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Joe Benigno | Sports Radio Personality Previews NFL Week 3 & Looks Ahead to ALWCS for Yankees · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Now, let me get to Beningo. I love him, too.
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  Speaker 1: Happens to be the legend at WFAN on every Saturday morning.
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  Speaker 1: On with us weekly and is one of the more
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  Speaker 1: common sense guys you'll ever meet. And he has become
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  Speaker 1: this really smart political guy. Not just the Jets and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the Mets and the Rangers and the Knicks.
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  Speaker 1: He knows what he's talking about. So here he is,
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  Speaker 1: the great Joe Benigno. Joseph, good Friday morning, buddy. How
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  Speaker 1: are you?
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  Speaker 2: Sidney Arthur, right. First of all, we got to cover
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  Speaker 2: a couple things. First of all, happy birthday to your wife.
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  Speaker 2: My birthday is tomorrow. No way! I will be a right...
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  Speaker 2: Big number, 70-F-in-3. Oh, man. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Happy birthday. You're going to be 73.
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  Speaker 2: I got pain where I didn't even know I had
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  Speaker 2: body parts anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Happy birthday, JoJo. Thank you, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, the weather is going to cooperate. It's going
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  Speaker 2: to be just a gorgeous day on my birthday. I'm
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  Speaker 2: so excited about that. What a disgrace.
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  Speaker 1: So what is your beautiful wife, Terry? I do love her.
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  Speaker 1: What has she got planned for you?
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're supposed to have a little party because
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  Speaker 2: my granddaughter's birthday is today. My beautiful granddaughter, Simone, she's
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  Speaker 2: 18 today.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, big.
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  Speaker 2: Just started college, goes to Felicia University in Jersey, plays volleyball,
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  Speaker 2: the whole deal. But her birthday is today. She's 18.
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  Speaker 2: So we're supposed to have a double party, a double
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  Speaker 2: cake thing tomorrow. But with the weather being what it is,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how it's going to play out. So
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  Speaker 2: that's where it is. That's what's happening for tomorrow. But, yeah, 73,
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  Speaker 2: I'm getting old. I'm 70. In the words of War,
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  Speaker 2: one of the great underrated groups of all time, slipping
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  Speaker 2: into darkness. And I'll give you one more, too. In
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  Speaker 2: the words of the great old blue eyes, the chairman
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  Speaker 2: of the board, not Whitey Ford, the chairman of the board,
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  Speaker 2: the great Frank Sinatra, I'm in the autumn of the year, Sid.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? I'm in the freaking autumn
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  Speaker 2: of the year, and Thanksgiving is approaching fast. Now, With
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  Speaker 2: that said, I want to bring this up, too, because
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  Speaker 2: you were talking to Pete about the Grateful Dead. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I was never a big dead guy, okay? Never. Garcia,
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  Speaker 2: we were all those guys, but I was never a
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  Speaker 2: big dead guy. In 1974, when I was in college
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  Speaker 2: in beautiful Franklin, Indiana, I went to see the dead
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  Speaker 2: at the old Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis, where the Pacers
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  Speaker 2: used to play before Market Square, whatever they call that
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  Speaker 2: place now. Yes. They've had about three different arenas.
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  Speaker 1: I believe that it was in that arena where John
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  Speaker 1: Minko received oral outside the women's bathroom.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, is that true? I'll stay out of that, Sid. 1974,
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  Speaker 2: Grateful Dead, the greatest concert I ever saw. I have
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  Speaker 2: to tell you. And I was not a big Dead guy.
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  Speaker 2: I might have been stoned, but it was the greatest
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  Speaker 2: concert I ever saw.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that's a huge bringing in.
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  Speaker 2: When I tell you, these guys were spot on that night. Really?
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  Speaker 2: They really were.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite Grateful Dead song?
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  Speaker 2: That's a good one. You know, everybody loves trucking and
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  Speaker 2: all of that. What is the song you just played?
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  Speaker 1: Shakedown Street. I love that song.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good song.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the best one. Yeah, it is a good song.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to give you one opportunity here to go back.
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  Speaker 1: And take out a word.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, I'm heading to the weed store after
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  Speaker 2: the show.
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  Speaker 1: I know you still love the cannabis. I know you
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  Speaker 1: love the cannabis. But I'm going to give you an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity with that said to take out the word might have.
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  Speaker 1: Two words. Might have. When you said I might have
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  Speaker 1: been stoned.
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  Speaker 2: There's no question. No doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: You were high as a kite, weren't you?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know about a kite, but I was up there.
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  Speaker 1: Joe, Joe, did you see my man B.B. speak yesterday
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  Speaker 1: at the United Nations?
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  Speaker 2: You know what, bro? I watched Big Don's speech. I
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  Speaker 2: watched B.B. 's speech. I thought both of them were tremendous. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know. Now, wait a minute. So I saw online,
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  Speaker 2: I saw the picture of, you know, giving the fist
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  Speaker 2: bump to B.B. and screaming at all the people that
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  Speaker 2: were walking out and all that nonsense. Did they throw
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  Speaker 2: you out of the U.N. yesterday?
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  Speaker 1: No, they didn't. They threatened to. The lady threatened to.
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  Speaker 1: She said, you cannot scream. I said... says who? And
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  Speaker 1: she said, I'll throw you out of here. She actually
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  Speaker 1: said that. So I, so then I sat down next
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  Speaker 1: to my friend, Alan Dershowitz. And I was, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I did fist pump and I would get up and
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  Speaker 1: give him a standing ovation often, but I did not
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  Speaker 1: yell after that. They did threaten to throw me out.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Oh, okay. Yeah. The woman that threatened to throw
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  Speaker 2: you out, does she look like that woman? And what
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  Speaker 2: does she see as the head of the European Union?
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  Speaker 2: And they all have that same look, you know?
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? They all have, like, that same, like,
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  Speaker 2: look on their face. Their hair is pulled back, you know?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 2: They look like androgynous, you know, type deal.
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  Speaker 1: And they hate us. They hate America. They hate Bibi.
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  Speaker 1: They hate Israel.
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  Speaker 2: They hate me.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 2: Where do they find these women? I mean, oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: Where do they find them? They're all over New York City.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I walked around the city yesterday. It was gross.
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  Speaker 1: There was rallies all over the place and stinking pro-Palestinians. Unbelievable. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God.
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  Speaker 2: Horrible. I saw where Susan Sarandon got thrown out with
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  Speaker 2: a pro-Palestinian thing going on.
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  Speaker 1: Well, she got arrested. What do you mean thrown out?
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  Speaker 2: She got arrested. Arrested.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I mean. Her and that wannabe Congress lady
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  Speaker 1: whom I'm Donnie endorsed. Oh, yeah. Chevalier.
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  Speaker 2: What's her name? Chevalier, right?
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  Speaker 1: She got arrested, too. Chi Osape on the city council.
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  Speaker 1: He's a loser. He got arrested. It's horrible. What's going
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  Speaker 1: on in the city is terrible, but none of it
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  Speaker 1: really amounts to what I talked about with Pete, too,
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  Speaker 1: moments ago, and that is that the injury to Jackson Dart,
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  Speaker 1: the Giants season is over, right?
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  Speaker 2: It's done. I wouldn't say that. Let me just say
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  Speaker 2: this about Dart, and even though I'm a Jet fan,
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  Speaker 2: I love Dart on many levels. The fact that he's
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  Speaker 2: a Don guy, we love that about him. He's got
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  Speaker 2: one of the most smoking hot girlfriends you could have.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of good things about Dart. I do not
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  Speaker 2: think the Giants season is over. I think you can
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  Speaker 2: win games with Jameis Winston. You have a very beatable
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  Speaker 2: Tennessee team coming in this week. You got Arizona after that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's games they can win. Washington, the quarterback
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  Speaker 2: looks like he's done now for the season, Daniels. You know, no,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying the season's over yet. No, I can't.
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  Speaker 1: No, I am. I mean, listen, I love Cam.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you can say that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I love Cam Scott about a kid's terrific.
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  Speaker 1: I love his attitude, his enthusiasm. Take it easy. He's
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  Speaker 1: not Marcus Allen or Barry Sanders. He's not going to
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  Speaker 1: rush for 230 yards.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 1: And, by the way, I watched Tennessee last week against
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles with your guy Robert Sala.
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  Speaker 2: Should have beat the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Right, exactly. They're not going to be easy this week.
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  Speaker 1: They're not.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. How about last night? I couldn't believe it. I
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  Speaker 2: didn't see the game last night because I refused to
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  Speaker 2: pay for these games on Thursday night. But let me
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  Speaker 2: just say this, okay? First of all, the Jets should
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  Speaker 2: have beat the Packers. But the Packers got whopped last
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  Speaker 2: night by the Falcons at home.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the Falcons, listen, the Falcons had to start Cooper
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  Speaker 1: Rush the first two games. They did get their start.
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  Speaker 1: They got Pennix back last night, right? And the Jets
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  Speaker 1: should have beaten the Packers, but your coach, Aaron Glenn,
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  Speaker 1: still has no idea how to coach in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I put a lot on him. He made some
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  Speaker 2: bad decisions in the game. I thought the game turned
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  Speaker 2: when they were up 14-7, and he decided to kick
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  Speaker 2: a field goal instead of going for it on fourth
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  Speaker 2: and one on the eight-yard line. I thought that was
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  Speaker 2: the turning point of the game, especially with the defense
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  Speaker 2: playing well. But, look, penalties, they had a million penalties,
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  Speaker 2: some big penalties that really killed them, that pass interference,
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  Speaker 2: the one out of bounds hit by Brownlee in the overtime,
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  Speaker 2: the punt return. you know, which really hurt him as
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  Speaker 2: well that set up the tying field goal. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to rehash Sunday's getting a fourth and one at midfield.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you're not running the freaking ball. Frank Wright
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  Speaker 2: did not have a good game either. You're not running
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  Speaker 2: the ball well all day. You got a fourth and
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  Speaker 2: one at midfield. How about throwing a pass there? How
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  Speaker 2: about that? You know, they're all looking run. So how
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  Speaker 2: about we instead of running, you know, Braylon Allen up
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  Speaker 2: the middle, okay, and get nothing, you know, how about
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  Speaker 2: maybe we throw a pass there? But, you know, what
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  Speaker 2: are you going to do? Typical jet loss, bro.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me about the Yankees, Red Sox, Tuesday, I guess,
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  Speaker 1: game one. You like their chances?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, even without George. Why not? Why not? I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they got the best pitcher in the American League.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm a little concerned about Cole. You know,
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  Speaker 2: last time I watched him, I watched the Mets hit
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  Speaker 2: about 15 home runs against him at Yankee Stadium.
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  Speaker 1: Right, and by the way, the game before that, when
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  Speaker 1: the Mets did hit all those home runs, the game
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  Speaker 1: before that, he started against San Diego, and their first
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  Speaker 1: three batters all hit home runs.
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  Speaker 2: Right. Yeah, you got to be a little worried about Cole.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Freed, a couple of these other guys are
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  Speaker 2: not bad. I still think the Yankees, they got the home,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they're going to play all these games at
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  Speaker 2: Yankee Stadium. I still think they'll find a way to
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  Speaker 2: win that series.
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  Speaker 1: I really do. Me too.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows?
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  Speaker 1: Well, after that, they'll play Tampa. They can beat Tampa.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they can. They can beat them.
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  Speaker 1: Then you're in the ALCS.
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  Speaker 2: I think the Yankees, if you had judge, I'd say
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  Speaker 2: Yankees in a World Series, no doubt about it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: without Judge, they got tempered a little bit, but they're
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  Speaker 2: still a very formidable team. I wouldn't bet against them, Sid,
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  Speaker 2: getting to the series.
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  Speaker 1: Me either. I'm with you.
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  Speaker 3: I think they do make it there, and then they
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  Speaker 3: get beat.
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  Speaker 1: But either way, do you still feel like, based off
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  Speaker 1: their first win in 50-plus years, that the Knicks are
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  Speaker 1: the closest team to a championship? Or did LeBron James
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  Speaker 1: and a whole bunch of other teams in the East
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  Speaker 1: know it?
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  Speaker 2: I think about Philadelphia. Come on. They could have LeBron James.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they could have Eddie James. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't really matter. You know what I mean, bro?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they got the biggest stiff of all time
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  Speaker 2: in Joel Embiid, the only guy that gets hurt more
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  Speaker 2: than Gene Carlos Stanton in the history of mankind, Joel Embiid.
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  Speaker 2: The Knicks have dusted them. The only team that has
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  Speaker 2: beaten the Knicks in the last three years in the
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  Speaker 2: playoffs is the Indiana Pacers. That's it. They have dusted everybody.
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  Speaker 2: They beat Philadelphia a couple times. The Knicks are still
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  Speaker 2: the team to beat. And the season doesn't stop. And
• 9:51
  Speaker 2: I know people are going to go nuts if they
• 9:53
  Speaker 2: lose opening night to Philly. Oh, my God, the sky
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  Speaker 2: is falling. Please. Now, it's all about the season for
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  Speaker 2: the Knicks. Knicks does not start until April. So everybody
• 10:03
  Speaker 2: calm down for the 82 games of, you know, regular
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  Speaker 2: season basketball where everybody's going to go nuts and Knicks
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  Speaker 2: will lose five in a row and it'll be the
• 10:10
  Speaker 2: end of the world. Let's fire Mike Brown, you know,
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  Speaker 2: all that crap. Give me a break. We'll see. The
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  Speaker 2: season starts in April for the Knicks.
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  Speaker 1: Last one, back to the Giants. I heard Jimmy Garoppolo's name.
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  Speaker 1: I've heard a few other names. Who seems to be
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  Speaker 1: the leader in the club.
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  Speaker 2: Why would you want Jimmy Garoppolo? He gets hurt almost
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  Speaker 2: as much as Stanton.
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 2: Why the hell would you want him? Jameis is just
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  Speaker 2: as good as Jimmy Garoppolo, if not better.
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  Speaker 1: I know, but you've got to bring in somebody anyway.
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  Speaker 1: They've got no backup.
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  Speaker 2: I understand that. I get it. I don't love Garoppolo.
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  Speaker 2: I don't love him.
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  Speaker 1: What about Vinny Testaverde? Can he still play?
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  Speaker 2: He could. He'd be better than Garoppolo. I'll tell you that.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he would. I don't know if he went
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  Speaker 2: to a Super Bowl, but still. I know.
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  Speaker 1: He did. He had a good year for San Francisco
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  Speaker 1: that year.
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  Speaker 2: He did. I know.
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  Speaker 1: Did you see your friend Mike Florio, formerly of ProFootballTalk.com,
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  Speaker 1: now NBC Sports, who says the Giants should bring in
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  Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, come on. Yeah. Come on, Mike. Go give me
• 11:08
  Speaker 2: a break. Colin Kaepernick. When's the last time he played football?
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  Speaker 1: Ten years ago. I think he won one game. Come on, stop.
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  Speaker 2: He's been blackballed by the NFL. Let me say this, too.
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  Speaker 2: Can I say this while we're talking about blackballing the NFL?
• 11:17
  Speaker 2: I totally agree the NFL blackballed. I'm going to tell
• 11:19
  Speaker 2: you another guy the NFL blackballed. Let's be honest about it.
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  Speaker 2: Tim Tebow. Okay? Let's be real.
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  Speaker 1: Okay?
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  Speaker 2: Right. He was blackballed from the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: And he was blackballed because he loves Jesus. How disgusting
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: is that?
• 11:29
  Speaker 2: That's right. That's 100 because he was such a, you know...
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  Speaker 2: the kind of figure that he was, very polarizing guy.
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  Speaker 2: That's why he's out.
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  Speaker 3: I love Tim Tebow, and I despise Colin Kaepernick. I
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  Speaker 3: hate his guts.
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: Not as much as I hate Mondani.
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  Speaker 2: I can't stand him either. I really can't. By the way,
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  Speaker 2: great speech by Big Don at the UN.
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  Speaker 1: You was, right. He was.
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  Speaker 2: And all this stuff. I mean, with she coming here,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know. Don, let me just say this
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  Speaker 2: to everybody. All the people at Kansas. If you think
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  Speaker 2: this guy does not know what he's doing, okay, no
• 12:01
  Speaker 2: matter what he may be doing, you're out of your
• 12:04
  Speaker 2: freaking mind. I just, I have to say that. I
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  Speaker 2: have to say it.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe I'll get him to call you on your birthday tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: How about that? Please. I don't know if I, if
• 12:13
  Speaker 2: I got a call from the big guy, from the
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  Speaker 2: greatest of all time, from the man. I don't know
• 12:19
  Speaker 2: if I would recover.
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  Speaker 1: You would clutch your chest right there like Sanford. What
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: was his name again?
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: I'm coming, Elizabeth.
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  Speaker 2: I've got all my relatives. I'm on my way. They're
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  Speaker 2: all gone. I'm the only one left.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank God for that. We love you. We want
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  Speaker 1: you on a lot longer. And I got to tell you,
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  Speaker 1: you may be 73 tomorrow, but you sound, you got
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  Speaker 1: the same enthusiasm, right, Pete? Absolutely. And you're every bit
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  Speaker 1: as great as you were 30 years ago. So keep
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  Speaker 1: doing it, Joseph.
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  Speaker 2: Keep going. Yeah, well, we're trying, bro. You too, bro.
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  Speaker 2: You're doing a tremendous job. Pete, how you doing? It's
• 12:50
  Speaker 2: always good to talk to you.
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  Speaker 1: Good, my brother.
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  Speaker 2: Pete Lou Ruffino, the man, the myth, the legend that
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  Speaker 2: he is.
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  Speaker 1: Happy birthday, Joseph. Yeah, happy birthday.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, bro. Same to your beautiful wife, bro, right?
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  Speaker 2: All the pain. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, the pain. Enjoy yourself tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, make sure you take care of business
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday night, all right?
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  Speaker 3: I don't need Sunday night to take care of business, brother.
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  Speaker 3: I'm still good, really good.
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  Speaker 2: I could only imagine. Hey, look, I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we won't get into that.
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  Speaker 1: I got a big birthday coming up this year, too.
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  Speaker 1: I'll be 60 in April.
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  Speaker 2: Are you going to be 60, Steve?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, in April. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not far behind you.
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  Speaker 2: I've got to tell you this. When I hit 60,
• 13:26
  Speaker 2: everything started going south.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, no, no. I'm going to say this to you.
• 13:29
  Speaker 1: I don't have to wait to hit 60.
• 13:30
  Speaker 3: 57.
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: 57, it all started going south, so.
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: Maybe you and I get like a two-for-one deal at
• 13:36
  Speaker 1: the funeral.
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: This is so true. As soon as I stopped smoking cigarettes,
• 13:41
  Speaker 2: that was it. It was all downhill. I know.
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: You know, the doctors told me when I was a
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: young asthmatic, don't ever do drugs, don't drink, don't smoke.
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: You'll die. I mean, you never did any of that.
• 13:49
  Speaker 1: I did all of it, and I got better.
• 13:54
  Speaker 2: By the way, can I say one more sports thing,
• 13:55
  Speaker 2: if you don't mind? Sure. For once, the Mets did
• 13:59
  Speaker 2: something right. They hired Andy Green to be the full-time manager.
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: I completely and 100% agree with this. This guy did
• 14:07
  Speaker 2: a really terrific job with this team. And with all
• 14:10
  Speaker 2: the young guys, all these young players that this team has,
• 14:13
  Speaker 2: the Benjes, the McLeans, all these guys. he is the
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: right manager for this team going forward. So, you know,
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: in the disaster of David Stearns, as I watched Pete
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: Alonzo hit yet another home run, by the way, tremendous
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: job by the Met fans, you know, celebrating Pete when
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: he hit his 300, the standing ovation. and letting management
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: know what a F-up they did by letting this guy walk.
• 14:39
  Speaker 2: I have to say.
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: A massive mistake. All right, happy birthday, Joe. You're great
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: as always. We love you.
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: All the love, boy.
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: All the love to you. There he is, the legend,
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: Joe Benningo, going to be 73 tomorrow.
• 14:49
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: And his granddaughter, Simone, 18 years old today. My beautiful wife, Danielle,
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: celebrating a birthday on Sunday. Everything's good, right? Everything's good.
• 15:00
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• 15:03
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• 15:06
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• 15:27
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• 15:29
  Speaker 2: What the heck is going on here?