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Sal Licata | Sports Media Personality Recaps NFL Week 4, First Place Giants, Same Old Jets, and Yankees Looking to Bounce Back · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Giants are 3-1. Jets are 1-3. Let's discuss all of
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  Speaker 1: it on a Yankee playoff day. Talking about WFAN, one
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  Speaker 1: of their terrific hosts and a kid that I've loved
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  Speaker 1: for a lot of years, Sal Licata. Sally, good morning, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: How are you?
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  Speaker 2: You do realize I got fired from WFAN, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but don't you do like a Saturday show or
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  Speaker 1: a Sunday show or something?
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  Speaker 2: No. You think I'm doing weekends? Come on, man.
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  Speaker 1: I thought you were doing something there. You're doing nothing?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing nothing there. I work at SNY. I built
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  Speaker 2: my own business with Underscore Media. I got my YouTube show,
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  Speaker 2: but I am no longer with the fan. I got
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  Speaker 2: fired like you did.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but I'm allowed to come back. Are you allowed?
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  Speaker 1: Have you burnt every bridge there at this point?
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no. You think I burnt bridges?
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  Speaker 1: Come on.
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  Speaker 2: If you didn't burn bridges, I certainly didn't burn bridges. No.
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  Speaker 3: I can go back.
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  Speaker 1: Cherno brought me back a million times. I mean, a
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  Speaker 1: million times. Of course, he's not there these days. You've
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  Speaker 1: got to deal with Chris Oliveira, my boy. But I
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  Speaker 1: didn't realize that. I'm sorry. So you do the SNY stuff,
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  Speaker 1: and you've got your own terrific podcast. What's that called
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  Speaker 1: for the listeners?
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  Speaker 2: Do you still want me on because I'm no longer
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  Speaker 2: a fan? It doesn't matter. We could just end the conversation. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the Sal Licata Show, Sid. It's a really creative name,
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  Speaker 2: the Sal Licata Show, live on YouTube every morning at
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  Speaker 2: 9 a.m., which I, in fact, cut short this morning
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  Speaker 2: to be on with you, my friend.
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  Speaker 1: To answer that question, the answer is yes. I'd rather
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  Speaker 1: not you come on the program anymore. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: get caught and I get Meningo. I get all the guys. No,
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  Speaker 1: I'm just kidding. Of course I still want you on
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  Speaker 1: the program. You're great. You're a very talented guy. I
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  Speaker 1: love you. You're New York sports. I don't care about that.
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  Speaker 1: So get to this. Get to the Giants, you funny Sal. 3-1,
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  Speaker 1: first place, Dallas. They beat Houston yesterday. They're a game back.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles are a mess. They lost to the Rams.
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  Speaker 1: They're a game back, and the Redskins are finished. So,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, are we starting to think that even without
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  Speaker 1: Jackson Dart, without Brian Burns, all these guys, that the
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  Speaker 1: Giants can stay in this, or have they taken advantage
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  Speaker 1: of a pretty easy schedule to start with?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's legit because when you have a head
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  Speaker 2: coach like that and you play special teams the way
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  Speaker 2: that they do and you win games that you're supposed
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  Speaker 2: to win. Also, look at the NFC East. The Eagles
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  Speaker 2: showed poorly yesterday. They've been playing with fire for two
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  Speaker 2: years and they're probably starting to lose some of these games.
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  Speaker 2: The Cowboys, they don't play any defense. The Giants already
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  Speaker 2: beat them. So, yeah, I mean, what would I, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what I throw the the. mortgage on the Giants winning
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  Speaker 2: the NFC East?
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  Speaker 4: Probably not at this particular point, but I do think it's.
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  Speaker 2: In play here. They did what they needed to do
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  Speaker 2: these last couple of weeks. They still have a couple
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  Speaker 2: of easy games or easier games the next few weeks
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  Speaker 2: at Washington. I don't know about Jaden Daniels' status. Home
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  Speaker 2: against the Saints, and then at Houston is 0-4 themselves.
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  Speaker 2: Going into the bye week here, I think the Giants
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  Speaker 2: can win a couple of these games, and then they
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  Speaker 2: have Philadelphia on the road coming out of the bye
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  Speaker 2: week in Week 9, which I think will be the
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  Speaker 2: real test if they can win this division or not.
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  Speaker 1: Looks like Jen Daniels will play this week, of course.
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  Speaker 1: The Redskins are down to their third-string quarterback. Yes, I
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  Speaker 1: know the commander shut up in the London loss to
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  Speaker 1: the Colts. I'm keeping Rutgers out of play. But it
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  Speaker 1: looks like Daniels will be back next week. But I
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  Speaker 1: think you're right. I think the Giants do what they
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  Speaker 1: got to do to win. These are not great football teams.
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  Speaker 1: The division is not very good. So we're going to see.
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, I feel a lot better about
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  Speaker 1: the Giants than the Jets, who just, their defense stops nobody.
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  Speaker 1: And yesterday they weren't very good offensively. The Bears have
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  Speaker 1: a pretty good defense. Jets are 1-3. And to me,
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  Speaker 1: with Aaron Glenn, he may be the worst coach in football.
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  Speaker 1: He's up there. They're on a road to nowhere. What
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  Speaker 1: do you see from the Jets?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, who is worse than Aaron Glenn? I mean, Robert Sala.
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  Speaker 2: What I see from the Jets is a total mess
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  Speaker 2: yet again. They blew a game in week two that
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  Speaker 2: they had no business losing. The Packers were very good.
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  Speaker 1: That was the coach. That was the coach. He blew
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  Speaker 1: that game. He really did.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I bet that's what I'm saying. And then week three,
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  Speaker 4: it's like, oh, you know what? They can compete because.
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  Speaker 2: They almost beat the Lions. Great.
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  Speaker 4: Another moral victory for the Jets. And then yesterday, they're
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  Speaker 4: non-competitive to the point where one of the Bears defensive
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  Speaker 4: players says it was the easiest NFL game he's ever
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  Speaker 4: been a part of.
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  Speaker 2: The Jets win. I mean, that is like, and now
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  Speaker 2: you know what's going to happen. You have a rookie,
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  Speaker 2: not a rookie, but he's basically, like last year was pre-K,
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  Speaker 2: and this year is kindergarten for Aaron Glenn. He's learning
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  Speaker 2: on the job. When you start to lose again, that's
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  Speaker 2: going to seep through.
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  Speaker 4: The locker room.
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  Speaker 2: They can't get Garrett Wilson to football. He's going to
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  Speaker 2: be upset again. It's a whole toxic mess with the Jets,
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  Speaker 2: who I was told were supposed to, the Jets wished
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  Speaker 2: that they were the Raiders.
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  Speaker 4: The Raiders were that team that was like, hey, you
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  Speaker 4: know what? Nobody's going to think they're any good. And
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  Speaker 4: yet they're 3-1.
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  Speaker 2: This year and competitive under a young head coach. They're
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  Speaker 2: actually showing the results. The Jets, the results, unfortunately, Sid,
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  Speaker 2: it's the same old Jets.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the Raiders were good yesterday in the loss to
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City. They end up covering on a touchdown, a
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  Speaker 1: two-point conversion at the very end of the game. He
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  Speaker 1: took the Chiefs. He wanted to kill himself yesterday. The Vikings, too.
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  Speaker 1: The Vikings, too. If you lay 10 with the Vikings,
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  Speaker 1: it's unbelievable. They're up by five. Hawkinson catches a pass
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  Speaker 1: over his name. He can waltz into the end zone.
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  Speaker 1: He falls down at the one-yard line. Now, look. If
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  Speaker 1: the Vikings score there, they go up by 11 with
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  Speaker 1: the extra point, 12. There's two minutes left. The Dolphins
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  Speaker 1: are out of timeouts. You don't give up a touchdown
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  Speaker 1: when you go up by two scores. One score game,
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  Speaker 1: I get it because you don't want the team to
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  Speaker 1: get the football in a one-score situation. They would have
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  Speaker 1: gone up by 12. They were favored by 10. The
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  Speaker 1: guy fell down at the one-yard line. I mean, there
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  Speaker 1: were games yesterday. If you bet the NFL, you'd want
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  Speaker 1: to kill yourself when the Chiefs and Raiders were one
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  Speaker 1: of those. Let me get to all the Yankees. Game
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  Speaker 1: two tonight. Yankees shut out Game 1. That's going to
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  Speaker 1: be the issue against Tampa Bay. This is not Boston.
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  Speaker 1: Yankees scored 18 runs in two games. They got Schlittler
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  Speaker 1: back on the mound tonight. He was magnificent that was there,
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  Speaker 1: that Game 1 win against Boston. But people forget, this
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  Speaker 1: is not the best of seven. This is the best
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  Speaker 1: of five. So if the Rays find a way to
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  Speaker 1: beat Schlittler tonight... Yankees got to win three in a row.
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  Speaker 1: That is unlikely, if not improbable, if not impossible. This
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  Speaker 1: is a must win for the Yankees tonight. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: I see it the other way. I think it's a
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  Speaker 2: must win for the race tonight because.
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  Speaker 4: You have, here's the, here's the scenario.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Cancel is on the mound. Obviously you don't want to get,
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  Speaker 2: or go down. Oh, two. They're coming back home with
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  Speaker 2: Max Reed, Garrett Cole, Carlos Rodan. Two of those three
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  Speaker 2: will be taking a start in game three and game four.
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  Speaker 1: But you have confidence right now in Garrett Cole.
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  Speaker 2: I do. Eric Cole is terrific in game one for
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  Speaker 2: five innings. And by the way, he might not even start.
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  Speaker 2: You might have him in a reserve role or at
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  Speaker 2: least piggyback with Rodon. Boone said that Rodon is probably
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  Speaker 2: going to get one of the starts here in game
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  Speaker 2: three or game four. Three, they may give him the
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  Speaker 2: extra rest. I don't know how they're going to line
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  Speaker 2: it up. But those three guys, Sid, pitching at home
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  Speaker 2: in the Bronx, which you know is going to be
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  Speaker 2: totally different atmosphere for the Rays, even though the Rays
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  Speaker 2: have been very good, they've got to win a game
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  Speaker 2: in the Bronx.
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  Speaker 4: And then you have Cantrell looming in game five.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't see it that way. I think the
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  Speaker 2: Rays had win game one they did barely I think
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  Speaker 2: the Rays got to win this game as well and
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  Speaker 2: even then I'm still not writing off the Yankees because
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  Speaker 2: of the way that the pitching lines up and because
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  Speaker 2: they're coming home within the old adage like the series
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  Speaker 2: doesn't begin until the home team loses a game I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna abide by that in this series with the Yankees.
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  Speaker 1: But what about offensively again the Rays can pitch and
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  Speaker 1: the Yankees you know without judge they've got their moments
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  Speaker 1: obviously but they did nothing in game one Are you
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  Speaker 1: worried about the offense in this series moving forward?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, if they don't hit Freddie Peralta. I'm not worried yet.
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  Speaker 2: Rasmussen was as nasty as can be. But that's a
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  Speaker 2: legitimate ace shutting you down. Freddie Peralta, I don't care
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  Speaker 2: how much he's been with the Rays, talking about they
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  Speaker 2: treat him like kings. He's figured it out, of course,
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  Speaker 2: after he leaves the Mets. He's all of a sudden
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  Speaker 2: figured it out. If the Yankees don't mash Freddie Peralta tonight,
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  Speaker 2: then yes, I'll be concerned about their offense. So that
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  Speaker 2: will be telling from tonight. If they lose and the
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  Speaker 2: offense doesn't do anything, then I can start to see
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  Speaker 2: how fans would think that they're not going to send
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  Speaker 2: it back to Tampa for a game five. But I
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  Speaker 2: expect them to hit Freddie. I think he's going to
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  Speaker 2: win tonight. I just don't think if they lose that
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  Speaker 2: it's the series is over.
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  Speaker 1: And are you looking forward to the beginning of the
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  Speaker 1: 2026 champion? Get ready for this, Sal Licata and my
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  Speaker 1: millions of listeners. Get ready for this. For the home
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  Speaker 1: opener for your reigning NBA world champion, New York Knicks.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait. Are you going?
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  Speaker 1: Of course I'm going. I'm Sid.
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  Speaker 2: Are you nuts?
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  Speaker 1: Not only am I going, but there's a chance I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to punch Spike Lee right across the face. How
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  Speaker 1: about that? I may do that. I may drag that
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  Speaker 1: little bastard up and down the court for like 10 minutes.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know you were still a Knicks fan because
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  Speaker 2: I thought that the mayor is a big Knicks guy.
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  Speaker 1: No, he's not. No, he's been revealed and exposed. He's
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  Speaker 1: never been a Knicks fan. He's a liar.
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  Speaker 2: Immediately.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you mean the speech that somebody else wrote for him?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I mean, isn't that what all politicians do?
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no. Not all. Not my guy, Trump.
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  Speaker 1: You get up there, you speak. But the thing is,
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  Speaker 1: he knows nothing about the Knicks. You know who can't
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  Speaker 1: stand Mom Donnie as much as I can? Jim Dolan.
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  Speaker 1: Because he knows he's a liar. He's not a real
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  Speaker 1: Knick fan. You think he knows who Edmund Sherrod is
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  Speaker 1: or Rory Sparrow or even Bill Cartwright? He's got no idea.
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  Speaker 1: He's a lying piece of garbage. So, yes, I'm still
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  Speaker 1: a diehard Knick fan, even though the lying, thieving, anti-Semite
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  Speaker 1: mayor claims that he is.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this and this will be the first time, certainly
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  Speaker 2: in my lifetime, I'm pretty sure yours as well, or
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  Speaker 2: at least as a functioning adult, that we get to
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  Speaker 2: sit back and enjoy a season watching our champions. Like
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  Speaker 2: for me, there's no pressure. I don't expect them to
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  Speaker 2: win again. I'd love to see it, but I just
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  Speaker 2: want to celebrate and enjoy each night watching this group
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  Speaker 2: of guys who delivered New York the championship for the
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  Speaker 2: first time in 53 years. I can't wait for the
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  Speaker 2: next season to get underway.
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  Speaker 1: Me too. LeBron James will be here that opening night
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  Speaker 1: in those tough Philadelphia 76ers. I was six years old.
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  Speaker 1: The last time the Knicks won a championship before this
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  Speaker 1: magnificent postseason last year. As always, Sal Licata, you're great.
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  Speaker 1: Check out Sal Licata, the Sal Licata Show. We play
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  Speaker 1: his clips on this show. He's really excellent. And SNY
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  Speaker 1: as well. Good-looking kid on TV. Ball. Wants to look
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  Speaker 1: like me. Close. Almost. Close. Not there, but close. Sal Licata.
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  Speaker 1: I can understand. That's right. Sal Licata, I love you.
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  Speaker 1: I think you're great. We'll keep bringing you back. Does
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  Speaker 1: that sound good?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Thank you, Sid.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you, Sal. You're terrific. Thank you so much, pal.
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  Speaker 1: Sal Licata, The Sal Licata Show, and you can check
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  Speaker 1: out Sal on SNY.
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  Speaker 1: What the heck is going on here?