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Bucky Dent, Jeff Nelson & Joe Benigno Talk Yankees, Red Sox, October Pressure & New York Sports · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: We're going to talk baseball now with the best in
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  Speaker 1: the business. I mean that sincerely. I don't make up stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I don't say nice things to people because they're on
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  Speaker 1: the phone. If he sucked, I tell him he sucked.
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  Speaker 1: John Heyman is the best. John, good morning, buddy.
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Sid. You're the best. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate that. So there it is. Boone's
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  Speaker 1: home run was 23 years ago, and he's been the
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  Speaker 1: skipper of the Yankees for a long time. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't listen to the band all that much, but I
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  Speaker 1: tune in every now and then because I love those guys.
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  Speaker 1: Craig is a dear friend of mine. And all they
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  Speaker 1: do is bitch about Boone every year. Another year where
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  Speaker 1: the Yankees won 93 games. Only Tampa Bay won more
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  Speaker 1: games inside the American League. And most people feel like
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  Speaker 1: they should get by Boston and Tampa Bay and win
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  Speaker 1: the pennant. But now that you look at it, 93 wins,
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  Speaker 1: not a terrible year, right?
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  Speaker 3: No, it's definitely not a terrible year. He does a
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  Speaker 3: solid job. I don't think there's any question about that.
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  Speaker 3: But obviously... The one thing hanging over his head is
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  Speaker 3: he has not won the World Series. This is year nine,
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  Speaker 3: and they are favored now to get to the World Series,
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  Speaker 3: not favored to win the World Series. The National League
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  Speaker 3: was better. Tampa is tough. You know, Boston, I think,
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  Speaker 3: is a good team, but the Yankees should win this one.
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  Speaker 3: Boston's only scored 13 runs in the last eight games,
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  Speaker 3: and The Yankees have the best starting pitching right now
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  Speaker 3: going in, and that includes the National League right now,
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  Speaker 3: I believe. So they should get by the Red Sox,
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  Speaker 3: I do believe. And they are favored to win the
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  Speaker 3: American League, although I'm not as confident in that as
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  Speaker 3: the oddsmakers are.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's only Tampa Bay. If they get by the
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  Speaker 1: Red Sox in ways they're not losing to, let's face it,
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  Speaker 1: Houston or one of those clubs. And the Red Sox
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  Speaker 1: did win 32 of 37 midway through the season. I
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  Speaker 1: get that. But like you said, they're not a They're
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  Speaker 1: not a great team. They had an epic run. 32-5
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  Speaker 1: is pretty epic. And the Yankees do have the best pitching,
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  Speaker 1: not just in the American League, but in baseball. But
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  Speaker 1: I will tell you this. If somehow the Red Sox
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  Speaker 1: eke out a win in those first two games, the
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  Speaker 1: thought of Garrett Cole, I can't believe I'm saying this
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  Speaker 1: because he's been a Hall of Fame amazing pitcher, but
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  Speaker 1: the thought of the season being on the line with
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  Speaker 1: Garrett Cole on the mound would scare me just a
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  Speaker 1: little as a Yankee fan.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I kind of believe it. I know
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  Speaker 3: we talk about recency bias. I kind of believe in it.
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  Speaker 3: I would have gone with Rodon. We'll see. They may
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  Speaker 3: not get there. I mean, they've got Schlittler, who's clearly
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  Speaker 3: the Cy Young winner this year, going in game one.
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  Speaker 3: They've got Max Fried in two, so they may win
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  Speaker 3: in two. But you get to three, I would have
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  Speaker 3: gone with Rodon at this point, just based on how
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  Speaker 3: they've pitched lately. I mean, Schlittler's been the best in
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  Speaker 3: the league, but... Over the last month, month and a half,
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  Speaker 3: Rodon has been the next best pitcher in the American League.
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  Speaker 3: And I would just go with that. I mean, he
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  Speaker 3: is a very talented guy. He's rediscovered his slider, which
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  Speaker 3: was missing. Obviously, it's been an up-and-down Yankee experience. And
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  Speaker 3: as you say, Cole's on the way to the Hall
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  Speaker 3: of Fame. He's incredible. But this is his first year
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  Speaker 3: back after the Tommy John, and he isn't quite himself.
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  Speaker 3: He don't run for the last three games allowed. So
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  Speaker 3: I think this is a mistake that we may not
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  Speaker 3: see come to fruition because I do think there's a
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  Speaker 3: decent chance the Yankees wrap it up.
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  Speaker 1: No, so do I with those two pitchers. But if
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  Speaker 1: it does get to that, why didn't the Yankees– I'm
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  Speaker 1: making this choice. Is it based on resume? Is that it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure it is. And maybe that is a
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  Speaker 3: big factor in making a choice, but I do think
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  Speaker 3: they kind of defer to the, to the big stars
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  Speaker 3: a little bit too much sometimes. And in this case,
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  Speaker 3: Cole has not been great the last three times out
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  Speaker 3: at least. And as a five ERA over his last
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  Speaker 3: five starts, which isn't great. And Rodan has been dominant.
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  Speaker 3: So I, I don't get it. You know, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: Cole could come throw a great game. No question about that.
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  Speaker 3: He's extremely, extremely talented, but lately not great. But let's
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  Speaker 3: not bet you about that. At this point, they could
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  Speaker 3: win it too, right?
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Yankees offense. There are rumors that
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  Speaker 1: Stanton may be back. Judge told reporters last week, I
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  Speaker 1: can play despite Aaron Boone saying he's not ready yet.
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  Speaker 1: So a lot of question marks. Do you have any
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  Speaker 1: answers on Judge and or Stanton?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I would say it's trending towards Stanton being on
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  Speaker 3: the roster and being a pinch hitter. And I would
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  Speaker 3: say at this point, if a judge hasn't done any
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  Speaker 3: baseball activities, I don't exactly know what he's done. He
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  Speaker 3: hasn't been on the field at all. We haven't seen
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  Speaker 3: him run or hit. So I would think it's unlikely
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  Speaker 3: that Judge would be available for this first series. I
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  Speaker 3: can't imagine they're going to risk him with this. calf
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  Speaker 3: injury in the soleus muscle, which is down by the Achilles.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we don't want to see him out for
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  Speaker 3: next year. Hope we hope we do have a next year.
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  Speaker 3: I think we will. And we don't want to see
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  Speaker 3: him out for next year over, you know, him playing
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  Speaker 3: when he has basically just played a week's worth of
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  Speaker 3: games a couple of weeks ago. And, Didn't look quite
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  Speaker 3: himself at that point.
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  Speaker 1: He looked terrible. What do you mean? He struck out
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  Speaker 1: 13 times in 21 plate appearances.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And that was after having some hitting off of live pitching.
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  Speaker 3: Now he has not had any of that.
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  Speaker 4: So.
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  Speaker 3: Why would anyone think he'd be better, and why risk it?
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  Speaker 3: It makes no sense to me to put him on
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  Speaker 3: the roster. I guess we could all dream of the
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  Speaker 3: Kirk Gibson moment, but let Stanton have that Kirk Gibson.
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  Speaker 4: Moment, right?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Stanton is an October guy. Maybe this is
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  Speaker 3: the best way to use Stanton anyway, just have him
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  Speaker 3: be an October player and not play in the regular season.
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  Speaker 1: And he can stay healthy. And you and I will
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  Speaker 1: have that discussion about baseball. I actually know the attorney,
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  Speaker 1: the Marvin Miller of 2026. He's not nearly.
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  Speaker 1: As confident as you are. So we'll have that discussion
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  Speaker 1: after the postseason. Or there'll be baseball next year. It'll
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  Speaker 1: be a shame.
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  Speaker 3: Confidence a little strong.
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  Speaker 1: Bucky won the World Series MVP. I mean, people think
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  Speaker 1: it was Reggie twice.
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  Speaker 4: It wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: Reggie, of course, won it in 77. Had that magnificent
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  Speaker 1: night hitting three home runs. Wore three different Dodger pitchers.
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  Speaker 1: Bucky won the World Series MVP in 78. So it
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  Speaker 1: didn't stop with the home money hit against Mike Torres
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  Speaker 1: to beat the Red Sox. And Bucky, I want you
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  Speaker 1: to know this. When I go to the Bronx tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: night and they sit there with Randy Levine, my wife
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  Speaker 1: and my son, I will be wearing the jersey you
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  Speaker 1: sent me, the great number 20, that you sent to
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  Speaker 1: me at the beginning of the season from Florida. I
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  Speaker 1: will be representing Bucky Dent in the Bronx, my friend,
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 2: There you go, buddy.
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  Speaker 4: I'm glad you got it and glad you're going to
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  Speaker 4: wear it.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a great series, and nobody ever
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  Speaker 2: gets tired of the Boston-Yankee-Red Sox rivalry. I'm telling you,
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  Speaker 2: it's great, and it's great for both cities, and it's
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  Speaker 2: great for baseball.
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  Speaker 1: Would you believe it, Bucky? I don't want you to
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  Speaker 1: feel old, okay? Trust me, I'm right with that with you.
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  Speaker 1: Would you believe if I said to you, you hit
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  Speaker 1: that home run 48 years ago? Does it feel like
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  Speaker 1: almost five decades ago?
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  Speaker 2: No, it seems like yesterday, especially when Boston and Yankees
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  Speaker 2: get after it. I mean, you know, always get flashbacks. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: it was a great year. Great, you know, 78 team. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just Yankee Red Sox. It just gets in
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  Speaker 2: your blood. And I don't think anybody ever gets tired
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  Speaker 2: of it, especially, you know, Boston or New York, the fans.
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  Speaker 2: They just love it.
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  Speaker 1: I want to go inside the head of Bucky Dent.
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  Speaker 1: You walk to the plate, right? And I'm sorry. It's
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  Speaker 1: almost like Trump. Trump never thought he was going to
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  Speaker 1: win the presidency, okay? Turned out to be the greatest
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  Speaker 1: president ever, but he never thought he was going to win.
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  Speaker 1: And something tells me I don't think you thought you
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  Speaker 1: were going to hit a home run in that spot.
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  Speaker 1: So when Buggy Dent actually digs those cleats into the
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  Speaker 1: ground and is about to face that pitch from Mike
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  Speaker 1: Torres 48 years ago, what were you thinking?
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  Speaker 2: I was just trying to get a base hit. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we were down, we were down and, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we had two runners on and I knew it was
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  Speaker 2: a situation. The game was, you know, getting late seventh
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  Speaker 2: inning and, uh, you know, the, the, you could feel
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  Speaker 2: the tension start to build in the crowd. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, everybody would, you could just feel the pressure
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  Speaker 2: and I was just looking to get a base hit.
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  Speaker 2: I just wanted to get hit a base hit and
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  Speaker 2: drive in a run and get us going. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: Mike made a mistake. He threw a fastball down and in,
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  Speaker 2: and I hit it pretty good, and I really didn't
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  Speaker 2: even know it was going to go out. I was
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  Speaker 2: just running hard to get to second base because I
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  Speaker 2: knew I was a tying run, but it wound up
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  Speaker 2: going in the net, and I got a beautiful nickname
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  Speaker 2: from that home run, and I love it.
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  Speaker 1: F-ing Bucky, right? Is it F-ing Bucky?
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  Speaker 4: That's me, baby.
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  Speaker 1: I know. What's his name, the actor? I liked him
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  Speaker 1: a lot. He was in– oh, come on. He played
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  Speaker 1: a writer on that– No, on that cable show. And
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  Speaker 1: he was in that sci-fi thriller, too. Big time actor.
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  Speaker 1: Wrote the book on you. You know what I'm talking about?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know who you're talking about.
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  Speaker 1: What the hell is his name? He had a sex problem, actually.
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  Speaker 1: He had to go away. He did. He did. But
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  Speaker 1: I like the guy. He's good. He's a funny guy.
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  Speaker 1: Good looking guy. I forgot his name, but he wrote
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  Speaker 1: the book on you. So, you know, people don't mention
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  Speaker 1: this enough. Not only did you hit the home run
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  Speaker 1: to beat Boston, but does anybody ever say to you, hey,
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  Speaker 1: way to go? You won the World Series MVP that year.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's kind of like overlooked. You know, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that game was so special, was such a big moment
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  Speaker 2: that day. And everybody was, you know, it was like
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  Speaker 2: the whole world stopped to watch it. And, you know, no,
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  Speaker 2: people kind of forget that I was the MVP of
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  Speaker 2: the World Series in 78. You know, Reggie put on
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  Speaker 2: that great display in 77, hitting those three home runs. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they never really say much about me winning
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  Speaker 2: the World Series MVP.
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  Speaker 1: No, they never do. I don't understand that. I don't
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  Speaker 1: get it. David Duchovny is the name of the actor
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  Speaker 1: we're looking for. That is David Duchovny. So I want
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  Speaker 1: to get to this current Yankee team, but you came
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  Speaker 1: over the same. year as Reggie, the same offseason, right? 1977.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the Yankees had just gotten swept by the
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  Speaker 1: Cincinnati Reds in the World Series, and getting there wasn't
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  Speaker 1: good enough for Steinbrenner. He was embarrassed. He was embarrassed.
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  Speaker 1: He got swept by the Reds. So he went out
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  Speaker 1: there and he got Reggie, and they made a deal
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  Speaker 1: with the White Sox to get you, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I was kind of like the last piece of
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  Speaker 2: the puzzle. I got traded. Reggie went through spring training
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  Speaker 2: with him. He got to be there in spring training.
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  Speaker 2: I got traded the last day of of spring training,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the Yankees had an off day, the White
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  Speaker 2: Sox had an off day. We were supposed to go
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  Speaker 2: to play in Toronto with the White Sox. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I walked back in to get a bag out of
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  Speaker 2: the apartment and the phone rang and I picked it
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  Speaker 2: up and hear this voice goes, is this Bucky Dent?
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  Speaker 2: I go, yeah. He goes, this is George Steinbrenner. And
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  Speaker 2: I go, get out of here. Somebody was playing a
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  Speaker 2: joke on me, you know, but He says, if you
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  Speaker 2: sign your contract, you know, you'll be a Yankee. And
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  Speaker 2: the Yankees, they were my team. So I was excited
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  Speaker 2: to come over.
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  Speaker 3: You were?
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  Speaker 1: They were your team? Where'd you grow up again?
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  Speaker 2: Florida. You know, I grew up in Florida, but we
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  Speaker 2: used to get the Yankee World Series games on black
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  Speaker 2: and white TV when I was a kid in elementary school.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Because they were in it every year. So I became
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  Speaker 2: a huge Mickey Mantle fan. And, you know, coming over
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  Speaker 2: to the Yankees was my dream.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, that's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: Father, because you met your wife, God rest her soul,
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  Speaker 1: as a Gator.
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  Speaker 4: Right?
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  Speaker 6: Both Gators.
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  Speaker 1: And you're still down there in Delray Beach or Boca,
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  Speaker 1: wherever the hell you are. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm in Sarasota, Bradenton area.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you are? Okay, so you moved. It's still pretty.
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  Speaker 1: So pretty. Very, very nice. So you get to the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees in 77, and then you go on. You manage
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  Speaker 1: a team for a little while. So you've got this
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  Speaker 1: great Yankee history. So one more. When Bucky Dent, if
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  Speaker 1: you were coming tomorrow night or Wednesday, walks into the Bronx,
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  Speaker 1: especially during a Red Sox game. Do these modern-day fans
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  Speaker 1: know the hero that you are?
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  Speaker 2: No, not really.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, God.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we were just there. We were just there
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  Speaker 2: their last series, their homestand. We were there Thursday and Friday,
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  Speaker 2: my wife and I. We did a couple appearances and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that. But, you know, any time you walk
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  Speaker 2: into Yankee Stadium, you've got to get chills because of
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  Speaker 2: the history of what the Yankees stand for, the pinstripes.
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  Speaker 2: It's just hard to explain when you walk in that
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  Speaker 2: place the feeling you get.
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  Speaker 1: No, but you just made me sad, man. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you're Bucky effing Dent. You should walk in and get mobbed.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I get mobbed. Nobody. I never hit one
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  Speaker 1: home run for the Yankees.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to be 75 years old next month.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. Bucky, I'm not just saying this to make you
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  Speaker 1: feel good. You look so good. And, in fact, I
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  Speaker 1: do have to say this. When you were on the Yankees,
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  Speaker 1: because you're such a good-looking guy and you still are,
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  Speaker 1: mind you, every woman in New York wanted you. You
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  Speaker 1: ought to split the city between Bucky Dent with the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees and Lima Zilli of the Mets. Is that not right?
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  Speaker 2: That's right. We wound up getting traded for each other.
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  Speaker 1: Is that right? I forgot that. You did?
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  Speaker 2: I got traded to Texas for Lee. We joke about
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  Speaker 2: it all the time.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God. Yeah, you guys were the women love
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  Speaker 1: both of you guys. Bucky with the Yankees and Lee.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. You still look great at 75. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you can still go out there and take
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  Speaker 1: a couple of ground balls. The Yankees shortstop has been
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  Speaker 1: a wild ride this year. They started with Volpe, and
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  Speaker 1: that didn't work out. They went to Caballeros, which was
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  Speaker 1: actually pretty good. And they eventually brought up the youngster.
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  Speaker 1: I like this kid a lot, George Lombard. What are
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts on that position moving forward?
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  Speaker 2: I like him a lot also. You know, actually, two
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  Speaker 2: years ago, the Yankees invited me back to spring training
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  Speaker 2: for the first time in 20 years, and I got
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  Speaker 2: to see him then, and I got to see him
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  Speaker 2: this past spring training. I was back there, and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's a great young player, and he's a great young kid,
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  Speaker 2: and he's got a bright future. You know, he's, you know, it's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he just, he has that dip factor, you know,
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  Speaker 2: as far as playing shortstop. And, you know, he's made
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  Speaker 2: a couple mistakes early, you know, but that's grueling pains. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you know, he's going to get a great experience,
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  Speaker 2: you know, playing in his first playoff game, especially against Boston.
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  Speaker 2: But I think he's going to be an outstanding player.
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  Speaker 1: I think the offense, you know, look, it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: been up and down all year, and obviously that's because
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  Speaker 1: of injuries. Aaron Judge has not played much this year.
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  Speaker 1: Giancarlo Stanton has not played much this year. Even Bellinger
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  Speaker 1: was hurt for some time. The catcher position has been
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  Speaker 1: a nightmare offensively. The third base position, Ryan McMahon, they'll
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  Speaker 1: probably play Bolpe in the playoffs. So the offense has
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  Speaker 1: had its struggles all season long. Do you think that
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  Speaker 1: comes back to bite the Yankees in this postseason, or
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  Speaker 1: do you think moving forward they'll be okay?
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  Speaker 2: Well, here's the thing. They miss the presence and the
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  Speaker 2: protection of Judge and Stanton in the lineup. Let's not
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: say anything more than they miss him, but they've learned
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: to win without them. I think the guy that stepped
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: up really, really well has been Ben Rice. I got
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: to be around him in spring training. He's a gritty kid.
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: He's got a good sense of humor and I think
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: he's grown into that, being a guy of presence in
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: the lineup. I mean, he hit 41 home runs and
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: 90-something RBIs, and he's picked it up. Judge went down,
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: and Rice picked it up for them. And I think
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: he's been a big factor for them. But the Yankees
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: have learned to win without Judge in the lineup and Stanton,
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: you know, They struggled a little bit more when Bellinger
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: went down, but he's back. And I think they're going
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: to be fine. You know, it's just, can they play
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: defense and can they do the little things that have
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: beaten them in the past and to play in the
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: post seasons, you know, not covering first, you know, not
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: feeling a bump, throwing the ball, the right bases. When
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: you play in a series, you know, you know, against
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: good teams and good pitching, you can't make those kinds
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: of mistakes. So, but I, I think they still got
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: a great chance. Look, they got a great rotation. You know,
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: they got a kid, Slitter, that's going to be probably
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: the Cy Young. I mean, he's got tremendous grit. You
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: got Freed. You got Cole going one, two, and three.
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: I think they got a really good chance of beating
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: the Red Sox.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: That is a vicious one, two, three. Torrey had some
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: great pitching, too. When the Yankees got to the World
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: Series six times with him, they won four of those.
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: You had a couple of pretty good guys. Ron Guidry,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: he wasn't bad. I think you had Catfish, too. So
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: you had a pretty good rotation back then, right?
• 16:29
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: We had a good present in the rotation, and we
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: had a really good back into the bullpen with Sparky
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: Lyle and Goose Gossage.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: That's right. You know, we talk about Torrey all the
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: time with Stanton and Nelson and Mariano and Wetland, but
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: you guys with Sparky and Goose, you couldn't hit those guys.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: Those guys were amazing.
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: No, and I saw that from the fact that because
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: I was coaching with Texas in 96, we played the
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: Yankees 96, 98, and 99 in the first round of
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: the playoffs. We won the first game, and we never
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: won another one. We lost nine straight because of their
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: pitching and their back end of their bullpen. They just
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: matched up really well with the Texas lineup, and so
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: I got to see that firsthand. But the Yankees, you know,
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: they– They've shown some grit down the stretch by, you know,
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: winning some tough ball games. And I think it really
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: helped them, you know, to be without Judge and learn
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: how to play without him. And some of the younger
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: kids stepped up. Look, Spencer Jones stepped got in the
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: lineup and he's, he's done really, really well. You know,
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: Lombard has done really, really well. And so those, those
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: young kids are growing, you know, and so, you know,
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: the big thing is going to be for them is,
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: you know, playing defense and not making big mistakes in
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: certain situations.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: All right, Bucky, last one. It's so great to talk
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: to you. You really are terrific. You know that you're
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: such a great guy. Take me to tomorrow night first pitch,
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: Yankees-Red Sox in the Bronx. Where is Bucky Dent? What's
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: he wearing? Where is he sitting? What does Bucky Dent
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: do tomorrow night?
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: I'm sitting right in front of my TV with my
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: wife and my grandson with our Yankee uniforms on, and
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: we're going to be rooting for the Yankees all the way.
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: We're going to be screaming and yelling and having a
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: glass of wine.
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: I love it. That sounds like a fun time, man.
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: And when the Yankees move forward, if they get to
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: the World Series, I'm sure you'll be here. Make sure
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: you come at the studio and say hello. Bucky Dent,
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: I love it. You've been a good friend for a long,
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: long time. You're a classy guy, great ball player. Good
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: luck to you, Yankees. We'll talk and see each other
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: again very soon. Thank you, pal. Thanks, Sid.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: And wear that number 20 in pride tomorrow, buddy.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: You know I will. That's the only jersey I wear
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: to Yankee Stadium, Bucky. Thank you, Bucky. Thank you, my man.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Take care. Bucky, actually, you got it. You actually signed
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: a hat for me, too, a Yankee hat. Joining us
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: this morning as we get set for game one of
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: the Yankees and Red Sox in the Bronx. Later on tonight,
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: Yankee hero Jeff Nelson. Jeff, good morning, buddy. How are you?
• 18:59
  Speaker 6: Good morning, Sid. I'm doing great. Thanks for having me.
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: It's great to have you. Did you actually make it?
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: through the whole Doobie Brothers concert. I'm not going to
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: lie to you. The rain delay forced us out early.
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: Did you sit through the whole thing?
• 19:11
  Speaker 6: Well, the Doobie Brothers, yes, but Santana only made it
• 19:15
  Speaker 6: like halfway, and then we left.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: That was crazy, right?
• 19:21
  Speaker 6: Oh, I know. Was it an hour delay or whatever?
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 19:23
  Speaker 6: It was long.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: It was long. I mean, now I know what you
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: guys must have done.
• 19:27
  Speaker 6: You guys had to cut their set a little bit.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: Because of Santana.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: I know. So now I know what you guys must
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: have gone through during rain delays during baseball games. I mean,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: how do you come back out with the same enthusiasm?
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: You don't. You're absolutely right. You don't. You're like, oh
• 19:41
  Speaker 6: my gosh, this is dragging. Cancel the game. Let's come
• 19:43
  Speaker 6: back tomorrow.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: I know. I kept thinking about you with the rain
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: delay with Yankee Stadium when the Doobie Brothers were behind stage.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: It was lightning up there in upstate New York. So
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: here we go again, Jeff. I mean, look, obviously, you
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: won all those World Series with the Yankees. But back then,
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: it wasn't like Yankees-Red Sox. That did happen, obviously, in 2003.
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: You were gone by that. Oh, you were actually back
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: that year. But Yankees-Red Sox has always been huge. More
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: like the 70s teams, obviously. Bucky Dent and Zimmer and
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: those guys. But for you as a former Yankee star,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: any time you played Boston, it was a big deal, yes?
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: Oh, absolutely. Because, Mr. Steinbrenner, there was like three teams
• 20:22
  Speaker 6: you had to beat. It was the Mets, the Red Sox,
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: and the Rays. And if you didn't, then you didn't
• 20:27
  Speaker 6: want to show your face around Yankee Stadium. That's the
• 20:31
  Speaker 6: three teams that he took. the most serious, but you know,
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: the media and the fans really build up the rivalry
• 20:37
  Speaker 6: more than the players. And when we wanted to beat everyone,
• 20:39
  Speaker 6: but it was, it was pretty special one. I think more,
• 20:43
  Speaker 6: more so than the Mets Yankees, but the Red Sox
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: Yankees was always a huge rivalry.
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: Funny.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: You say Red Sox. We know why that's the case.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: Mets inside the same city. People are going, why the Rays?
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: And for people that don't know, that's because joints or
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: George Steinbrenner lived in.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: Tampa, right?
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 21:00
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: You don't want to deal with that nonsense, leaving his
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: house and having the Rays beat his team. You don't
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: want to deal with that. You know, one time I
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: said to Bernie Williams, I said, Bernie, you won four
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: World Series. So did you, Jeff. And you beat Atlanta twice.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: You beat the Padres. You beat the Mets. And I said,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: in 2001... right after 9-11, you weren't here then, but
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: when you lost to the Diamondbacks. Would you give back
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: one of those World Series wins just to have beaten
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: Arizona after that tragic day in New York? And without hesitation,
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: Jeffy goes, yeah, any one of them except the Mets. Yeah.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 21:36
  Speaker 6: You know, it's, it's always, I was, I came back
• 21:38
  Speaker 6: in 03 and we lost to the Marlins and you
• 21:40
  Speaker 6: seem to remember the ones you lose more than the
• 21:42
  Speaker 6: ones you win. I mean, it's, uh, it's, it's amazing.
• 21:45
  Speaker 6: And we lost, I was with Seattle then we lost
• 21:47
  Speaker 6: to New York. in a one for them to go
• 21:49
  Speaker 6: to Arizona to play the diamondbacks. And I didn't like
• 21:52
  Speaker 6: that very much either.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: What was it like though, when you go from Seattle
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: to the Yankees with Tino in 96 and you win
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: a world series, that amazing world series win over Atlanta
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: right away that year, what was that like?
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: Well, you know, you're coming to a historical, historical team
• 22:11
  Speaker 6: in New York. I mean, I grew up in Baltimore,
• 22:12
  Speaker 6: so I was an Oriole fan. It's never really a
• 22:14
  Speaker 6: Yankee fan until I became a Yankee. And I, And
• 22:17
  Speaker 6: it was amazing. I felt we were going to come
• 22:19
  Speaker 6: back and try to run it again in Seattle and
• 22:21
  Speaker 6: see if we could go a little further. And Tino
• 22:23
  Speaker 6: and I both get traded to New York. I mean,
• 22:25
  Speaker 6: you could get traded to a last place team, but
• 22:27
  Speaker 6: you get traded to the Pinstripes. And that was something
• 22:30
  Speaker 6: else going to spring training. Then it was Legends Field.
• 22:34
  Speaker 6: Now it's Steinbrenner Field. You know, just seeing the guys
• 22:38
  Speaker 6: and the history that New York brings. I was always
• 22:40
  Speaker 6: a big historian as far as knowing the past players.
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: I mean, I absolutely loved that.
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: What was it like playing for Joe Torre, too? I
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: think you must have loved Joe Torre, yes?
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: Yes. The most calming manager and perfect for New York.
• 22:54
  Speaker 6: Never had a doghouse. I thought that he made it
• 22:58
  Speaker 6: very Ian because New York back then was a very
• 23:00
  Speaker 6: tough place to play as far as the fans and
• 23:03
  Speaker 6: also the media. Our media coverage was a lot more
• 23:06
  Speaker 6: than it is now. And he made it easier for
• 23:09
  Speaker 6: us to go out on the field and do our jobs.
• 23:11
  Speaker 6: And I had Lou in Seattle, which is a perfect
• 23:15
  Speaker 6: person in Seattle because it was a laid-back atmosphere, and
• 23:18
  Speaker 6: he brought his fiery self. And Joe Torre was perfect
• 23:21
  Speaker 6: for New York, and he was the greatest. That's why
• 23:24
  Speaker 6: he's a Hall of Famer.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: Nelson saying Lou, he's talking about the former Yankee, ironically,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Lou Piniello. And Steinbrenner, you know, every Yankee player I
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: talked to had a run-in with George at some point.
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: Didn't matter. They still loved him. And they really believe
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: that if he was still alive today, that the Yankees
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: wouldn't have gone 17 years now without winning the world championship.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: Tell me about your relationship with George Steinbrenner.
• 23:48
  Speaker 6: Yeah, it was great. You know, but he was the
• 23:49
  Speaker 6: guy that tested you in New York. I mean, he,
• 23:51
  Speaker 6: New York was always a tough place to play.
• 23:53
  Speaker 4: I mean that.
• 23:54
  Speaker 6: You know, if you can make it here, you can
• 23:56
  Speaker 6: make it anywhere. It wasn't, that's the truth. I mean, it's, uh,
• 23:59
  Speaker 6: it's the same with playing at Yankee stadium. He tested you.
• 24:03
  Speaker 6: And if you didn't stand up for yourself and give
• 24:05
  Speaker 6: it back to him a little bit, I mean, you
• 24:06
  Speaker 6: never wanted to get into a shouting match with him
• 24:08
  Speaker 6: because you respected him too much, but you also stood
• 24:11
  Speaker 6: up for yourself and stood your ground and he respected that.
• 24:14
  Speaker 6: And he knew that, okay, this guy could probably make
• 24:16
  Speaker 6: it here.
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: You know, the teams seem to have this little rivalry.
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: Some of the guys I speak to. So, for example, Jeff,
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: your 98 team won every game. I think you're like 162,
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: I know. One of the greatest teams to ever play,
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: the 98 Yankees. And if you want to take on
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: those 77 teams like Reggie Jackson or dating back to
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: even the Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle days, Yogi Berra, do
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: you ever think how your Yankee great team, who won
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: World Series four times, would have fared against those other
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: great Yankee teams?
• 24:47
  Speaker 6: We kind of hoped that we would beat them, but
• 24:49
  Speaker 6: it would be fun to play against them. That would
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: be for sure. You look back and I think 98
• 24:56
  Speaker 6: was maybe one of the greatest, if not the greatest
• 24:58
  Speaker 6: team ever. I think maybe if you go back and
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: ask DiMaggio and all those, what was it, 61 Yankees,
• 25:05
  Speaker 6: whoever it was, they said, oh, that was the greatest
• 25:06
  Speaker 6: team ever. Right. It was fun back then. Old-timers day,
• 25:11
  Speaker 6: when those guys would come in, it was amazing to
• 25:14
  Speaker 6: see those guys around and dress in our locker room
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: and just to know what they went through and the
• 25:20
  Speaker 6: great players that they were. It was amazing, but it
• 25:23
  Speaker 6: would have been fun to do that.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: It would have been a lot of fun. What kind
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: of teammate was Derek Jeter?
• 25:30
  Speaker 6: Amazing. The smartest player I've ever played with and down
• 25:34
  Speaker 6: to earth and wanted to win. And everybody followed his lead,
• 25:37
  Speaker 6: even from his rookie year in 96. I mean, he
• 25:39
  Speaker 6: played like a veteran. He respected the game. He has
• 25:43
  Speaker 6: a great mom and dad that he grew up right.
• 25:46
  Speaker 6: And for a guy that... was single in New York.
• 25:49
  Speaker 6: He was a superstar and he made it. And, you know,
• 25:52
  Speaker 6: one of the greatest teammates I've had.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: Well, you come back. This is a great Jeff Nelson.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: And he went back and forth between Seattle and the Yankees.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: I go back and forth to the bathroom in the
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: studio every single day. So you came back in 03,
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: and ironically, you talked about losing to the Marlins in
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: the World Series that year. But that was the year
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: where Aaron Boone hit that big home run off Tim Wakefield,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: and you guys got to the World Series. And now
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: Aaron Boone is the skipper of... for the Yankees, and
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Jeffy gets killed here, okay? Every call to the fan,
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: got to get rid of Boone. Meantime, Yankees won 93
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: this year. They win between 90 and 100 every year.
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: They're in the playoffs every year, but Yankee fans won championships,
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: and you've got to go all the way back to
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: A-Rod in 2009 for that last championship. So do you
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: think Aaron Boone gets too much heat, or do the
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: Yankees got to win one?
• 26:47
  Speaker 6: Well, I mean, and I think the Yankees definitely have
• 26:49
  Speaker 6: to win one. I mean, they haven't been there since
• 26:50
  Speaker 6: 09 and you know, this is New York, you know,
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: this is the Yankees. They're used to 27 championships. So,
• 26:56
  Speaker 6: you know, they're used to winning. It just hasn't happened
• 26:59
  Speaker 6: in a while. I mean, this, this is a team
• 27:01
  Speaker 6: that goes to the playoffs every year. You know, that,
• 27:04
  Speaker 6: that's a great feat in itself. You know, what Brian
• 27:07
  Speaker 6: Cashman has done and what Aaron Boone has done as
• 27:09
  Speaker 6: a manager, Aaron Boone's a great communicator and, He does
• 27:13
  Speaker 6: a really nice job, you know, keeping everybody together. And
• 27:16
  Speaker 6: nowadays I think it's even more important to communicate with
• 27:18
  Speaker 6: the players because I think players are a lot more
• 27:21
  Speaker 6: sensitive than they used to be a lot more personalities
• 27:24
  Speaker 6: than they, than it used to be. So you need that,
• 27:27
  Speaker 6: you need that buffer and he, and he does a
• 27:29
  Speaker 6: great job with it. And, you know, you have a
• 27:34
  Speaker 6: lot of tough teams out there and, you know, it's, it's,
• 27:38
  Speaker 6: the injuries around the league are huge. And when you
• 27:42
  Speaker 6: lose big players like Aaron Judge, Stanton, Bellinger, that's going
• 27:48
  Speaker 6: to cost you. And then some guys just don't show
• 27:51
  Speaker 6: up in the playoffs. I mean, you had Aaron Judge
• 27:53
  Speaker 6: that had a decent playoff run a couple years ago.
• 27:56
  Speaker 6: But other than that, he really hasn't had a great
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: playoff run. So that takes in some consideration as well.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, when you talk about being one of the all-time greats.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: So what's the difference, Jeff? You know, a guy shows
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: up for 162 games, and he's an amazing player. Is
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: it as easy as there's just more pressure, more eyeballs?
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: Why are guys completely different in October than they were
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: in September?
• 28:24
  Speaker 6: Yeah, all of the above. And also, you know.
• 28:29
  Speaker 6: You try, I think players try to be someone they're,
• 28:32
  Speaker 6: they're not, you know, it's just a, it's just a
• 28:34
  Speaker 6: regular game, even though there is more eyeballs and.
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: You're one of what now 12 teams.
• 28:42
  Speaker 6: Guys try to do too much and that's what made
• 28:45
  Speaker 6: Derek Jeter so good and a lot of players back
• 28:48
  Speaker 6: then so good because you took it as a regular game.
• 28:50
  Speaker 6: You can't be any better than what you were during
• 28:53
  Speaker 6: the regular season and I think some of these guys
• 28:55
  Speaker 6: and A-Rod was one of them. A-Rod had a decent
• 28:58
  Speaker 6: run in 0-9 but other than that he really never
• 29:00
  Speaker 6: did anything in the playoffs and those guys try to
• 29:03
  Speaker 6: put too much pressure on themselves and they try to
• 29:05
  Speaker 6: be better than they were during the regular season and
• 29:06
  Speaker 6: that's just not going to happen.
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: Well, you talked about the injuries with this baseball team,
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: and these guys aren't even back yet. Like, Judge, we
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: think may be available. Stanton, we think may be available.
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: We don't even know. So, I know you're a Yankee. Jeff,
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: I get it. You played for Seattle. You played for
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: the White Sox. You played for the Rangers. But you're
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: a Yankee. I know you want the Yankees to win,
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: but do you think this Yankee team will get it done?
• 29:32
  Speaker 6: I think their pitching is far better than a lot.
• 29:35
  Speaker 6: A lot of teams say, you know, who knows if
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: Aaron judge is going to be able to come back
• 29:40
  Speaker 6: and even what, what is he going to be able
• 29:41
  Speaker 6: to provide? Is he going to be healthy enough to be,
• 29:43
  Speaker 6: be able to be an impact player in that lineup?
• 29:46
  Speaker 6: Is he going to be able to play the outfield?
• 29:48
  Speaker 6: There's a lot of question marks with that. I think
• 29:51
  Speaker 6: the pitching, the starting pitching is probably better than any,
• 29:54
  Speaker 6: but anyone other, the other teams in the American league,
• 29:57
  Speaker 6: they have a tougher run. I mean, they have to
• 29:59
  Speaker 6: go through the Red Sox and then they play the
• 30:01
  Speaker 6: Rays if they can get through the Red Sox. So
• 30:02
  Speaker 6: that's a tough run for them. But if they can
• 30:05
  Speaker 6: get through that, then I think they go to the
• 30:06
  Speaker 6: world series because I don't think, you know, you look
• 30:09
  Speaker 6: at Houston, the guardians and the White Sox. I don't
• 30:11
  Speaker 6: think any of those teams match up with any of
• 30:13
  Speaker 6: the Red Sox, Rays or Yankees, but I like the
• 30:16
  Speaker 6: Yankees because of their pitching. Their starting pitching is really good.
• 30:20
  Speaker 6: It's deeper than any one of the other teams, and
• 30:22
  Speaker 6: I think their bullpen's good.
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: Going back to the bullpen, those Torrey teams that won
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: the World Series, we can talk all day about Jeter
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: deservedly so, and Tino, and Bernie Williams, and all the
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: offensive stars that showed up for the Yanks, and there
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: were lots of them. But I got to tell you,
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: that bullpen, right? So 96, you get there. Wetlands a closer.
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: Mariano's a setup guy. But after that, whether it was
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: you or Mike Stanton, knowing that Mariano Rivera was at
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: the back of that bullpen, did you ever have any
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: doubt that if you were winning in the sixth inning,
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: you would win every game?
• 30:59
  Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, no, and that's what we did. We
• 31:01
  Speaker 6: shortened games. We had really good starting pitching. So if
• 31:05
  Speaker 6: our starters would give you six or seven innings and
• 31:07
  Speaker 6: we only had to worry about maybe nine outs at
• 31:10
  Speaker 6: the most, sometimes maybe six outs, maybe four outs down
• 31:13
  Speaker 6: in the bullpen because our starters are so good. And
• 31:16
  Speaker 6: that's what, you know, and even opposing teams knew it.
• 31:19
  Speaker 6: If they didn't get to our starters, they weren't winning
• 31:21
  Speaker 6: the game because our bullpen was so good.
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you guys.
• 31:24
  Speaker 6: But nowadays it's different. You know, the leases are shorter
• 31:27
  Speaker 6: for starters. The 100 pitch count is a huge deal
• 31:30
  Speaker 6: for teams. So you better have a deep bullpen because
• 31:33
  Speaker 6: you're getting 12 to 15 outs a night, especially in
• 31:37
  Speaker 6: the playoffs from your bullpen. If you can't get that,
• 31:40
  Speaker 6: then that's when you wind up losing.
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: Bottom line, Jeff Nelson, an amazing Yankee between 96 and 2000,
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: was back here in 03 and went back and forth
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: to Seattle. during all those years, but is beloved here
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: in New York. I love you. As a great New
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: York Yankee and a great guy. So thank you for
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: hopping on this morning. I know you're traveling today. And
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: let's go, Yanks, Jeff. Let's go, Yanks. Yeah, let's go, Yanks.
• 32:02
  Speaker 6: Love your show, too.
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: Love you. Oh, man, thank you. I love you, too, bro.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much. It means a lot to me.
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: Thank you. There he is, the former great New York Yankee,
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: Jeff Nelson. Nelly. And much like Donald Trump does, he
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: closed it out with an I love you. How about that?
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: Jeff Nelson. Let me get to Benigno. I love him, too.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: Happens to be the legend at WFAN on every Saturday morning.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: On with us weekly and is one of the more
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: common sense guys you'll ever meet. And he has become
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: this really smart political guy. Not just the Jets and,
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: you know, the Mets and the Rangers and the Knicks.
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: He knows what he's talking about. So here he is,
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: the great Joe Benigno. Joseph, good Friday morning, buddy. How
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: are you?
• 32:46
  Speaker 4: Sidney Arthur, right. First of all, we got to cover
• 32:48
  Speaker 4: a couple of things. First of all, happy birthday to
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: your wife. My birthday is tomorrow.
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: No way.
• 32:52
  Speaker 4: I will be a ripe. Big number, 70 F in three. Oh, man.
• 32:59
  Speaker 6: Wow.
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: Happy birthday. You're going to be 73.
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: I got pain where I didn't even know I had
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: body parts anymore.
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: Happy birthday, JoJo. Thank you, guys.
• 33:09
  Speaker 4: Of course, the weather is going to cooperate. It's going
• 33:12
  Speaker 4: to be just a gorgeous day on my birthday. I'm
• 33:14
  Speaker 4: so excited about that. What a disgrace.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: So what is your beautiful wife, Terry? I do love her.
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: What has she got planned for you?
• 33:22
  Speaker 4: You know, we're supposed to have a little party because
• 33:24
  Speaker 4: my granddaughter's birthday is today. My beautiful granddaughter, Simone, she's
• 33:28
  Speaker 4: 18 today.
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: Wow, big.
• 33:30
  Speaker 4: Just started college, goes to Felicia University in Jersey, plays volleyball,
• 33:35
  Speaker 4: the whole deal. But her birthday is today. She's 18.
• 33:36
  Speaker 4: So we're supposed to have a double party, a double
• 33:39
  Speaker 4: cake thing tomorrow. But with the weather being what it is,
• 33:42
  Speaker 4: I don't know how it's going to play out. That's
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: where it is. That's what's happening for tomorrow. But, yeah, 73,
• 33:49
  Speaker 4: I'm getting old. In the words of War, one of
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: the great underrated groups of all time, slipping into darkness.
• 33:58
  Speaker 4: And I'll give you one more, too. In the words
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: of the great old blue eyes, the chairman of the board,
• 34:05
  Speaker 4: not Whitey Ford, the chairman of the board, the great
• 34:07
  Speaker 4: Frank Sinatra, I'm in the autumn of the year, Sid.
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: You know what I mean?
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: Oh, my God.
• 34:12
  Speaker 4: I'm in the freaking autumn of the year, and Thanksgiving
• 34:15
  Speaker 4: is approaching fast.
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: Oh, the pain.
• 34:19
  Speaker 4: Now, with that said, I want to bring this up, too,
• 34:22
  Speaker 4: because you were talking to Pete about the Grateful Dead. Now,
• 34:26
  Speaker 4: I was never a big dead guy, okay? Never. You know, Garcia,
• 34:30
  Speaker 4: we were all those guys, but I was never a
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: big dead guy. In 1974, when I was in college
• 34:35
  Speaker 4: in beautiful Franklin, Indiana— I went to Seated Dead at
• 34:38
  Speaker 4: the old Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis, where the Pacers used
• 34:42
  Speaker 4: to play before Market Square and whatever they call that
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: place now. They've had about three different arenas.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: I believe that it was in that arena where John
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: Minko received oral outside the women's bathroom.
• 34:53
  Speaker 4: Oh, is that true?
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: I'll stay out of that, Sid.
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: 1974, Grateful Dead, the greatest concert I ever saw. I
• 34:57
  Speaker 4: have to tell you. And I was not a big
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: Dead guy. I might have been stoned.
• 35:08
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 35:08
  Speaker 4: But it was the greatest concert I ever saw.
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: That's a huge bringing in.
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: When I tell you, these guys were spot on that night. Really?
• 35:16
  Speaker 4: They really were.
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite Grateful Dead song?
• 35:20
  Speaker 4: That's a good one. You know, everybody loves trucking and
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: all of that. What's the song you just played?
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: Shakedown Street. I love that song.
• 35:30
  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a good song.
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: That may be the best one.
• 35:32
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: That is a good song. I'm going to give you
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: one opportunity here to go back. And take out a word.
• 35:38
  Speaker 4: By the way, I'm heading to the weed store after
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: the show.
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: I know you still love the cannabis. I know you
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: love the cannabis. But I'm going to give you an
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: opportunity with that said to take out the word might have.
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: Two words. Might have. When you said I might have
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: been stoned.
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: There's no question. No doubt about it.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: You were high as a kite, weren't you?
• 35:56
  Speaker 4: I don't know about a kite, but I was up there.
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: Joe, Joe, did you see my man B.B. speak yesterday
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: at the United Nations?
• 36:05
  Speaker 4: You know, after all, I watched Big Don's speech. I
• 36:07
  Speaker 4: watched B.B. 's speech. I thought both of them were tremendous. Now,
• 36:11
  Speaker 4: I didn't know. Now, wait a minute. So I saw online,
• 36:14
  Speaker 4: I saw the picture of, you know, giving the fist
• 36:16
  Speaker 4: bump to B.B. and screaming at all the people that
• 36:18
  Speaker 4: were walking out and all that nonsense. Did they throw
• 36:21
  Speaker 4: you out of the U.N. yesterday?
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: No, they didn't. They threatened to. The lady threatened to.
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: She said, you cannot scream. I said, says who? And
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: she said, I'll throw you out of here. She actually
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: said that. So then I sat down next to my friend,
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: Alan Dershowitz, and I was fist pumping. I would get
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: up and give him a standing ovation often, but I
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: did not yell after that. They did threaten to throw
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: me out, yes.
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: Oh, okay.
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: But wasn't he great?
• 36:42
  Speaker 4: The woman that threatened to throw you out, did she
• 36:44
  Speaker 4: look like that woman? And what did she see? She's
• 36:46
  Speaker 4: the head of the European Union, and they all have
• 36:47
  Speaker 4: that same look. I know. You know what I mean?
• 36:50
  Speaker 4: They all have that same look on their face. Their
• 36:54
  Speaker 4: hair is pulled back.
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: They look like androgynous. They know. And they hate us.
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: They hate America. They hate Bibi. They hate Israel.
• 37:03
  Speaker 4: They hate me.
• 37:04
  Speaker 6: Oh, my God.
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: Where do they find these women? I mean, oh, my God.
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: Where do they find them? They're all over New York City.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, I walked around the city yesterday. It was gross.
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: There was rallies all over the place and stinking pro-Palestinians.
• 37:17
  Speaker 4: Unbelievable.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: Oh, my God.
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: Horrible.
• 37:19
  Speaker 4: I saw where Susan Sarandon got thrown out with a
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: pro-Palestinian thing going on. Well, she got arrested.
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: What do you mean thrown out?
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: She got arrested.
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Arrested, that's what I mean.
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: Her and that wannabe Congress lady whom I'm Donnie endorsed.
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: Chevalier.
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: What's her name? Chevalier, right?
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: She got arrested, too. Chee Osape on the city council.
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: He's a loser. He got arrested. It's horrible. What's going
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: on in the city is terrible, but none of it
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: really amounts to what I talked about with Pete, too,
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: moments ago, and that is that the injury to Jackson Dart,
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: the Giants season is over, right?
• 37:53
  Speaker 4: It's done. I wouldn't say that. Let me just say
• 37:56
  Speaker 4: this about Dart, and even though I'm a Jet fan,
• 37:58
  Speaker 4: I love Dart on many levels. The fact that he's
• 38:02
  Speaker 4: a Don guy, we love that about him. He's got
• 38:06
  Speaker 4: one of the most smoking hot girlfriends you could have.
• 38:10
  Speaker 4: A lot of good things about Dart. I do not
• 38:12
  Speaker 4: think the Giants season is over. I think you can
• 38:14
  Speaker 4: win games with Jameis Winston. You have a very beatable
• 38:18
  Speaker 4: Tennessee team coming in this week. You got Arizona after that.
• 38:22
  Speaker 4: You know, there's games they can win. Washington, the quarterback
• 38:25
  Speaker 4: looks like he's done now for the season, Daniels. But,
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: you know, no, I'm not saying the season's over yet. No,
• 38:31
  Speaker 4: I can't.
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: No, I am.
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I love Cam.
• 38:33
  Speaker 4: Well, you can say that.
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I love Cam Scott about a kid's terrific.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: I love his attitude, his enthusiasm. Take it easy. He's
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: not Marcus Allen or Barry Sanders. He's not going to
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: rush for 230 yards.
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: No, no, no, no, no.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: And, by the way, I watched Tennessee last week against
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: the Eagles with your guy Robert Sala.
• 38:51
  Speaker 4: Should have beat the Eagles.
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: Right, exactly. They're not going to be easy this week.
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: They're not.
• 38:54
  Speaker 4: Yeah. The NFL, nope. How about last night? I couldn't
• 38:57
  Speaker 4: believe it. I didn't see the game last night because
• 38:59
  Speaker 4: I refused to pay for these games on Thursday night.
• 39:02
  Speaker 4: But let me just say this, okay? First of all,
• 39:05
  Speaker 4: the Jets should have beat the Packers. But the Packers
• 39:07
  Speaker 4: got whopped last night by the Falcons at home.
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: Well, the Falcons, listen, the Falcons had to start Cooper
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: Rush the first two games. They did get their start.
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: They got Pennix back last night, right? And the Jets
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: should have beaten the Packers, but your coach, Aaron Glenn,
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: still has no idea how to coach in the NFL.
• 39:23
  Speaker 4: Well, I put a lot on him. He made some
• 39:25
  Speaker 4: bad decisions in the game. I thought the game turned
• 39:28
  Speaker 4: when they were up 14-7. he decided to kick a
• 39:31
  Speaker 4: field goal instead of going for it on fourth and
• 39:33
  Speaker 4: one on the eight-yard line. I thought that was the
• 39:36
  Speaker 4: turning point of the game, especially with the defense playing well.
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: But look, penalties, they had a million penalties, some big
• 39:42
  Speaker 4: penalties that really killed them, that pass interference, the one
• 39:45
  Speaker 4: out of bounds hit by Brownlee in the overtime, the
• 39:49
  Speaker 4: punt return, you know, which really hurt him as well
• 39:52
  Speaker 4: that set up the tying field goal. I don't want
• 39:54
  Speaker 4: to rehash Sunday's getting a fourth and one at midfield.
• 39:58
  Speaker 4: You know, you're not running the freaking ball off. Frank
• 40:00
  Speaker 4: Wright did not have a good game either. You're not
• 40:02
  Speaker 4: running the ball well all day. You got a fourth
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: and one at midfield. How about throwing a pass there?
• 40:07
  Speaker 4: How about that? You know, they're all looking run. So
• 40:10
  Speaker 4: how about we instead of running, you know, Braylon Allen
• 40:13
  Speaker 4: up the middle, okay, and get nothing. How about maybe
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: we throw a pass there, but, you know, what are
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: you going to do? Typical Jet loss, bro.
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: Tell me about the Yankees, Red Sox, Tuesday, I guess,
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: game one. You like their chances?
• 40:26
  Speaker 4: Yeah, even without Judge. Why not? Why not? I mean,
• 40:31
  Speaker 4: you know, they got the best pitcher in the American League.
• 40:32
  Speaker 4: I mean, I'm a little concerned about Cole, you know.
• 40:36
  Speaker 4: Last time I watched him, I watched the Mets hit
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: about 15 home runs against him at Yankee Stadium.
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: Right, and by the way, the game before that, when
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: the Mets did hit all those home runs, the game
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: before that, he started against San Diego, and their first
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: three batters all hit home runs.
• 40:48
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 40:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah, you got to be a little worried about Cole.
• 40:51
  Speaker 4: You know, Freed, a couple of these other guys are
• 40:53
  Speaker 4: not bad. I still think the Yankees, they got the home,
• 40:57
  Speaker 4: you know, they're going to play all these games at
• 40:58
  Speaker 4: Yankee Stadium. I still think they'll find a way to
• 41:00
  Speaker 4: win that series. I really do.
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: Me too.
• 41:03
  Speaker 4: Who knows?
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: Well, after that, they'll play Tampa. They can beat Tampa.
• 41:07
  Speaker 4: Yeah, they can. They can beat them.
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: Then you're in the ALCS.
• 41:09
  Speaker 4: I think the Yankees, if you had judge, I'd say
• 41:11
  Speaker 4: Yankees in a World Series, no doubt about it. You know,
• 41:14
  Speaker 4: without Judge, you've got to temper it a little bit.
• 41:17
  Speaker 4: But they're still a very formidable team. I wouldn't bet
• 41:20
  Speaker 4: against them, Sid, getting to the series.
• 41:21
  Speaker 3: Me either.
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: I'm with you. I think they do make it there,
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: and then they get beat. But either way, do you
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: still feel like, based off their first win in 50-plus years,
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: that the Knicks are the closest team to a championship?
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: Or did LeBron James and a whole bunch of other
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: teams in the East know it?
• 41:35
  Speaker 4: I don't need to make a break about Philadelphia. Come on.
• 41:37
  Speaker 4: They could have LeBron James. You know, they could have
• 41:40
  Speaker 4: Eddie James. I mean, it doesn't really matter. You know
• 41:43
  Speaker 4: what I mean, bro? I mean, they got the biggest
• 41:45
  Speaker 4: stiff of all time in Joel Embiid, the only guy
• 41:47
  Speaker 4: that gets hurt more than Gene Carlos Stanton in the
• 41:50
  Speaker 4: history of mankind, Joel Embiid. You know, the Knicks have
• 41:55
  Speaker 4: dusted them. The only team that has beaten the Knicks
• 41:57
  Speaker 4: in the last three years in the playoffs is the
• 41:59
  Speaker 4: Indiana Pacers. That's it. They have dusted everybody. It'd be
• 42:03
  Speaker 4: Philadelphia a couple times. The Knicks are still the team
• 42:05
  Speaker 4: to beat. And the season doesn't start. And I know
• 42:08
  Speaker 4: people are going to go nuts if they lose opening
• 42:10
  Speaker 4: night to Philly. Oh, my God, the sky is falling. Please. Now,
• 42:14
  Speaker 4: it's all about the season for the Knicks does not
• 42:17
  Speaker 4: start until April. So everybody calm down for the 82
• 42:21
  Speaker 4: games of, you know, regular season basketball where everybody's going
• 42:25
  Speaker 4: to go nuts and Knicks will lose five in a
• 42:26
  Speaker 4: row and it'll be the end of the world. Let's
• 42:28
  Speaker 4: fire Mike Brown, you know, all that crap. Give me
• 42:31
  Speaker 4: a break. We'll see. The season starts in April for
• 42:34
  Speaker 4: the Knicks.
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: Last one, back to the Giants. I heard Jimmy Garoppolo's name.
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: I've heard a few other names. Who seems to be
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: the leader in the club.
• 42:41
  Speaker 4: Why would you want Jimmy Garoppolo? He gets hurt almost
• 42:43
  Speaker 4: as much as Stanton.
• 42:44
  Speaker 3: I know.
• 42:44
  Speaker 4: Why the hell would you want him? Jameis is just
• 42:48
  Speaker 4: as good as Jimmy Garoppolo, if not better.
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: I know, but you've got to bring in somebody anyway.
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: They've got no backup.
• 42:55
  Speaker 4: I understand that. I get it. I don't love Garoppolo.
• 42:58
  Speaker 4: I don't love him.
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: What about Vinny Testaverde? Could he still play?
• 43:02
  Speaker 4: He could. He'd be better than Garoppolo. I'll tell you that.
• 43:05
  Speaker 4: I mean, he would. I don't know if he went
• 43:08
  Speaker 4: to a Super Bowl, but still.
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: He did. He had a good year for San Francisco
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: that year.
• 43:13
  Speaker 4: He did. I know.
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: Did you see your friend Mike Florio, formerly of ProFootballTalk.com,
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: now NBC Sports, who says the Giants should bring in
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick?
• 43:22
  Speaker 4: Oh, come on. Come on, Mike. Give me a break.
• 43:25
  Speaker 4: Colin Kaepernick. When's the last time he played football?
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: Ten years ago, and I think he won one game.
• 43:29
  Speaker 4: Come on, stop. He's been blackballed by the NFL. Let
• 43:31
  Speaker 4: me say this, too. Can I say this while we're
• 43:32
  Speaker 4: talking about blackballing the NFL? I totally agree the NFL blackballed.
• 43:36
  Speaker 4: I'm going to tell you another guy the NFL blackballed.
• 43:37
  Speaker 4: Let's be honest about it. Tim Tebow.
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: Okay?
• 43:40
  Speaker 4: Let's be real.
• 43:41
  Speaker 3: Okay?
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 43:41
  Speaker 4: He was blackballed from the NFL.
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: And he was blackballed because he loves Jesus. How disgusting
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: is that?
• 43:46
  Speaker 4: That's right. That's 100 because he was such a... You know,
• 43:51
  Speaker 4: the kind of figure that he was, very polarizing guy.
• 43:54
  Speaker 4: That's why he's out. Let's be real.
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: I love Tim Tebow, and I despise Colin Kaepernick. I
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: hate his guts.
• 43:59
  Speaker 4: Yeah, well, okay.
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: Not as much as I hate Mom Donnie, I don't think.
• 44:03
  Speaker 4: I can't stand him either. I really can't. By the way,
• 44:05
  Speaker 4: great speech by Big Don at the UN.
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: He was great. He was.
• 44:08
  Speaker 4: And all this stuff. I mean, with she coming here,
• 44:10
  Speaker 4: I mean, you know. Don, let me just say this
• 44:13
  Speaker 4: to everybody. All the people at Kansas. If you think
• 44:15
  Speaker 4: this guy does not know what he's doing, okay, no
• 44:18
  Speaker 4: matter what he may be doing, you're out of your
• 44:20
  Speaker 4: freaking mind. I just, I have to say that. I
• 44:23
  Speaker 4: have to say it.
• 44:24
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: Maybe I'll get him to call you on your birthday tomorrow.
• 44:26
  Speaker 4: How about that? Please. I don't know if I, if
• 44:30
  Speaker 4: I got a call from the big guy. from the
• 44:32
  Speaker 4: greatest of all time, from the man. I don't know
• 44:36
  Speaker 4: if I would recover.
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: You would clutch your chest right there like Sanford. What
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: was his name again?
• 44:43
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: I'm coming, Elizabeth.
• 44:44
  Speaker 4: I got all my relatives. I'm on my way. They're
• 44:48
  Speaker 4: all gone. I'm the only one left.
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: Well, thank God for that. We love you. We want
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: you on a lot longer. And I got to tell you,
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: you may be 73 tomorrow, but you sound, you got
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: the same enthusiasm, right, Pete?
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: And you're every bit as great as you were 30
• 45:01
  Speaker 1: years ago. So keep doing it, Joseph.
• 45:03
  Speaker 3: Keep going.
• 45:03
  Speaker 4: Yeah, well, we're trying, bro. You too, bro. You're doing
• 45:05
  Speaker 4: a tremendous job. Pete, how you doing? It's always good
• 45:07
  Speaker 4: to talk to you.
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: Good, my brother.
• 45:09
  Speaker 4: Lou Ruffino, the man, the myth, the legend that he is.
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: Happy birthday, Joseph.
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, happy birthday.
• 45:13
  Speaker 4: Thank you, bro. Same to your beautiful wife, bro, right?
• 45:16
  Speaker 4: All the pain.
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: Oh, the pain. Enjoy yourself tomorrow.
• 45:18
  Speaker 4: By the way, make sure you take care of business
• 45:20
  Speaker 4: on Sunday night, all right?
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: I don't need Sunday night to take care of business, brother.
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: I'm still good, really good.
• 45:27
  Speaker 4: I could only imagine. Hey, look, I mean, you know,
• 45:31
  Speaker 4: we won't get into that.
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: I got a big birthday coming up this year, too.
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: I'll be 60 in April. Are you going to.
• 45:36
  Speaker 4: Be 60, Steve?
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah, in April.
• 45:38
  Speaker 6: Wow.
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: I'm not far behind you.
• 45:40
  Speaker 4: I've got to tell you this. When I hit 60,
• 45:42
  Speaker 4: everything started going south.
• 45:44
  Speaker 3: Oh, no, no.
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: I'm going to say this to you. I don't have
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: to wait to hit 60.
• 45:47
  Speaker 6: 57.
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: 57, it all started going south, so.
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: Maybe you and I get like a two-for-one deal at
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: the funeral.
• 45:54
  Speaker 4: This is so true. As soon as I stopped smoking cigarettes,
• 45:57
  Speaker 4: that was it. It was all downhill.
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: I know. The doctors told me when I was a
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: young asthmatic, don't ever do drugs, don't drink.
• 46:03
  Speaker 4: Don't smoke, you'll die.
• 46:04
  Speaker 1: But you never did.
• 46:05
  Speaker 4: I mean, you never did any of that.
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: I did all of it, and I got better.
• 46:07
  Speaker 4: By the way, can I say one more sports thing,
• 46:12
  Speaker 4: if you don't mind?
• 46:13
  Speaker 2: Sure.
• 46:14
  Speaker 4: For once, the Mets did something right. They hired Andy
• 46:17
  Speaker 4: Green to be the full-time manager. I completely and 100%
• 46:22
  Speaker 4: agree with this. This guy did a really terrific job
• 46:25
  Speaker 4: with this team. And with all the young guys, all
• 46:27
  Speaker 4: these young players that this team has, you know, the Benjes,
• 46:30
  Speaker 4: the McLeans, all these guys. he is the right manager
• 46:34
  Speaker 4: for this team going forward. So, you know, in the
• 46:37
  Speaker 4: disaster of David Stearns, as I watched Pete Alonso hit
• 46:40
  Speaker 4: yet another home run, by the way, tremendous job by
• 46:43
  Speaker 4: the Met fans, you know, celebrating Pete, When he hit
• 46:48
  Speaker 4: his 300 standing ovation and letting management know what a
• 46:53
  Speaker 4: F-up they did by letting this guy walk. I have
• 46:56
  Speaker 4: to say.
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: A massive mistake. All right, happy birthday, Joe. You're great
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: as always. We love you.
• 47:00
  Speaker 4: All the love, boys.
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: All the love to you. There he is, the legend,
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: Joe Benningo, going to be 73 tomorrow.
• 47:06
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: And his granddaughter, Simone, 18 years old today. My beautiful wife, Danielle,
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: celebrating a birthday on Sunday. Everything's good, right? Everything's good.
• 47:17
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• 47:20
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