Hour 1: Judge v Trout & Mets Struggles

Summary

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Don, Hahn & Rosenberg

Hour 1: Judge v Trout & Mets Struggles

Date: April 14, 2026
Hosts: Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg
Source: ESPN New York

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Episode Overview

This lively hour kicks off with Don La Greca in Detroit, Alan Hahn phoning in from TD Garden in Boston, and Peter Rosenberg in studio, as the trio dig deep into the high drama of Yankees-Angels (Judge vs. Trout), the continuing woes of the Mets, and a meandering but entertaining ride through New York sports, music, and more. The tone is classic banter: passionate, sarcastic, self-deprecating, and full of both sports insight and New York attitude.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Scene Setting, Knicks, and the Boston Celtics (00:30–03:06)

• Alan Hahn describes sitting in TD Garden, surrounded by Celtics championship banners—now 18, not 17, as Don corrects him after a brief NY-vs-Boston jab.
• Peter Rosenberg urges Alan to "curse the building" in response to the Celtics’ manipulation of recent NBA playoff positioning.
  • "Leave something behind, you know, a little cursing there. Because it was diabolical what they did…" (01:44)

2. Yankees-Angels: Judge vs. Trout – Theater in the Bronx (03:06–10:32)

• Game Recap: Yankees win a dramatic, wild game vs. the Angels with both Aaron Judge and Mike Trout flexing their superstar credentials. The outcome hinged on wild plays and timely hitting.
• Star Power Dynamic:
  • Rosenberg notes Trout is usually "a bland star, but you could tell he had a little juice...you could tell Judge was into it." (03:38)
• Showdown and Narrative:
  • Discussion about the rarity of seeing MVPs battle—three on each side, rare for April baseball.
• Notable Quotes:
  • On the weird excitement of the game:
    • "You got to do something insane last night called, I think, win a win, and maybe even enjoy the game." – Don (03:18)
  • Trout’s Missed Exposure:
    • "There's never been more of a sports waste than Mike Trout ... one of the greatest players never seen." – Alan Hahn (05:08)

3. Is Mike Trout the Greatest Star Nobody Sees? (05:34–10:32)

• Missed Opportunities: Trout’s historic greatness overshadowed by late-night games and poor team visibility. Compared to NHL’s McDavid, whose moments in the Stanley Cup made him a household name even in a less visible sport.
• Trout’s Choice & Personality: Discussion on whether Trout's choice to stay in Anaheim compounds the issue; he prefers a quiet, "country" life over big-market stardom.
• Sports "Wastes"/Comparisons:
  • Barry Sanders, Ken Griffey Jr., and various football/basketball analogs are floated, but none seem to match Trout’s lack of big-stage moments.

4. Yankees Trending Up: Judge, Grisham, and the Value of Entertainment (10:32–11:54)

• Outlook: After the Yankees’ despair, there’s hope in Judge’s leadership, Grisham’s breakout off the bench, and the bullpen’s shakiness possibly being a long-term concern.
• Entertainment Value: Emphasized that, in April, all you really want from baseball is entertainment—both the stars delivered.

5. Mets’ Abject Struggles: Six Straight Losses and No Signs of Life (11:54–18:50)

• Dire Straits:
  • "It’s Don. It’s an abject disaster..." – Don (12:17)
  • Mets were three-hit by the Dodgers’ backups, with Yamamoto and Ohtani still to come.
• Lindor Under Fire:
  • Team leader Francisco Lindor is under the spotlight for both performance and (rumored) team chemistry issues with Soto.
  • Alan: "If there's truly something between him and Soto, and I think there's enough smoke there...You're supposed to be the leader of this team and this is a chance for you to be able to lead..." (12:24)
• Lineup Construction & Hitting:
  • 22 ground ball outs the previous night, unable to get the ball in the air.
  • Discussion on manager Mendoza’s future ("it's probably a gorilla, not a monkey, on his back.") and possible firing.

6. Mets: Luck vs Roster Flaws (18:50–20:44)

• Mets’ 'expected' stats (xBA, OBP, SLG) are much better than outcomes—raising the question: is it bad luck or a true offensive problem?
• Alan: "I think bad teams run into bad luck. So I’m not going to give them a complete excuse for where they’re at." (19:39)

7. Callers on Mets Accountability and Trout’s Legacy (20:44–37:04)

• Mets Fans’ Calls:
  • Frustration with Mendoza but skepticism about firing him while best players are hurt.
  • Discussion on the invisible superstar status of Trout—echoed by a caller who has “seen him play twice.”
  • Hahn and Rosenberg agree: Trout shows no desire to leave Anaheim for a bigger market or contender, likely content where he is.
• Comp Finding: Listeners and hosts continue to struggle to find an apt comparison for Trout in any sport, further highlighting his unique dilemma.

8. Yankees Fan Perspective: The April Overreaction (37:04–39:17)

• Yankees fans call in to remind everyone not to panic in mid-April.
  • "Every year the Yankee fans overreact to the first two weeks of the season. I mean, we're in April 14th." – Glenn, caller (37:16)
• Alan: "Despite these lulls...you can write down 94, 95, 96 wins every year, barring catastrophic injury." (38:09)

9. Yankees Lineup Drop & Lighthearted Banter (39:17–44:25)

• Don announces the Pinstripe lineup, with the hosts riffing on player names, poking fun, and blending in hockey references.
• Off-Topic Swerves:
  • Side discussions about Hall of Fame music selections, Wu Tang Clan’s credentials, and even poker guests fantasy lineups remind listeners it’s as much a comedy/variety hour as a sports show.

10. Wrapping Up and Preparing for Hour 2 (44:25–END)

• The hour wraps with more calls, music trivia, and Don riffing in a movie trailer voice about "endings and beginnings" before launching into the top of hour two.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Mike Trout’s legacy:
  • "Is there a bigger sports waste in the history of the planet than Mike Trout?" – Alan Hahn (05:34)
• On the Mets’ futility:
  • "This is 20 now. Shutouts. Third time in the last four games...they can't get the ball in the air." – Peter Rosenberg (13:53)
• On Lindor’s leadership void:
  • "Soto gave you an inadvertent opportunity here because of his injury to take back the reins...and it's gotten worse." – Alan Hahn (13:06)
• On Yankees fans’ reputation:
  • "We're the worst. I'm the first to admit we are. We are the worst." – Peter Rosenberg (36:57)
• On overreactions to the Yankees:
  • "Just because they'll be fine. Who's playoffs? Who knows?" – Alan Hahn (38:23)
• Comic relief on poker tables:
  • "Then of course you may just be with like an 87 year old Vietnamese American woman who you have nothing to talk about with...and she's raking right now, but she doesn't want to talk to you." – Don LaGreca (31:05)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening banter, Knicks/Celtics scene: 00:30–03:06
• Yankees-Angels, Judge v Trout, game breakdown: 03:06–10:32
• Why is Trout so underexposed?: 05:34–10:32
• Yankees’ trending up: 10:32–11:54
• Mets issues, Lindor focus, Mendoza’s job: 11:54–18:50
• Are the Mets unlucky or just bad?: 18:50–20:44
• Caller on Mets moving on from Mendoza: 20:44–22:15
• Caller: Would Trout ever move to NY/somewhere to win?: 32:19–34:15
• Mets/Trout analogs, more callers: 34:43–37:04
• Yankees early panic/"April overreaction": 37:04–39:17
• Yankees lineup and comedic interludes: 39:17–44:25

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a full-spectrum New York sports hour—devoted equally to impassioned baseball analysis and breezy, personality-driven tangents. The Judge vs. Trout game provides a backbone, while Mets despair and questions about athlete legacies supply stakes and emotional heat. Callers are woven in seamlessly, amplifying the show's energy and realness.

If you haven't listened:
Expect high-octane banter, honest self-deprecation, real sports critique, and the feeling of eavesdropping on a three-way group text between the funniest, most passionate fans you know.

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Transcript

[Don LaGreca]

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[Alan Hahn]

Where do we stand on Sus Han?

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's lame. It needs Viagra. And Rosenberg?

[Don LaGreca]

I'm gonna lift my shirt up, take my pants down, and shake it all around. This isn't North Dakota. This is New York.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This is Don, Han, and Rosenberg.

[Caller]

The best threesome I've ever heard on

[Peter Rosenberg]

ESPN New York and streaming live on YouTube.

[Don LaGreca]

You bet your ace it is. 301 and 48 seconds in the big city. As Don Legreco might say, a beautiful, beautiful a day like you dream about. I mean, I could go as far as saying the true first day of spring.

[Alan Hahn]

It's.

[Don LaGreca]

It's on the table. It's Don Hahn and Rosenberg. I am in the studio. Allen Hahn is in an undisclosed location in the Tri state area, and Don is in Detroit. No, no, no, no.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm. I'm at TD Garden. I'm staring at the angle that I'm at all of the Celtic championship banners and retired numbers, 17 of them to you and me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm going to need you to, like, leave a little, like, something to curse that team, curse that building.

[Alan Hahn]

Throw a little negative juju.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, something. Yeah, leave something behind. Just, you know, a little cursing there. Because, I mean, it was diabolical what they did in that third quarter against the Magic to have forced the Knicks to play the Hawks.

[Don LaGreca]

Man, crazy stuff. I just want to get to that. Alan, I do want to apologize. I still said 17. Forgetting about the title from a couple years. It's 18. It's the most in the NBA. And I sometimes get. Sometimes forget.

[Alan Hahn]

And the retired numbers are obnoxious.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You're losing count of so many champions.

[Don LaGreca]

It's been. They've been a good team.

[Alan Hahn]

And the retired numbers are obnoxious because they don't have individual banners for all the retired numbers.

[Don LaGreca]

Too many.

[Alan Hahn]

No room. So they've got the numbers all collected on three banners.

[Don LaGreca]

That's right. So you see, like, it'll say, like, they're. They're split with the green lines and it says, you know, 03, 33, 32. They're all right there for you. Five. No, not five. Seventeen. They're all right there for you to enjoy.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, so you got them all there.

[Don LaGreca]

Six.

[Alan Hahn]

Each banner can hold eight numbers, and there's one banner that just has seven, so it's eight. Eight and seven.

[Don LaGreca]

Eight and seven. Oh, they're short. I think you meant number seven. Like D. Brown was retired, which I thought was impressive.

[Alan Hahn]

That would be impressive, would have surprised me.

[Don LaGreca]

I mean, it was a great dunk contest. There's no question about that. All right, guys, we have a lot to get to today. There's obviously, as Alan just indicated, certainly some Nick stuff to hit on throughout the day as we close it on the playoffs. But. But today there is a lot of baseball to do, because if you are a Yankee fan, you got to do something insane last night called, I think, when a win, and maybe even enjoy the game. Like, I mean, there were moments when you certainly didn't enjoy it, but in the end, Alan, it was fun. You felt good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It was good theater. That was a fun game. I mean, you get two. Two mega stars. You got three MVPs on either side. And with Trout, Trout's generally a bland star, but you could tell he had a little juice, you know, going, because, you know, it's close to home. It's. It's Yankee Stadium. It does mean something to him personally. And so, you know, you could tell he was into it. You could tell Judge was into it. They both were annoyed with high and tight pitches, and both made the pitchers pay for it. That was a great show. And it came down to, of course, a game where you're smacking, you know, over 20 runs. Of course it's going to end on a. On a wild pitch. Why not Caballero, you know, booting the. The ground ball. That would have gotten worn out of. He had pitched so well. That's what I hated. That's the part when Peter says, some of it you enjoyed, some of you didn't. That's the part I didn't enjoy. He was cruising. It's a misplayed where he's o laying a ground ball. You got to make that play. He doesn't. Of course, it opens the floodgates. But Judge was big time in this game, going up against a past MVP and a past superstar, and that was. It was fun theater at the Bronx. It ended the way you'd want to for the Yankees, and let's see if now they can build off it.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, there's nothing perfect about that game, but it's certainly one you wanted, and it's definitely one Peter had. They lost the game and it looked like going into the ninth inning they were. You'd be cursing them out for finally scoring some runs and losing the game anyway. Yeah, but you know what? Sometimes you forget that during the course of a long season and we're not even the middle of April yet, you just want to be entertained. And how could you not have been entertained? Like the past and the present, as far as the superstars are concerned, you know, and watching that game, guys, I don't think there's ever been more of a sports waste than Mike Trout. Nana, this is going to be one of the greatest players never seen.

[Peter Rosenberg]

True. It's so true.

[Alan Hahn]

Because his games are late, he's only played that one playoff series. Like even McConaughter McDavid in this fourth sport of the NHL has played in back to back Stanley cup finals. So people have seen him. He's been in big moments. He's had his time. He was, he was part of the four nations, right? He scored the big goal there, like, so. He's had his moments where the hockey world has had a chance to appreciate him. Do you realize you could be a d. Die hard baseball fan, love the sport of baseball and can count on one hand the times that you've seen him live or even can remember in a bat of his that mattered. Outside of the World Baseball Classic with Ohtani, is there a bigger sports waste in the history of the planet than Mike Trout?

[Don LaGreca]

Nana, I mean, listen, I wouldn't. If I was friends with him, I wouldn't verbalize it the way you are because it certainly wouldn't feel nice. It's not his fault. But it's, but it's. Well, it's his choice, though. It is his choice. He.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He chose. I mean, obviously it was a lot of money, but he chose to sign there. And the story always was about him that he never really wanted that life that he liked.

[Don LaGreca]

He.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He liked the country life. He liked to just live his way. He wasn't a big city guy, a

[Alan Hahn]

big South Jersey, but isn't Sal. Isn't Anaheim, South Jersey adjacent?

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He.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He is from. He is from Jersey, but he's not that kind of guy. You know what I mean? Like we might think, you know, he. He's a New York area guy.

[Alan Hahn]

Wait a minute.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He's not that kind of guy.

[Alan Hahn]

But wait a minute.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We like to do his thing, but

[Alan Hahn]

we curse these players out that, you know, asked to leave teams and want to go to championship teams, and now we're going to complain about a guy that was just happy where he is, wants to play in Anaheim, you know, so we're going to say it's his fault and not the fault of Anaheim, that while they've had the best player on the planet have done nothing to try to make it better.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Nobody's saying it's his fault. What we're saying is, is that he had a chance to leave knowing this is not a place that I'm going to win. And I mean, they had Ohtani, they had him and Ohtani, think about that. And they couldn't, they couldn't do anything. And so once Ohtani left, there had to have been a part of him that thought, well, we're not winning here. But he's fine just existing in baseball as probably the most anonymous superstar right there ever was.

[Alan Hahn]

But, but to answer Peter, listen, would I ever say that to him? I mean, but I don't. I just look at it as a shame for him, not, not pointing fingers at him.

[Don LaGreca]

I just feel bad.

[Alan Hahn]

It's just that, God, every other great player has at least had their moment to shine. Like I said, McDavid has had his moment in the NHL. You know, obviously, you know, because he's at that level. He's at the LeBron James level. And LeBron James obviously lived in the postseason and has won championships, Jordan won championships. You know, football players, even, like, even if there's a great quarterback that didn't win, at least he's played in a championship game, maybe played in a Super bowl. People have gotten a chance to see him because it's football. Right. Like I said, you could be a die hard fan. You probably in your mind's eye can count a handful of times that you've like watched him play.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is he like what Barry Sanders was?

[Alan Hahn]

I guess that would be the comp football to baseball. You got to see him every Thanksgiving.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, you're right.

[Don LaGreca]

Not only that, they got. At least the Lions got smoked by the Redskins in the playoffs.

[Alan Hahn]

I mean, they made it to the one championship game. They did go to the playoffs. But in football it's hard to be obscure in football. There's no Siberia in football.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm trying to think of a comp of a player who at one point was the best in the league and yet nothing.

[Don LaGreca]

I mean, how about Ken Griffin Jr. In Seattle?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Nothing.

[Don LaGreca]

I mean, he had this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I guess it still was Griffey though,

[Don LaGreca]

you know what I mean? He had the Silker, he had the Swag, he had commercials.

[Alan Hahn]

And at least he had his moments in Seattle. Right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

He had, right. They, they did have A little something. I, I know this is a tough one. It's a tough one. Now he's, what is he, 34 now? He clearly is finally healthy, which is good to see. We'll see how long that lasts. It's early in season, but he still, you could tell, still has it. Like, he still has like that it factor when it comes to the skill and the talent and the ability to dominate a game. That was, it was a lot of fun, man. Like, it was a lot of fun. They went high and tight on him. He gives you that look and then just absolutely smokes the next pitch. And I love the back and forth with him and Judge.

[Alan Hahn]

It was good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I love judges saying, I guess he had the warning track one. That would have been a grand slam. And Judge said that he, if he had a chance, he would have told them, get in the gym, right? Hit the weight room, just be, you know, like just trash talk. That, that's good stuff. But it was great to see. These times we criticize Judge, we should also point out the moments that he does step up, answering that home run with a home run in the bottom of the six to take the lead back. You gotta love that.

[Alan Hahn]

Like, that's, that's, that was good theory. And listen, and if you're looking for something of like value moving forward is that was a good night for Grisham, right? Two home runs off the bench. The, you know, the, the game tire. You're looking for something right after a slow start.

[Don LaGreca]

Don, I would argue that even though obviously we're going to spend probably more time on the Mets today, just, just from the standpoint of that what the Mets are going through is a more tangible thing. That's really disturbing. So Mets fans, we are going to talk to you at 1-800-919-3776. But you also don't want to downplay it in the sense that number one had the, had the Yankees lost yesterday, it would have exemplified that there's in fact this terrible problem. So you can't ignore the fact that it didn't happen. And like you pointed out, Grisham, huge day, Judge. Huge day. There's a few really nice things. You think maybe this is the beginning of turning this around.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And Warren, good start. You know, like there were good things. Jake Bird, not good. And they sent him home. We're done with you. They sent him right back to aaa.

[Alan Hahn]

They did. And this bullpen is something that maybe long term is something to be concerned about. But you're right, getting back to the conversation from yesterday. I think the Yankees are going to be okay. You know, championship, all that. That'll be decided come October. I think they could be okay. I don't think the Mets are going to be okay. That's why I think there's a long term concern about what happened last night in LA against the Dodgers. But. Well, that's just fun.

[Don LaGreca]

That's Justin or Busky to you and me. The Mets were three hit by two guys not named Yamamoto and Ohtani. But don't worry, good news, they'll see them tonight and tomorrow.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Exactly.

[Don LaGreca]

And they were three hit yesterday. So there is absolutely no life on this team. Lindor is batting.176. It is Don. It's an abject disaster at six straight and it could easily be eight straight with the two more against the Dodgers now.

[Alan Hahn]

And there's so many places to go with the Mets. But the one place I think that my ire is on is Lindor. And it's not so much the slow start with the bat, we've seen that before. But if there's truly something between him and Soto, and I think there's enough smoke there to believe there's some fire. He's out. Soto's out. And you're supposed to be the leader of this team and this is a chance for you to be able to lead and, and for all this to be happening while Soto is gone and you know, no RBIs. I mean, that's embarrassing. You know, I don't want to get on a player for not performing. It's hard to play Major League baseball for sure.

[Don LaGreca]

I get it.

[Alan Hahn]

But the boneheaded plays and just not producing at all in a time where you could take this team. It's an opportunity. Soto gave you an inadvertent opportunity here because of his injury to take back the reins of this team, even if it was temporary. Say I got you. I know you hate my guts. Doesn't matter. Team first. I'll carry this team. I'll get them there. And when Soto comes back, watch out. And it's gotten worse. And there's no shame losing to the Dodgers and this kid that pitched last night's two and oh, his earn on average is around two. So looks like he's just gonna be another great pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers moving forward. But three hits was it two times already this year they've had streaks of 17 or longer without scoring a run. And we're 17 games into the season.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This is, this is 20 now. Shutouts. Third time in the last four games like this, this offense has hit a complete like wall and the pro, Mendoza is the next guy. I think as we are obviously looking at Lindor and you look at Soto, who's not there, Lindor's got to do more. Obviously Bichette is all eyes on him too because they threw a ton of money at him to come in and it feels like that's a short term thing with Bichette. He has a way out. But Mendoza talking about the at bats and this is when you get to a point where it's like, oh, you know, the, the efforts there. Well, I would hope so, but how about 22 groundouts, 22, 22 ground ball outs, Donnie. They can't get the ball in the air.

[Alan Hahn]

Can't do it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Which is the like think about it. The first thing that you hear from the manager is like this. It's not strategy, it's not any. It's just we, we can't hit the ball up right now.

[Alan Hahn]

Like we're just pounding it into the

[Peter Rosenberg]

ground left and right. And so I, again, I don't know enough on how a manager fixes that, but you gotta feel like there's a lot of pressure already building under his seat. If not also David Stern's for the things, the changes and the roster moves that he has made.

[Alan Hahn]

Now we talked about it earlier in the season, when is he on notice? And then they rattled off four straight wins and kind of got the, got the monkey off his back at least a little bit. But now it's a gorilla and now it's here. He's probably going to get fired. It's easy thing to do, right? No offense to him, but you could replace him if you wanted to, create a spark or whatever. But the problem lies in the roster right now. It does. And this is the thing Met fans were concerned about. You got rid of, you know, Pete Alonso, maybe one of the most productive offensive players in the history of the team. You know, Nimmo and obviously McNeil had their issues, but they were part of a core that had some success. And the idea was we're going to get better defensively, run prevention. And we don't even talk about that because these guys just don't produce at all. I mean, the idea in the game, correct me if I'm wrong, is to outscore the opponent.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Alan Hahn]

Whether it's 11:10 like the Yankees did last night, or 1 nothing, a win's a win. So you might be preventing a lot of runs being scored, but if you're not scoring any, it's not going to matter. And none of the guys that they brought over outside of Bichette have really that much of a history of being tremendous offensive players. And Bichette is a guy. It might just be one of those guys coming to New York and just trying to adjust, right? And eventually he'll catch his groove and he'll be okay. But the other guys just wonder, you know, are they really worth it offensively because of how good they're supposed to be defensively? And now, you know, Lindor's not hitting as we were talking about. Bichette isn't hitting. And they just. And now with Soto out, this is what you got. So we can wait until Soto comes back and it's still. What is it, two to three weeks? When he first got hurt, was it early April? So he might have another before he comes back, right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, they still. They still think he's another week or two away.

[Alan Hahn]

All right, so where are you going to be two weeks from now? You're already three games under.500. You know, where. Where are you going to be in two weeks?

[Don LaGreca]

I want to talk. Phone lines are jammed. When I get to the people. Let's hear quickly from Mendoza. Maybe, Don, you'll feel inspired and think, you know what? He's good after all. Here's Mendoza. What's the message to the team right now?

[Peter Rosenberg]

You got to keep going. You got to keep going.

[Alan Hahn]

They're back of the baseball card. Will say that they'll come out of it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We just got to continue to push

[Alan Hahn]

those guys and continue to work with them.

[Don LaGreca]

You want to go through stretches where

[Peter Rosenberg]

it's hard, and right now we're in

[Alan Hahn]

the middle of that stretch.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know, you got to just ride a storm and keep going. Now, Don, I have good news for you, though, Don.

[Alan Hahn]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Because I know you love stats.

[Don LaGreca]

Big stat guy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

At least the Mets have an expected batting average on bait. Percentage and slugging percentage are, you know, significantly higher than what you actually are seeing on the field. So quality at bats, we love that, right?

[Alan Hahn]

Sure.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We live in the door. But the expected. So is it is. Could you just say, like there's. Some of it is. I hate saying luck, but. But let's be honest. Yes. Okay, so they're. They're beating the ball into the ground right now, but none of them are finding space. They seem to always go to someone, you know, sometimes. But seeing eye, like just. You just get one that finds a hole.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Like they. There is some of that going on, of course, but just. Just the inability to Hit for power right now is a major problem. And missing Soto is now something that just becomes more and more glaring because, you know, he's a guy that can put the ball in the air, can make things happen and he could be what judges what trout is what all these guys are for their offense when you need it, they provide it now.

[Don LaGreca]

And I'll say one other good piece of news. The good news is folks, they have two more games with the Dodgers. Now in theory, doesn't sound like good news. I see. No, I see Jake's face. It doesn't look like good news. I see you. However, it's a great way to have an opportunity to turn things around and make yourself feel good. Now, I'm not going to be here tomorrow. When I come back Thursday from Las Vegas, how will we feel? Well, we'll find out. But there is the opportunity. But Don, if you win two or three against the Dodgers, obviously you're feeling a little bit different.

[Alan Hahn]

You're right. The opportunity presents itself. There's more value beating the Dodgers than anyone else, than anybody else in baseball.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right.

[Alan Hahn]

So it almost, it's like worth two wins. If the Mets win the next two, it'll feel like they're on a 10 game win based on who the Dodgers are.

[Don LaGreca]

And I would petition to the league, but. And Bob man, for it to make it count as a 10 game winning team.

[Alan Hahn]

Caution the analytics because the analytics are in every sport. Yeah. And I'm doing the Devils this year and they're going to miss the playoffs. I'm doing my last game here in Boston tonight. And during their streak when they couldn't score and they couldn't win, all of the analytics said they should be winning. The goal should be going in quality chance. But that's what happens when you're not good. You hit the post, right. The goalie makes a great save, the shortstop makes a diving play, the, the center fielder robs a home run. That's just the way it is in sports. Right. In football, you know that they, you don't get the call or you know, the bounce doesn't go your way on a turnover. Just the way it happens. So I would, I wouldn't. I can't sit here and watch a team that has struggled the way they have say it's all bad luck. I think bad teams run into bad luck. So I'm not going to give them a complete excuse for where they're at. Yeah, some of it is excused, but this has been too long to think that it's anything other than the fact that they've got issues offensively.

[Don LaGreca]

All right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

They can't hit lefties either, by the way.

[Alan Hahn]

Don't.

[Don LaGreca]

Don't worry, Alan. You know what? Say that, you know, just. Just wait.

[Alan Hahn]

Right?

[Don LaGreca]

Let's. Let's go to. Let's. Let's talk to some people. David and Elizabeth, we'll let you get the first word as a Mets fan. What do you got, dav?

[Caller]

Hello?

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, go ahead, David.

[Caller]

Oh, it's you guys. Awesome. Yeah, Hollywood Han Rosenberg radio and my man Don Lagrequer. Gentlemen, let's get straight down to business. Last week, Don, I asked you, you know, what do you think about them moving on from Mendoza if they do and why should they do it? Okay, we've lost since we had that phone call, and here we are now, Don, what's the pivot moving forward and how should we go about this? And before you gentlemen let me go, Hollywood Han into this, if possible. Not even answer is impossible. I just want to agree with you on something that you said about the Knicks the other day. They should not play with their food in the postseason. Appreciate you, gentlemen.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We know that.

[Don LaGreca]

Thank you.

[Alan Hahn]

David, I don't think.

[Caller]

Yes, sir.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, it's not a play with food kind of situation for the Knicks.

[Alan Hahn]

Eventually, if things don't turn around, Mendoza is going to lose his job. Do I think it's fair he loses it while his best offensive players hurt? Probably not. And they agree here in Boston 322.

[Don LaGreca]

That's right. It's interesting.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm not even sure what that sound is. If that's their goal horn.

[Don LaGreca]

What if they. What if Stearns came in to talk to Mendoza and he was, like, acting kind of busy and like he didn't care, and then he just turned around, went up to him and said, yeah,

[Alan Hahn]

I was talking to the President.

[Don LaGreca]

I mean, maybe that would help. You know what I mean?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't think it'll help, but there's

[Caller]

a ship coming in.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, hold on, everyone.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's actually. No, they're. They're partying. This sounds like the Love Boat.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm not sure what that is. It's.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know what? That.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, that's the big goal. That's the big goal celebration.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But it's.

[Alan Hahn]

It's puny.

[Don LaGreca]

You're not impressed by it?

[Caller]

Wow.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm in the pony. I'm not impressed. No. No, I'm not impressed.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Devil's play by play. Announcer calls Bruins.

[Alan Hahn]

The goal horn for the Devils. Now, it hasn't lit up as much as the. The Bruins have. But there you heard it much louder. More impressive.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, here's the, here's the thing. Cause a small earthquake. I think Alan and I are a little, and Anthony maybe a little biased here. As much as we appreciate for the fans how loud it is in New Jersey for the purpose of our us doing this radio show, I'm enjoying the Boston setup. I think it's tremendous.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Alan Hahn]

Oh, from that standpoint, yeah, I think it's great.

[Don LaGreca]

I take zero issue.

[Alan Hahn]

I guess there's something to it because they're going to the playoffs. Pittsburgh, it's like a library when I'm doing Exactly. They're going to the playoffs.

[Don LaGreca]

Look at them.

[Alan Hahn]

Maybe everybody should just turn the volume down a little bit.

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don LaGreca]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, I imagine at some point we're going to hear some Wuang. Maybe some Luther Shade Day. Maybe some Shade, but not. I'm not mad at starting with Phil Collins.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Me either.

[Don LaGreca]

Who was already in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. Like, I. I don't exactly throw a party when you get in the second time as like solo or a group.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Really?

[Don LaGreca]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, you don't think there's a. That. That. To me, that's rare rarefied air.

[Don LaGreca]

We'd have to look up how many times. It definitely happened. A bunch, though.

[Alan Hahn]

Oh, there's been a bunch.

[Don LaGreca]

It's a bunch. And like, I'm not mad at you.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm ha.

[Don LaGreca]

By the way, I'm a. I'M a Phil Collins fan. I'm a bigger Phil Collins fan than I am Genesis fan. So to me, all good. I'm just saying, I don't, like, go, oh, my God. Yay. I mean, he's. He's literally done the whole gimmick before you run it back and do it again.

[Alan Hahn]

But still, to be able to go in twice, and this vindicates himself, right? He did the right thing to go solo that he was able to go independent of Genesis and have that kind of success. Peter Gabriel, the same thing.

[Don LaGreca]

According to Wikipedia, 26 people are in twice.

[Alan Hahn]

I know Stevie Nicks is. Paul Simon is just off the top of my head.

[Don LaGreca]

And here's the bad job about it now that I'm like, by the way, I'm happy about Phil Collins going in. But just for the sake of argument, Don, it frustrates me that you would have 26 people in twice. And then you find out, like, you know, Chubby Checker went in last year. It's like, there are people that they're 50 years behind, but 26 people have gone in twice. Again, same thing. I'm thrilled for Wu Tang. Obviously, they're meant to be first ballot hall of Famers. I mean, even if you want to get into me. And I know we're gonna get the calls at some point between now and the Rock and Roll hall of Fame in the fall, even when we get the fakoctor calls about why hip hop, Even if you had that argument, anyone who knows anything about Wu Tang will go, well, they're pretty rock and roll too. Let's be honest. The whole aesthetic has a certain element of rock and roll. But even Wu Tang being in ahead of so many 80s rap greats, I'm like, why do they go out of order? Why do you want to get the people who are oldest in, in my opinion? But they want to get young.

[Alan Hahn]

I guess I got to get you the video. But I was talking to Danico today, telling all about Wu Tang.

[Don LaGreca]

A video. There's video.

[Alan Hahn]

There's video of him at a poker table for charity.

[Don LaGreca]

Hold on.

[Alan Hahn]

All right.

[Don LaGreca]

With Redman.

[Alan Hahn]

No.

[Don LaGreca]

Okay. Method man.

[Alan Hahn]

With Method man

[Don LaGreca]

Ken Danico. And Method man.

[Alan Hahn]

Larry Holmes.

[Don LaGreca]

And Larry Holmes.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm like, all right, you know what? Peter Rosenberg is to be so jealous. I mean, he's like, oh, yeah, the old dirty bastard. I was hanging out with him one time. Like, let me just tell you, this doesn't matter the sport. When you win a championship, people want to hang with you. And Wu Tang wanted to hang with The Devils.

[Don LaGreca]

It's a very interesting.

[Alan Hahn]

Did I get dumped for what I just said? No.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, I don't think Anthony's name. I hope not because I don't think Anthony was listening because we were talking.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's also his name.

[Don LaGreca]

Whose name? Did he say?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Odb.

[Don LaGreca]

Oh, no, no, he didn't w that. Oh, Anthony was just saying it would be a fun list. Top. Top people you'd want to have it at a poker game. If you're gonna sit down and play poker.

[Alan Hahn]

Is that different than the top five people you'd want to have dinner with? I think so.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, yeah, it is. Because this is together like you that you want that.

[Caller]

Because.

[Don LaGreca]

Because think about it. A poker table is kind of a hang.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

You know, it depends on who you like. Well, when I play poker with Greg Buttle, he doesn't want to have conversation.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, I would put puddle at my poker, by the way. Okay. That he could be at Anthony's. He ain't gonna be at my. So you just hold on. Really? Anthony, what if you put Buttle at the poker table and then no one else allowed to talk now. But I will be talking to the sommelier for 15 minutes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We're fine.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, we could go play cards.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm telling you, you know, dinner's better than poker. Some people take it very seriously and you can't get in depth conversations. Dinner, it's on, man.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, I'm very seriously. The poker thing, it's it. You want it to be a social thing, but it isn't really. Unless of course, like, you know, you're sitting with the boss and the boss has to always win. Then you're just there.

[Don LaGreca]

It's a fun conversation though. I mean, then of course you may just be with like an 87 year old, you know, Vietnamese American woman who you have nothing to talk about with. And you're. That it depends what casino you're at. You know what I mean?

[Alan Hahn]

7 year old Vietnamese woman.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah. That you don't know who's sitting at the table. Just randomly happens, you know, like this collection of people. And by the way, she's a killer. You don't even realize.

[Alan Hahn]

Sunglasses on and everything.

[Don LaGreca]

Oh, yeah. Her and her friends all came on a bus together from Brooklyn, no doubt.

[Peter Rosenberg]

On a bus.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah. It was two and a half hours. It was two and a half hours from. From Brooklyn to Atlantic City. And she's raking right now, but she doesn't want to talk to you.

[Alan Hahn]

It was the take your money bus.

[Don LaGreca]

Right. Not 10am on 86th Street. Every Saturday they roll up. Is that a thing?

[Alan Hahn]

It's a thing.

[Don LaGreca]

See what I say? Let's talk to the people. 1-800-919-3776 in classic. I'm gonna have to. I'm gonna have to do something.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, no, don't do it early. Not early, please.

[Don LaGreca]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's not that.

[Don LaGreca]

It's not that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't even know what that would be. Yeah, you know, you don't.

[Don LaGreca]

No, I don't know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes, you do.

[Don LaGreca]

But he's not there.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay, let's go.

[Don LaGreca]

It's not that. Let's go to. Let's go to Paul in Florida. Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

There you go.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Nice to speak to you again. How are you?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Good.

[Caller]

So my question rather on what you guys were saying about Mike Trout, because I've had the exact experience that you're talking about. A buddy of mine lives in Seattle has forever and has been raving to me about how great Mike Trout is. And I think I've seen him play twice. And I'm just wondering if at this age of his career, would he be interested in making a move and would it be something that either New York team should consider trying to pick him up to make a run with him?

[Peter Rosenberg]

He would have.

[Caller]

Wonder what your thoughts are.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's, it's, it's a. Angels would want to move on from which. Why would they be. He would have to want that move, which nothing about any interview he's ever done, which is always rare, ever gives you any indication that he would want a life like that. We're coming to a big market, especially a big market like New York and have all that attention and all that stuff. I just don't think, I don't think he wants it. I think he's quite satisfied content where he is.

[Alan Hahn]

No, no, I don't think he would go.

[Caller]

Do you think he would go to another small market team that would have a chance to win?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I. Look, there's never been any indication that he was chasing a ring.

[Caller]

Gotcha.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know what I mean, right?

[Alan Hahn]

Like, Don, am I wrong? I don't think he has an appetite to play at home in Philly, play in New York, but I, I think he wants to win. Now he's up 20, 30, so I don't think he's going anywhere.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He's got four more years left. He's. It's actually, if you think about it, but his, his average annual is $37 million. When you compare that to what's nothing in baseball now for what he can do. And I know he's getting older, but you just saw last night, he still got it.

[Caller]

He still got it.

[Don LaGreca]

Paul, thank you. Thank you for the call, my friend. Yeah, you never know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It is interesting though, right? I have his talent. We've never seen him on a big stage in Major League Baseball.

[Alan Hahn]

And honestly, I'd love to. I'd love callers to give me a comp because I can't come up with a comp.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Real. It's really good because I'm. I've been racking during the break, I was thinking to myself that just got to be a player that was the best in the sport. And nothing.

[Don LaGreca]

Let's go to our good friend Danny on Long Island. What's up, Danny?

[Alan Hahn]

What's up, baby?

[Caller]

After news, guys, before we get to the Mets, just piggybacking something that that caller just said because I think there's a little bit of an east coast, west coast bias here because we're all sleeping when he's doing his work. So that caller said his guy, whose friend who lives in Seattle, who probably watches a lot of the games, they're on at the same time his team is on, maybe gets more of a Trout influence, but you're 100% right. And my memory bank, which is depleting quickly as I hit senior citizenship, I don't remember a player of this stat having such an invisible, you know, footprint in the league. And I remember, like my father would tell me, like when he was a kid, like the best hitter we ever saw, you know, was Stan Musil. And I would think, how many times has my father have ever seen Stan Musial? There was no espn, there was no television. They came into the Dodgers in Ebbets Field, you know, four times a year. So it's almost like the same thing. Like how many times I've ever seen Trout hit? Not much because it's just he's on the west coast, he's sleeping, the team hasn't been very good. He. The stats, the stats speak for themselves. And just like we say, Judge can be an all time player without having won a World Series, well, so can this guy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And he stayed healthy. Like, his numbers would have been incredible. But, Danny, one thing I'll push back on is we don't miss Ohtani. We see him a lot.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, yeah, right.

[Caller]

Well, that's the biggest of markets. And also.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, but he's an Anaheim. Like, he's right there.

[Caller]

No, no, listen, that's. That's like the Nets against the Knicks. I Mean, that's, that's, that's, you know,

[Peter Rosenberg]

when KD played for the Nets, you saw a lot of Nets didn't.

[Don LaGreca]

But we did.

[Caller]

We did.

[Alan Hahn]

Listen, it's not a direct comp, but you think of, like, when I was growing up, I saw Rod Carew when he was an angel. You know, I'd watch the Yankee games. I. He would be in the postseason. That was the difference. We get to see him in the playoffs. The Angels would go to the playoffs and you'd see him.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think that's what.

[Alan Hahn]

Playoff series in his career.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right, Danny? That's probably what you mean is we don't see him because he's not playing in those games that we would see when it's on national television because it's the, you know, the, the AL division round or even a wild card game. You're just not seeing it.

[Don LaGreca]

Let's go to Yankee. I got to tell you, man, Don, Yankees fans are very aggressive. They make it tough.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I told you, we're the worst. I'm the first to admit we are. We are the worst.

[Don LaGreca]

All I want is Mets people to call, and every time a phone line opens, it's another Yankee.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, then, you know what? Feed the beast. Let's go. Bring them on. Bring them on. Wait, where do you hear this? No jazz, no belly, no rice tonight.

[Don LaGreca]

I'm getting the lineup in a second. Here's, here's Glenn in Connecticut first. Then I'll hit the lineup. What's up, Glenn?

[Alan Hahn]

Hey, guys. How you doing?

[Don LaGreca]

Hey, buddy.

[Caller]

So, yeah, I just wanted to actually combat that. And I think it's funny, every year the Yankee fans overreact to the first two weeks of the season. I mean, we're in April 14th. The season really doesn't get going until. And you need these wins, but the really crucial games don't really matter until, like, late August. I feel like in the standings, watching, but this team is a living organism. They're not going to. This team. It's. There's a lot that's going to change. Cole's coming back. Rodan's coming back. Hopefully Volpe is what we expect him to be or hoped he would be. And those are big pieces. And I think lagrange is going to move to the, the bullpen at some point. So I think it's a huge kind of jump to overreact the first couple weeks of the season here.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, and like I tried yesterday.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, okay, maybe it was you that said it, right, Donna, go ahead.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, I just think despite all of these Lulls that they seem to have. You can write down 94, 95, 96 wins every year, barring catastrophic injury, like they had, you know, in 23, when they lose judge for half the season.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Mm.

[Alan Hahn]

So that's why you gotta cool the jets. Just because they'll be fine. Who's playoffs? Who knows?

[Peter Rosenberg]

The start of the season is very much like. Like it's still spring training. Like the first month shouldn't. Doesn't really count because you're trying to get guys right? You're trying to get players going. Like, which one of you said. I know one of you said it yesterday and it was like. It does feel like that, but it doesn't mean that when it looks the way it looked in those games. I mean, honestly. And those games in Tampa were. He didn't like the way that looked because that's that look of the team the last couple of years that you don't ever want to see. Sloppy, poor fundamentals looking checked out. That's. That's the dangerous thing you never want to see. That's what I think. Would I. That's what set me off more than anything. That. Not the not hitting, you know, slumps happen, but the dumb stuff. You're too good to play that dumb.

[Don LaGreca]

Speaking of dumb, let's get to tonight's Yankee starting lineup, brought to you by. And this is the Pinstripe lineup to you and me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

Brought to you by Ramsey Mazda, folks. I like the font they have on the Yankees did here.

[Alan Hahn]

This is very nice.

[Don LaGreca]

All right, leading off is Paul Goldschmidt, kids. Batting second. You may be familiar with him, number 99, the judge. Aaron Judge. Ahmed Rosario. Batting third. You know my guy. You know he's Already hot. Batting over.300 to start the year. Big playoff, G, John Carlos Stanton. It's the playoffs in April for Big G. He's batting cleanup. The hottest man in all of baseball for the last 12 hours, Trent Grisham. Batting fifth, my personal favorite player, Randall Grachuk, batting six. That right, Chick?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sure.

[Don LaGreca]

Sure it is.

[Alan Hahn]

Gritsa. He was a hockey player. He. Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

Wait, what? He's not related to the Chuck? No, no. He's Keith Kachuk's brother.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's what it is.

[Don LaGreca]

Randall Grachuk, Austin Wells. Jose Caballero.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, the great.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, we're getting to your favorite part of the lineup.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Here we go. This is where. This is where Anthony and I last channel. We go watch something else for a while.

[Don LaGreca]

Batting ninth. Get ready. You're going to have movement. The great Vincent Kennedy. Ryan McMahon and he took a really

[Peter Rosenberg]

good wild pitch last night. And epic wild pitch.

[Don LaGreca]

Ryan Weathers. The lefty is on the hill.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Here's how Weathers pitches tonight. He had a good last outing. Let's see if he could build off it.

[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Don LaGreca]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. Underrated banger.

[Alan Hahn]

Oh, he's in, too. The Idol.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Underrated.

[Don LaGreca]

Not anymore.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, not anymore.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, you can't be underrated anymore.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, I guess you're right. But I mean, this song, Rebel Yell,

[Alan Hahn]

like, if I never heard moany moaning again, that'd be good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, I'm with you don't like. That's one of those. Everybody. Doesn't every great artist have the one regrettable song that you wish?

[Alan Hahn]

Well, I don't know if you might have been his biggest hit.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's what's. That's what I hate. And it was a cover. I hate that. That was one of his biggest hits, if not the biggest that he ever had. Come on.

[Don LaGreca]

Is that if you could.

[Peter Rosenberg]

If you could erase one song, that would be the one out of his catalog. I would hope. I would just want to erase.

[Alan Hahn]

But White Weddings.

[Peter Rosenberg]

White Wedding song.

[Alan Hahn]

Rebel yells a great song.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

Eyes Without a Face is my one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You like that one the best?

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, probably.

[Alan Hahn]

That is good.

[Don LaGreca]

What did you say? You want to take out money? Money.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

I mean, you. I totally get why you would feel that. You know why I don't feel that? Because I was, like, seven.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

And let me tell you something. When I was at a Bullets game and that I was like, this is music, bro.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't.

[Don LaGreca]

I don't really know much about rock and roll, but this. I don't know what moany moaning means to this day. To this day. It's not money. It's not Mona. It's Moni.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is Moni like a nickname for a girl?

[Don LaGreca]

I guess. Yeah. Here she comes down. But he says, here she comes down. Say Monet. Monet.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is she saying Moni.

[Don LaGreca]

Moni. That's what I always. That's how I took it.

[Alan Hahn]

And then one of those goofy, goofy club songs where, you know, then you got a chance, like it was. It's really enough.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

It's a sweet spot for me, guilty pleasure wise.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm not gonna lie.

[Don LaGreca]

All right, let's. Let's talk to the peeps here to close out hour one. This has been a fun, fast start to the program. Let's go to Jonas, who has a comp for Trout for you, Don. What's up, Jonas?

[Caller]

What's going on, guys? So, yeah, I got two things. So you. Peter, you said Mets fans aren't calling in. So I'm here representing, not calling.

[Don LaGreca]

But still we appreciate.

[Caller]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I can. I can go about the method.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They're awful.

[Caller]

But my player comp is. Is Carrie Price for Mike Trout. And the reason being is that. So I played junior hockey. Every goalie that I've ever spoken to, if you ask them like who do you watch who is the best? They always say Carrie Price, like every time.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And he played in his huge market to the Cup. Yeah, he went to the Cup. Major market. Go ahead, go ahead.

[Caller]

He went to the Cup. He went to the cup once, but he doesn't get the same. He doesn't have the rings. That's really where.

[Alan Hahn]

That's two separate conversations. If you're a hockey fan, you know Kerry Price, he played the conference final against the Rangers, went to a Stanley cup final in the bubble. He was. He's appreciated. You want to say his career was cut short. We didn't get to appreciate him enough. That's fine. He was in Montreal. He played in the postseason. Hockey fans know him. They've seen him. Mike Trout is relatively ignored by baseball fans.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Amazing.

[Alan Hahn]

Never played in the big spot. Never played in a big game. Never. Never got the only. His biggest moment is getting struck out by Ohtani in the World Baseball Classic.

[Caller]

Don, that's a great point. I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna argue too much on that. I do just want to say you guys are awesome. Really love listening to you guys and thank you.

[Alan Hahn]

Where'd you play junior hockey for the Boston Junior Bruins.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Nice.

[Caller]

But I'm from Long Island.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay, Good for you, though. You get up there a little junior hockey, it's always good. Good for you.

[Don LaGreca]

We're Don's up there celebrating your whole legacy right now as we speak.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's a nice little program.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, very nice. Now, it's still the end of hour one and we're talking a lot of baseball, but we can't. We'd be remiss. Reggie and Harlem, what do you got?

[Alan Hahn]

Reggie,

[Caller]

Don Public, Greco, Peter Smoke, Rosenberg and Alan. The biggest mixed love in Manhattan. What's up, fellas?

[Alan Hahn]

How are you? What's going on? What's all going on?

[Don LaGreca]

How are you?

[Peter Rosenberg]

You're going on

[Caller]

a long time. Speak to you on a long time. I want to talk about the Knicks, man. So yeah, Knicks got all this so called experience. Atlanta's young. They Have a young team. I want to let the mix. No, don't overlook Atlanta, man. Atlantica. Very well. Knock the Knicks off and I'm going with them. Knock the Knicks off.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Of course you are.

[Don LaGreca]

Give me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Give me the. All right.

[Don LaGreca]

Give me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Give me the formula. You got rid of them?

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, I needed. I needed to know.

[Don LaGreca]

I mean, his big take was that they're going to win. That they're. They're going to win.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The Hawks are going to beat the Knicks. But I need. If you're going to make a bold statement like, true, that's my. Got to tell me how they're going to do it.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, you know, it's a bad job

[Peter Rosenberg]

by me because it's real easy to just say they're going to beat them. Okay. How they're just going to beat him. Okay.

[Don LaGreca]

Because, Alan, do you not see a way in which they could win?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Of course there's. I mean, there is a team. Every team has a path.

[Don LaGreca]

Every team has a path. Every path has a journey. Every journey. Sorry, let's go to every bit here. Every ending is happy. No, wait, hold on.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How come.

[Don LaGreca]

You know, that was good?

[Peter Rosenberg]

And by the way, how come you haven't made this a thing for you to do, like commercials, like that? Net.

[Don LaGreca]

We. By the way, commercial. Wait, wait. See you.

[Ad Voice]

If you.

[Don LaGreca]

If someone dropped the right music, it hits even different.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Really?

[Don LaGreca]

Oh, yeah. I'm not gonna lie.

[Alan Hahn]

I've.

[Don LaGreca]

I've. My personal favorite player, Randall Grachuk. My, my. I guess my voice.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's not working for you.

[Don LaGreca]

No, not at all. The lineup thing is happening. My, my. Every journey has a beginning. Every beginning has an end. But when Don Marco Lagreca returned from Boston, his journey had a new ending this fall. A story about a man who got home from the last road trip of the season to find his wife had took up with another man. A new man. Lived in his home, slept in his bed, went through his old devil binders.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sure. I like the way this went. I thought you really could have just had.

[Don LaGreca]

I didn't know where to go.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The season ended and this ending for Don was happy. Yes, like that.

[Alan Hahn]

Completely opposite.

[Don LaGreca]

You know what? I went. I went. I went. I went to the movie Old School. Yeah, that was the movie. That's the beginning of the movie. Old School made out with Dave Righetti. I'm mortified. My personal favorite player, Randall Grachuk. We got a lot happening, folks, that can do it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think you can, too, Peter.

[Don LaGreca]

What's that?

[Alan Hahn]

Just take.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Take the voice that the voice and turn it into voiceover.

[Don LaGreca]

It does, it does, it does. It does impact you though. You have to be have to be mindful and conserve a little bit. But if Dave Brownshaw was a, was even a half a man as a producer, wow, he'd be barging in here right now going, why are we not doing more promos like this? Yeah, you know, what are we doing? I think about what I could do for the big couch cast next week.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know what, you should just start speaking of happy ending promos now.

[Don LaGreca]

Speaking of happy endings, when David Rick get on that couch next week. How else are you going to entertain yourself during for a four hour live stream during the draft?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Because once the Giants pick at five, we got a ways to wait for the next.

[Don LaGreca]

That's right. What will happen when we get to the second round?

[Alan Hahn]

You regenerate by pick 16.

[Don LaGreca]

All right, guys, I have something important. First of all, we have to get to a huge hour too. All of your phone calls at 1-800-919-3776. Tough to get in right now, but try. There's one line open as we speak. So we'll get to all you guys. We have a talk about it Tuesday at 4:30, of which there's a big story to talk about. It's everywhere right now. But NBA fans, listen up. You can enter FanDuel's play in Palooza for a chance to win a share of $2 million in bonus bets every day of the week. The plan Tournament is right there for you. All you have to do is place a live bet using your Plan Palooza token. Then you'll automatically be entered for a chance to win a share of $2 million of bonus bets. So don't just watch the NBA Play in tournament from the sidelines. Visit FanDuel.com local to win a share of $2 million in bonus bets. Play your game with FanDuel, official sportsbook partner of the NBA, 21 and over. Physically present New York no purchase necessary. Often required. Limit 1 entry profit boost bonus issued as non withdrawable Profit Boost Token prizes issued as non withdrawable bonus bets which expire seven days after receipt. For help with the gambling problem, call 877-8-Open Wire Text open Y at 467-369

[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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