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Warner Wolf, legendary sportscaster Interview · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Oh, what a weekend of NFL action, and who better
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  Speaker 1: than Warner Wolf to kick it off with the Giants game,
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  Speaker 1: a tie, a tie. Break it down for us, Warner.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Gers, here we go. Well, I'll tell you what,
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  Speaker 2: no one can accuse the Giants of being boring. For
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  Speaker 2: the third straight week, they go down to the finish.
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  Speaker 2: Instead of a possible 0-3, they are 2-0 and a tie.
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  Speaker 2: And what in the world was Jalen Daniels thinking? 12
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  Speaker 2: seconds left in overtime. Washington has the ball second down
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  Speaker 2: of the Giants 24. So obviously, he is told by
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  Speaker 2: the coach to either spike the ball or throw.
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  Speaker 1: It out of bounds.
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  Speaker 2: Instead, he runs around. He's tackled. Time runs out before
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  Speaker 2: Washington can attempt the game-winning 42-yard field goal. And he
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  Speaker 2: did blame himself, Daniels, after the game. And I'll tell
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  Speaker 2: you who you can't blame is Jameis Winston, who lives
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  Speaker 2: for at least another week before we see Jonathan James, J.J. McCarthy. Winston,
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  Speaker 2: 326 yards passing and three touchdowns and no interceptions. Man,
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  Speaker 2: he's looking good. As far as the Jets go, you
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  Speaker 2: know the old saying, I'd rather be lucky than good. Oh, man.
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  Speaker 2: Without the Jets recovering of the Browns' muffed pun attempt
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  Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter, you know, it's possible the Jets
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  Speaker 2: lose 12-10 rather than winning 17-12. It's also a good
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  Speaker 2: thing they were playing against the Sean Watson, who had
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  Speaker 2: just 18 completions for only 155 yards, and he was
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  Speaker 2: sacked eight times by the Jets' defense. Oh, Larry. This
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  Speaker 2: could be the end of your two-and-three Eagles coach, Nick Sirianni,
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  Speaker 2: who with eight seconds left and a 17-16 lead, chose
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  Speaker 2: to kick off long downfield rather than kick the ball
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  Speaker 2: out of bounds. Instead, the Jags got a 53-yard kickoff return,
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  Speaker 2: and they kicked the winning field goal 57 yards with
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  Speaker 2: one second left. I think Sirianni could be gone this week.
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  Speaker 2: I do, too.
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  Speaker 1: And somebody said if they would have allowed the guy
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  Speaker 1: to run five more yards, it would have been over.
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  Speaker 1: One second left when he hit the ground. One second left.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. Yeah. By the way, you were talking about Mike.
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  Speaker 1: One quick question. Back to the Giants with Cam Scataboo.
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  Speaker 1: He's fumbled. Scataboo, yeah. Yeah, every game. You know what
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  Speaker 1: coaches used to make you do if you kept fumbling?
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  Speaker 1: They did it to Tiki Barber. You got to carry
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  Speaker 1: the football around all week wherever you go.
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  Speaker 2: All week. Lombardi did that, too, with Green Bay and Washington. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, when he was coach of the Redskins, Lombardi,
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  Speaker 2: Larry Brown, who won the Russian title, he noticed in
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  Speaker 2: practice that Brown was a second off after the snap.
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  Speaker 2: And he checked his hearing, and he noticed that he
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  Speaker 2: was hard of hearing, so he gave him a little
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  Speaker 2: special thing in his ear. So.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I could use that. I could certainly use that,
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  Speaker 1: Warner Wolf.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you talked about Mike Ditka, who really revolutionized
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  Speaker 2: the role of a tight end as a pass catcher.
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  Speaker 2: Before that, the tight end was a blocker. Except there
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  Speaker 2: was one guy before him, and that was John Mackey
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  Speaker 2: of the Baltimore Colts. And then came Ditka, who did
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  Speaker 2: the same. Hey, how about the two-faced phonies of the week?
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  Speaker 2: The NFL Code Commission, who fined two Bronco players $ 15, 000
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  Speaker 2: each for imitating a dice roll when celebrating a successful
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  Speaker 2: two-point conversion. A dice roll? Who are you kidding? The
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  Speaker 2: NFL advertises on gambling outlets everywhere, and they even broadcast
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  Speaker 2: their partners with draft kings and fan duels. Man, talk
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  Speaker 2: about a bunch of phonies. Did Aaron Boone be invited
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  Speaker 2: back as Yankee manager? No.
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  Speaker 1: No. Get him out of here. I agree.
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  Speaker 2: No, get him out. He's a robot manager. He took
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  Speaker 2: out his starting pitchers way too soon all season based
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  Speaker 2: on analytics and pitch counts. My estimation, he cost the
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  Speaker 2: Yankees at least five, six, maybe seven games by doing that.
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  Speaker 2: And keep in mind, he lost to the first place
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  Speaker 2: Rays by five games last which cost them a buy
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  Speaker 2: and home field advantage in the playoffs. By the way,
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  Speaker 2: the combined payrolls of three of the four remaining playoff
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  Speaker 2: teams still alive, Brewers, Rays, and Cleveland, they don't even
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  Speaker 2: come close to the Mets' payroll of $ 358 million and
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  Speaker 2: the Yanks' $ 342 million. What does that tell you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're three of the lowest in the league, right?
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  Speaker 1: Aren't they three of the bottom five?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. So I'll tell you, man.
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  Speaker 1: That's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: And talk about passing the buck. The Woeful Mets fired
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  Speaker 2: their batting practice pitcher, their quality insurance coach, and their
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  Speaker 2: major league hitting coach.
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  Speaker 1: Come on.
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  Speaker 2: Look in the mirror. They weren't the ones who let
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  Speaker 2: Pete Alonzo, Brandon Nimmo, Freddie Peralta, and Edwin Diaz go.
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  Speaker 2: What a sorry organization. And the Pool of the Week
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  Speaker 2: goes to President Trump for announcing he would give steroid
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  Speaker 2: cheater Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award. Come on, Mr. President.
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  Speaker 2: Why don't you also give one to Barry Bonds or
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  Speaker 2: Mark McGuire or Rafael Primero? Why do you think Clemens
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  Speaker 2: is not in the Hall of Fame? Because he cheated.
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  Speaker 2: That's why. How many batters? I'm thinking... Did Clemens make
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  Speaker 2: look bad enough who were perhaps eventually sent down to
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  Speaker 2: the minors or maybe had their careers ended because they
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  Speaker 2: couldn't hit the cheating Clemens? Well, you know, you say it, Curtis. Disgraciado.
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  Speaker 1: But, you know, Manny Ramirez, who used steroids, had to
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  Speaker 1: use so much estrogen to cover up the steroids when
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  Speaker 1: he was a Dodger, and he wants to make a comeback.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he does. First of all, he was suspended 50
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  Speaker 2: games for steroid use, then 100 games. But he abruptly
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  Speaker 2: retired before he faced the suspension. As you say, he
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  Speaker 2: wants to return to baseball as a hitting coach. Man,
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  Speaker 2: I can see it now. Romero's addressing his new team.
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  Speaker 2: Gather around, fellas. Here's how you inject the steroids in
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  Speaker 2: trying not to get caught. And finally, here's the stooge
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  Speaker 2: of the week. This goes to New York Times writer
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  Speaker 2: Nicholas Kristof, whose headline said, The U.N. is terrible, but
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  Speaker 2: we need them. Who needs them?
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  Speaker 1: For what?
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  Speaker 2: The U.N. has outlived their usefulness and biased anti-Semitism decisions
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  Speaker 2: for years. All they do now is take up parking
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  Speaker 2: spaces and cause gridlock. If they moved out of New York,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think anyone would miss them.
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  Speaker 1: That'd be a celebration. Very well said. Thanks a lot,
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  Speaker 1: Warner Wolf.