1:01:48
And then, ladies and gentlemen, it can go in many different
1:01:54
areas, in a man's thing and another thing.
1:02:02
And again, sounds like something Kenny would do.
1:02:04
Is he smoking something? All right, Speedy, you've got in
1:02:09
your clues. Let's recap.
1:02:10
I think I gave him the out smoking something.
1:02:12
You almost gave him the whole thing.
1:02:14
The first clue. Errol, I I can't even tell you
1:02:18
what your clues are at this point.
1:02:20
You're going to have to recap. All right, Speedy needs all the
1:02:22
help he can get. So you can pop it, you can smoke
1:02:24
it, you can enjoy it, and then you're going to take it and
1:02:28
you're going to put it somewhere in somebody's body.
1:02:31
All right, so I'm still back on. All right, you're smoking it.
1:02:35
So it comes from your mouth originally, I guess.
1:02:39
Then you smoke it and then put it into the butt hole.
1:02:44
OK, but what is it? So you're smoking?
1:02:49
It's probably something with a flame.
1:02:54
I mean, a cigar seems like the obvious one, but it could be a
1:02:59
joint. Like but what is it?
1:03:02
And and then and. So it's a all right, let's go
1:03:09
with a joint, I guess, a joint. But what is that weed?
1:03:13
Weed. But what is that?
1:03:15
Smoking. But what is that?
1:03:18
How would you classify weed as a?
1:03:22
As a drug. OK.
1:03:25
So you're keep going. So you're placing, you're
1:03:28
smoking that you're smoking it, and then you're placing it into.
1:03:32
The butt hole, OK. And then and then while it's I
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guess. Hot.
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You drive your your sex part in I don't know your penis or your.
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Vagina did you just. Say your sex part if.
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You're a man or a woman. Because genders could do this,
1:03:52
apparently. Again, it still sounds like
1:03:55
something Kenny would do. You're a sex part.
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You got to cut that one out. You're a sex part.
1:04:02
I hope Kenny would never do this with a geek with a goose, but
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you never know. Surprisingly, you actually got a
1:04:08
lot closer than any of us thought you would.
1:04:11
It did not go right for you at the end there.
1:04:15
That means for the last, that's. Right, I got my Kenny
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description and which would have been my set that study.
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It was there for you, I guess, Speedy.
1:04:20
You were, you were set up. And you know Mighty Casey struck
1:04:24
out. I will.
1:04:24
I will go out on top with my great my great description of
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the Kenny hypothetical though. Well, going out on top is one
1:04:31
thing. Why don't you tell us, Errol?
1:04:33
And so Speedy can get his last educational lesson All right.
1:04:36
Boofing. What boofing is?
1:04:38
Boofing is when your partner insert drugs into your body
1:04:43
through your anus. This could be done with your
1:04:46
fingers, or your partner can put the drugs on their penis and
1:04:53
have anal sex with you. So it's more like a lacing of
1:04:56
drugs, OK. Lacing of drugs, Speedy, you all
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one sick individual. I can tell you now what was the
1:05:06
what was the term he used that we're going to use?
1:05:09
What was that? What was the term?
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What the sex part? Sex part Yeah, it's.
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Your sex part. Your sex part.
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So how many sex parts do you think Jabba has?
1:05:23
Droba. Droba what 4 I don't.
1:05:26
Know. How many sex parts?
1:05:28
Do you think no? How many?
1:05:29
I guess 4? I have no idea.
1:05:33
You think 4 are you talking about from the Star Wars movie
1:05:39
Jabba for? Sex parts Jabba would have like
1:05:50
he he'd be able to please many different people, I.
1:05:57
Don't know what I do with all that.
1:06:00
I think there was a South Park where like they had monsters
1:06:03
that had like 4 penises or something like that.
1:06:06
They were constantly having sex with each other.
1:06:09
Four parts. That's great.
1:06:11
That's job. If I heard four parts, man, I'd
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be the conquering king of this world, let me tell you.
1:06:18
I mean, there would be something.
1:06:19
I would be something. I would have so many magical
1:06:22
powers, you know? Speaking of powers Tommy Lee got
1:06:26
is, you know, is a thing rearranged in many different
1:06:30
ways. Long and thick, right?
1:06:31
Speedy, Like the sausages you love?
1:06:34
I, I, I wouldn't be surprised, I wouldn't not surprising that
1:06:37
Tommy Lee did that by any means, but I don't think.
1:06:39
It anything. Would you grab it if he pulled
1:06:40
it? No.
1:06:41
Why not? You like sausages?
1:06:43
I can have sausages that aren't attached to people.
1:06:46
'S bodies. But if you closed your eyes and
1:06:48
you touched it, wouldn't you think it was a sausage?
1:06:50
No. Why not?
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Because I know what the difference between food and body
1:06:54
parts are. It's right in front of your
1:06:56
face. It's got the you said if I close
1:06:58
my eyes. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
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1:08:18
Speedy, we have anything lined. Up Nothing yet.
1:08:19
Officially, Nathan is working on former Broncos cornerback Chris
1:08:23
Harris. He was going to come on the
1:08:24
show. I believe he's in coaching now
1:08:25
he's. Future Hall of Famer.
1:08:27
He's working, yeah, he's working on getting him on the show, so
1:08:29
we'll see on that. But Jabba has our guest for
1:08:31
Wednesday. Who's that, Jabba?
1:08:34
Jabba. Ariel Epstein.
1:08:37
Ariel Epstein. Anyways, that's it.
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Good night. Farewell.
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