Hour 2: Fraud Alert Friday with Don

Summary

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Don, Hahn & Rosenberg – "Fraud Alert Friday with Don"

Date: August 22, 2025
Hour 2 Summary

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Overview

Hour two of Don, Hahn & Rosenberg delivers its signature energetic blend of New York sports banter, media meta-humor, and listener engagement, anchored by the weekly "Fraud Alert Friday" segment. The hosts—a rotating trio of Don La Greca (the returnee), Alan Hahn (Knicks broadcaster), and Peter Rosenberg (hip hop/WWE personality)—bounce across topics, from the woes of the Mets and pop-culture hot takes to earnest and hilarious debate about sports fandom "fraudulence." Notably, Don rejoins after vacation, bringing fresh energy to dissecting sports drama, listener dilemmas, and the upcoming Sasso Softball Classic.

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Show Highlights & Key Points

Comic Openers, Pop-Culture & “Pitbull” Gags

[00:45–02:26]

• Peter puts on "Pitbull" glasses, launching off-the-cuff riffing about his resemblance to the musician ("I look like Pitbull.") and prompting jokes about Peter’s Paris trip and potential for a new single:
  • “Maybe Pitbull in Paris?” — Peter (01:50)
  • Hahn: “Is that Peter or Pitbull?” (01:31)
• Immediate pivot to current pop culture: Peter reacts to seeing Drake’s (controversial) interview with Bobby Althoff trending.
  • “Why is Drake doing another interview with Bobby Altoff? ...He just cannot read the room.” — Peter (02:09)

Meta-Discourse: New York Sports Radio & Accents

[04:00–08:04]

• Mocking the “New York sports guy” persona with impressions of Mike Francesa, Gambo (John Gambadoro), and radio cliché voices.
• Extended riff on fake versus real New York accents in local commercials, specifically discussing the notorious “Don’t do New York dirty” sanitation ads.
  • “That woman is definitely a three packs a day chick. Like, I feel terrible for her ... she probably should get her lungs checked.” — Peter [07:11]
  • Alan drops that rapper Nems is indeed a real New Yorker on one ad voice (“That’s Nems, 100%. ...I know his voice well.” – Alan, 07:54)

Mets Meltdown: Pitching Analysis & Organizational Direction

[08:09–16:26]

• Hahn delivers a deeply informed breakdown of the Mets’ pitching woes after their latest loss:

  • Barely any starters can go 5+ innings; bullpen is overtaxed; David Peterson is only reliable, but not an ace (“They never can go five innings. Twice this season, a Mets starter has completed eight innings in a game. Both were David Peterson.” – Hahn, 09:46)
  • Historical context: Mets’ tradition is built on strong starting rotations (Seaver, Gooden, etc.), now abandoned.
  • Roster management: Senga’s injury and management issues; Mania’s struggles; converting Clay Holmes; the future rests on prospects like McLain, Sproat, and Jonah Tom.

• Bigger question to GM Stearns: Are the Mets shifting away from a pitching-first identity intentionally, waiting for prospects, or just stalling?

  • “Are you purposely just going away from the tradition of the Mets and starting pitching being the strength ... or are you just buying time to get to where these three [youngsters] are ready?” — Hahn [13:23]

• Both Alan and Peter agree: fans have lost excitement for 2025, but these new arms provide a glimpse of hope.

  • “All you’re thinking about at this moment ... what you’re really looking forward to is seeing McClain play. And do you have a future there?” – Peter [15:18]

Listener Calls: Mets Expectations & Fraudulent Fan Behavior

[16:34–19:46]

• Mohammed (caller): Wonders if re-signing Alonso instantly resets Mets fans’ expectations to “World Series or bust.”
  • “The expectations after getting to the final four last year was to at least get back there again, 100% true.” – Hahn [17:21]
• Javier (caller): Self-confesses “fraudulent” behavior—attending Yankees/Red Sox only for a stadium giveaway, then leaving before first pitch.
  • “Wait, you didn’t stay for the game? ... That’s fraudulent behavior!” – Alan [19:23]
  • “I’m not a fraud. I promise. I’m just ... I got my bobblehead and left.” – Javier [18:43]

Don La Greca Returns: Vacation Notes & "Fraud Alert Friday"

[22:17–24:12]

• Don rejoins after vacation, comments on weather (“delicious!” – Don, 23:04), time off, and itching to discuss the Mets.
  • “You never really fully unplug ... I’ve got lots of opinions itching because Nancy (wife) doesn’t care.” – Don [23:41]
• Quick takes on Giants’ QB prospect Jaxon Dart, preseason hype, and Yankee/Mets malaise:
  • “If he was playing poorly, we’d be ripping him right? ... But if you remember, Daniel Jones’ debut ... so you need to see a lot more.” – Don [24:35]

Sasso Softball Classic

[26:40–29:28]

• Don plugs the annual event for charity/hometown tradition:
  • “Tomorrow at 4:30, we’re going to have our Sasso Softball Classic ... It’s always a great turnout, always a lot of fun.” – Don [26:40]
• Alan/Don joke about who’s most likely to embarrass themselves in slow-pitch softball, referencing past strikeouts and athletic mishaps.

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“Fraud Alert Friday” Listener Cases & Panel Judgments

(32:00–47:52)

A central feature—listeners write in with sports “fandom fraud” scenarios; the panel rules on their status.

Case 1: Can You Switch Allegiances if Your City Gets a Team?

[31:02–33:58]

• Listener (“D.”) wonders if supporting Lakers/Dodgers his whole life but switching to new Vegas teams is “fraudulent” since Vegas never had teams before.
• Don’s verdict (contrary to expectations): Fraud!
  • “It’s still fraudulent behavior ... giving up on that just because there’s a team that represents your city ...” — Don [31:16]
  • Peter/Alan push back, seeing it as situational if original fandom was casual.
  • “It sounds like he’s a casual. So he’s a fraud, anyway.” — Don [33:58]
• Ultimately: If you were a diehard, you can’t just drop your team. But for casuals, the “fraud” label is clearer.

Case 2: Fandom-Imprinted by a Girlfriend, Then Moving On

[39:14–41:47]

• Listener rooted for the Sharks, adopted team of a college girlfriend, then after breakup switched to day-one Vegas Golden Knights fan.
• Don’s verdict: No fraud!
  • “I’m going to assume that his affiliation with the Sharks was more of an affiliation with something else ... then his interest in the Sharks waned and he fell in love with hockey.” — Don [40:33]
  • “The team was a conduit.” – Peter [41:05]
• Lively banter about “zipper key” relationships—rooting for a team to please a partner doesn’t dictate true sports loyalty.

Case 3: Commercial Acting “Fraud” – Don & Golf Clubs

[44:03–47:47]

• Chris from Brooklyn calls in to grill Don about appearing in a commercial holding a golf putter—despite being on record as anti-golf.
  • “The point of it is I’m acting ... I just think holding the putter ... was putting me in character.” — Don [44:44]
• Panel ruling: No fraud, just good acting.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “That woman is definitely a three packs a day chick ... she probably should get her lungs checked.”
  — Peter, riffing on New York sanitation commercials [07:11]
• “You’re breathing oxygen into it and it’s not necessary. … This is not me saying I don’t care because I don’t know who these people are. I don’t care in a ‘Francesa’ way.”
  — Hahn, on celebrity news blowing up social media [04:33]
• “If you were a Die Hard fan, there’s no question (it’d be fraud).”
  — Peter [33:33]
• “Zip Key!” (aka “zipper key”)
  — Don describes fandom-by-romance [41:41]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Drake/Bobby Althoff interview pop-culture digression: 02:08–03:16
• Mets starting pitching breakdown: 08:15–16:26
• Caller: Mets’ expectations, World Series chat: 16:34–18:17
• Don’s vacation/return: 22:17–24:12
• Sasso Softball Classic details: 26:40–29:28
• Fraud Alert Friday – Case 1 (Vegas fan switch): 31:02–33:58
• Fraud Alert Friday – Case 2 (Sharks-to-Knights): 39:14–41:47
• Fraud Alert Friday – Don's putter commercial ethics: 44:03–47:47

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Tone & Style

The show blends authentic New York sports radio energy with meta-humor, quick pivots between pop culture and stats, and a blend of lighthearted ribbing and deep-dive analysis. The dynamic between Don, Alan, and Peter is playful, sometimes needling, but always carrying the weight of a shared sports-fan culture.

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Takeaways for Non-Listeners

• The Mets’ collapse is blamed on a lack of pitching investment, but new young arms offer a sliver of hope.
• Sports “fraudulence” is less about technicalities and more about emotional loyalty and context—especially when new hometown teams and relationships test old allegiances.
• Listener interaction, both earnest and satirical, is central to the show’s appeal.
• Even hardened broadcasters have to act on camera sometimes—and that’s not “fraud.”

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Transcript

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In the big city. Don Hahn and Rosenberg. Just to entertain. Jacob. I put back on my glasses now. Jacob said I look like Pitbull. And in looking at myself on camera, he's correct. But at the same time, when I bought them, wearing them out, they actually don't look like so aggressive big shot glasses. They just look nice. But on camera, in my blank room with nothing going on and I'm just wearing these. He's right. I look like Pitbull.

[B]

Like, I just happen to look to my right. Because, you know, for the most part, we had Alan for that first segment, and then that second segment, I saw Peter kicking. I just happened to look. I'm like, is that Peter or Pitbull?

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Like, it's people.

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Is definitely something to lean into.

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I think we found something between people.

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And Peter's in Paris next week.

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You know, Peter's in you almost.

[B]

I feel like you need to drop a single.

[A]

I know. Maybe people in Paris.

[B]

Pete.

[A]

God, I'm just seeing right now. I know, I know Alan won't really care that much about this. And like, what now? Jacob's probably.

[B]

Are you shopping? Are you still shopping?

[A]

No, no, this. This came up.

[B]

Shopping.

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No, this just came up when I opened Twitter.

[B]

Oh, why is.

[A]

Why is Drake doing another interview with Bobby Altoff? I don't like this guy read like, he just cannot read the room of what is. Like.

[B]

I don't care. Okay, I'm. I. Am you talking baseball? I don't care.

[A]

I know, but you're. You're so old. Like, there are people out there who aren't.

[B]

Wait, you're so old. How does that have to do with why I don't care? This is another human being. I'm not affected like that by someone. You could talk to this guy a million times. I don't have to consume it, you know? No, no one tells you, Peter, that you have to consume things just because it popped up on your feed. You don't have to.

[A]

So don't I can watch it.

[B]

So keep moving.

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But hold on.

[B]

Why get mad?

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Well, no, it's not that. It's just that he's a very famous, popular. And now at this point, I would say Jacob, almost controversial figure.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And when big things happen, I'm just mentioning it to the people because, you know, as you know, Alan, one of the reasons I like working with you is people listen to our show. They love sports. That doesn't mean they don't have one other thought or interest in.

[B]

Completely agree. Completely agree.

[A]

So, like, I'm just putting it out there that I just saw at like 30 minutes it went up that he said sitting down with this Bobby Altoff again. And it's just.

[B]

Oh, yeah, some people, he's like that.

[A]

Athlete who just keeps making the wrong. It's like. It's like he's having a job rant moment.

[B]

Like, what are you doing? It's not at the same level, popularity wise, but it's like literally. Jeff Teague continues to just say crazy stuff on a podcast. And this is a former NBA player that you thought was a decent player, and now you're like, this guy's a nozzle.

[A]

Well, but you know what? There's a difference.

[B]

And it's like, why do you keep talking? Stop talking, dude. Like, just. No, but Jeff.

[A]

But Jeff Teagues. Jeff Teague's money and brand have improved since he started doing that.

[B]

And I.

[A]

Look, Drake has gone the other way.

[B]

How could it improve his credibility?

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He had no name before.

[B]

He says things that you're like, what? What the hell is that? And yet.

[A]

But he is famous now.

[B]

And yes, you know why? Because he gets into the algorithm. Because content accounts, they just start churning it out because an NBA player said this crazy thing and now you've given him a voice. And I just keep telling people, just stop retweeting it. Stop reacting to it. You're like, it's dumb. Don't react to it. But he knows and he giggles about it. Everybody. I'm gonna make him crazy. I'm gonna say this. I'm gonna make him crazy. And it's like, why? Because it does work that way. So that's all I'm saying to you is your. You're breathing oxygen into it and it's not necessary. That's all I'm saying. I'm not. This is not me saying I don't care because I don't know who these people are. I'm saying I don't care why she could pull Francesa. I just. It's no, that's. That's. That's a New Yorker. That's like. I don't know.

[A]

By the way, do you know who Frances is?

[B]

He's a New York guy.

[A]

That's right. He's basically the caricature of the New York guy.

[B]

The New York guy. Right. But that's. Yeah, like Anthony and I do this all the time. We always just do the New York voice. Yeah.

[A]

You guys do that a lot?

[B]

Yeah, I don't care. I don't care. Okay. Like there's no one does it. There's a guy in Phoenix that's a great friend of mine, John Gambadoro. He became a sports talk radio legend in Phoenix. He's Gambo now. Here he was a part time Newsday sports writer who covered high school sports. He goes to Phoenix and he has become the biggest name in sports in Phoenix. It's hilarious and all. His caricature of this guy named Gambo. He talks like this and I don't care. And you're stupid. Like he says it like that. And then Phoenix, they're like, this guy's so entertaining. You know what I mean? So it's that voice that I always like to play up when something like this happens and you just don't know how to react. Who does it better?

[A]

Okay, who does a better union? Yankees union read though than Anthony Pusick?

[B]

No one. No one.

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And Anthony, are you allowed to do it? Can you do a sentence of it?

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No, I cannot. Come on. I can't because a. They do not. They're not sponsored with us at all.

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Completely.

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The other.

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The other station.

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So. No, I don't think I can.

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So good though. We should just make randomly starts doing it.

[B]

Yes. Make up commercials that sound the same.

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Hold on. Can we make a fake commercial for our show with a made up union? Can I tell you guys the truth?

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Or a tire brand. Or a tire brand.

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Yeah, it works either way. And I bet our listeners have had the same thought. So I'm happy to share this with you. I've been in radio now for, you know, 25 years, whatever it is.

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That's amazing.

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I hear the. The union commercials. They do them on the sports. Yeah, sports stations everywhere have union commercials.

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Yeah. And I think back in the day. What'd you say we had in the day? I read them. Sure.

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Yeah, we have them pop up.

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Be great. By the way, you don't have to go far. The sanitation commercial is enough for us to. Oh, you mean that. Don't throw garbage. Trashy trash. Don't do New York dirty. Don't do New York dirty. Yeah. They hired people with fake New York accents. No, by the way, by the way, like, that woman is definitely a three packs a day chick. Like, I feel terrible for her. I'm distracted by her voice because while she's giving a good message of don't, you know, don't, don't, don't do New York dirty. I'm almost like worried about her because I really do think, like, she probably should get her lungs checked.

[A]

Well, you know, you're the second person because Don said the same thing about that spot. A fake New York accent.

[B]

Anybody in New York has an aunt that sounds like that? All of us do.

[A]

But Anthony, Anthony, you recognize that one of the voices on there is Nems. Who is. It is not a fake accent. That is his real.

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Oh, that's a real. Is that. Oh, is that really him?

[A]

Oh, that's Nems.

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That's amazing.

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I'm sure, I'm sure of it. I know his voice well. Wow. They hired real, real New Yorkers with crazed.

[B]

One of them has emphysema. I mean, I feel terrible.

[A]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[B]

Come on. Listen. That's a different commercial.

[A]

Yeah, that's a different commercial. Now. Now, you wanted to get after the New York Mets.

[B]

Well, I think we should. And it started with the caller who wanted to rant but didn't hit. So I think we do need to kind of discuss something here because the Yankees are going to get their due and they will coming up. But the Mets lost yesterday. That was on the. While you and I were on the air and you prophetic, prophetically said at 3 nothing, how are they going to blow this? And then they did. And it's all again pitching now. Did they score enough runs to win? No. But to me, what we're starting to learn about this team is that Stearns had a plan when it comes to starting pitching. Like they tried to get Yoshi Yamamoto. So they did try to go big money on a starting pitcher. Now, the Scherzer and Verlander thing was a disaster, but those are two guys that average. Their combined age was like 83. So you were getting guys past their prime. That's not the way to do it. So they got out of that business. They tried to give Yamamot, what is it? It was 12 years, 330 or whatever it is. Million dollars. They tried to go. So that was big money they were trying to get. He went to the Dodgers, but then they've gone nothing but Cheap with their starters. And I know everybody thought that Senga was going to be the ace. Senga's not pitching like an ace. He's not the guy that's pitching like an ace. His name is David Peterson. Listen to. This is crazy. When. When the Mets have a starting pitcher that goes just five innings, their records, 56 and 29. The problem is they never can go five innings. Twice this season, a Mets starter has completed eight innings in a game. Eight. These are the two pitchers, David Peterson. The other one, David Peterson. And before he gave them eight innings, they. That's the national game that they won in that series. 81 Tuesday, they hadn't had a starting pitcher go even six innings since August 6th, when it was David together. Now, Mr. Peterson. That's correct. The last Met starter to finish seven innings. Seven was altogether. Now.

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Don't say it. Mr. Peterson.

[B]

David Peterson. July 10th. That's six weeks ago. I mean, do you find yourself having a problem here? Now? Mania had an injury, so he had to come back, obviously. Right. They were trying to convert Clay Holmes, so I don't know if they can't get length out of him, whatever it is. Quite honestly, though, they did not prioritize starting pitching in the tradition of the Mets and the Mets going back to Seaver and Koozman and going back to, you know, Gooden and Darling and that whole group that they had there, going back to all the years that they were good. And of course, Generation K, which didn't pan out, but there was excitement about them. There was obviously, as I mentioned, well before. I brought this up before with Matt Harvey and Syndergaard and deGrom and Mats. Like, you know, they did have Wheeler as well. They. They always had arms when they were good. And last year, they got away with it. Last year it seemed to work. It almost seemed like a brilliant plan. Don't overspend on starting pitching. Just have good pitching and get a good bullpen because, you know, look what happened with Garrett Cole. Look what happens when you lose a starter. You. It really affects you. You spend $300 million on a starter, and if he gets hurt, it all falls apart. And maybe that's not the way to do it anymore. But when you look at now, when you don't have quality starting pitching, this is what happens. You tax your bullpen to a point where there's nothing left. And then at the trade deadline, you've got to now rebuild the bullpen, which is not easy to do, clearly. And that continues to be the problem. And Sanga. Yes. He was good before he got hurt, but afterwards he is not and member. He is somebody that they have to baby, you got to give them six days off between starts. That's what he's used to doing. And by the way, he's scheduled to start Monday. That's four days between starts. They have to do it because they just don't have anybody else that they can start right now. Nolan McClain gets to start to his second start tonight. He looked really good. They have sproat. They even have another kid too. It's 22 year old Jonah Tom who everybody's excited about as well. That feels like their next generation K. They might have to, they might be forced. We had a caller ask us this I think a week ago or earlier this week about bringing them all up now. And I said that's really hard to do this late in the season. But Peter, I'm telling you, they might be forced to do it. So my only question is if I had a chance to talk to David Stearns about this, are you purposely just going away from the tradition of the Mets and starting pitching being the strength, being something that, that you invest in and develop because you don't believe in it anymore because of, you know, you want to spend your money in other places which includes Juan Soto or do you know these three guys are coming up and you don't want to have a guy on an 8, 7 year contract in their way. And so you're just buying time to get to where these three because they're all in their early 20s, to where they're ready to step in and become like the future of your pitching rotation. I don't have the answer for that. But the way McClain pitched his first time around, I'm really curious to see what he looks like tonight.

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Me too. I mean that's the most exciting thing going for the Mets right now. Because the fact of the matter is we don't know what's going to happen with this team. Nothing about what they're doing makes you feel good about this year, which is of course incredibly upsetting when you think about where you were just a couple months ago. You know, you finally get a year where it seems like Lindor is Lindor from the very start.

[B]

He's up and down, but he's. He's gotten back to who you wanted him to be.

[A]

Well, no, no, that's. But that's what I mean.

[B]

But it started a slow start. See Don, you remember when. Don't. Don was saying when I was trying to juice the whole Soto versus Judge thing. And Soto. I didn't have a good start to the season. And Don said, I don't care. The Mets are winning. I could care. He could have a terrible season. I don't care, because the Mets are winning. And now what's happened, Soto, since the winning has started to become Soto, although he's. He's not clutch, he's not having a big season, but he's been more like Soto. They're not winning.

[A]

Right. There's nothing.

[B]

Nightmare.

[A]

Yeah, well, this is. This is why he ultimately was right about that. No one cares about it. He.

[B]

He.

[A]

You have to admit, at this moment, that story's dead. So the Soto thing is like, yeah, if they're bad, it's a nothing burger. If they were both good, then there's something really fun. But with the Mets being this bad, it's terrible. So if you're a Met fan, I think all you're thinking about at this moment, maybe not all, because you haven't given up all hope, but what I think you're really looking forward to is seeing McClain play. And do you have a future there.

[B]

Now, Hoping that Brandon Sproat is next because he's been very good of late.

[A]

I have to imagine, you know, they. They didn't think Senga, of course, would be what he's been like.

[B]

No. You're waiting for him to find it again. And he just. He's had moments where it looks good, and then he's had moments where his control is not great. He's been hit, he's been knocked around and right. Or not available. Yeah. But they just have not had the consistency in their pitching mania. Has not been the same guy he was last year. And again, like, Clay Holmes is kind of a. He's been a guy that they've been. They've been trying to develop into a starter, and then they thought, as you know, then the plan was always what you thought anyway. The plan was supposed to be that they would move him to the bullpen once they got fully healthy. And we were. I believe we were waiting for that. Right. It was the first time you were going to get their full rotation through, and it did not have the effect that you thought it would.

[A]

Some would go as far as saying, it's not what you want. Let's go to. Let's go to Muhammad on Long Island. What's up, Mohammed?

[C]

What's going on, man?

[B]

I love the show, guys. Let me know when.

[C]

When Don comes back. Is all the vacations done for a while?

[B]

I Hope so. So Peters in Paris next week and then. But Don and I. I'm done.

[A]

Alan's done.

[B]

I. I can't take any more days off. That's it. I have to work every day now.

[C]

Man, I can't wait till I dre.

[B]

You guys are back together. But to my met point, man, I. I just. I just had the question because I know, like, you know, as. As the season goes on, expectations change.

[C]

And before we signed Alonzo back, you.

[B]

Know, next year was the year that everyone was supposed to be so excited for the Mets. So did.

[C]

Did signing Alonzo just automatically bring us back to. We at least have to go to the Seals or we're going to win.

[B]

The pennant this year.

[C]

So basically, I guess my question is.

[B]

What were the expectations going into the. Going back to the nlcs? Mo, I'm answering your question because I know what you're asking. That you signed Sota to a record deal. The expectations after getting to the final Four last year was to at least get back there again, 100% true. There's no way anybody thought, listen, that. That was more than we expected. So let's not have high expectations. No, no, no, no. The expectations were to, at worst, get back or finally get over the hump and get back, get to the World Series, which they could have done last year. So the real expectations were to do that, and they felt like they were right there. Why else do you invest in a guy like Juan Soto? And by the way, isn't that why Juan Soto chose the Mets? Didn't he say he felt like they had a better chance winning long term than the Yankees did? Those were his words. Left and speechless. Love you, Mo.

[A]

Mo is. He's tied in knots. Let's go to Javier in Queens. Or as Alan would call you, Javier.

[B]

Javier. What's going on, fellas? Happy. Happy for Friday, guys.

[A]

Almost there, baby.

[B]

Don's gonna join. I want to sell if it's okay. I want to self report some fraudulent. Fraudulent behavior on my. On my part. I am not a fraud. But as I've learned in these months, you don't have to be a fraud to, you know, perform fraudulent things. So I went. I went to the Yankee game yesterday, got me my Costanza bobblehead, and I got the heck out of that stadium. I didn't even see the first pitch. I didn't see the national anthem, and I got it. No, no, that's. You're not a fraud. You're. You're a. You're a freak. No, not a freak. No, you're not a thief because they were giving them away. But you took it from a Yankees fan. No, no, I'm a Yankees fan. I just didn't say for the game. Wait, you didn't stay for the game? And it's Yankees, Red Sox. So you bought a ticket, got in the game, got a bobblehead and then said, I'm out. Fraud. That's fraudulent behavior. That is fraudulent behavior. But I'm not a fraud. I promise yourself a Yankees fan. And then you said, I got the hell out of there. It's Yankees, Red Sox. Imagine, I imagine I had State for that game. I made the right decision. Alan, just so you know, if, if, if we all got to suffer, you got to suffer too.

[A]

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I didn't listen to anything you just said.

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Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. Did you or someone you know participate in fraudulent fan behavior?

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I'm a fraud with a capital F.

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Is your friend a fraud?

[A]

I have been a complete and utter fraud.

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Are you a fraud? What is fraud? Let's ask Don McGregor. Screw.

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Go scratch yourself. Well, that's right. It is Fraud Alert Friday, driven by Ramsey, Mazda, Don Hahn and Rosenberg, Peter Roseberg. Allen Hahn here. But the man who will host the annual Mark Sasso softball game tomorrow at 4:30 at Wagaraw Field is the man himself, the voice of the New Jersey Devils. Actor, thespian, broadcaster, your friend, our favorite, Don legreco. Donald.

[C]

Greetings and salutations, gentlemen. How are you?

[A]

Look at you. How are you?

[C]

You know what?

[B]

It's.

[C]

I thought. I think I got this right. Allen had the perfect description of today's weather. Delicious.

[B]

Delicious.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

I mean, this was.

[B]

This is.

[C]

It is an incredible day. And it's the last day of vacation. We're going to the Somerset Patriot game tonight.

[A]

Oh, boy.

[B]

A little pool, a little.

[C]

Playing Wiffle ball with Marco.

[B]

Tremendous. It's like you never want. You never want to come back, right?

[C]

No, I don't.

[B]

You're good.

[A]

No, you're not. You're not. You don't have FOMO today, right?

[C]

No FOMO that it's Friday and not Monday.

[B]

Right.

[C]

Meaning last Monday.

[B]

Right. Right.

[C]

No, I'm looking forward to getting back. There's just so much to talk about. Listen, it's. Alan tells you, you know, he took two weeks and Peter, you had your.

[B]

Your Peter's in Paris.

[C]

Listen, we work our tails, all of us. We've got extra jobs, and in doing this three and a half, four hours every day, you got to be able to unplug. And I think it's better for everybody that you do that, but you never really fully unplug. You're still on top of everything that's going on. And I've got lots of opinions that have been itching because Nancy doesn't care. Tell her about the Mets pitching woes and. And all that. And she doesn't care. And Marco isn't ready for all this information just yet, so I've got nobody to vent to. So I do miss it.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

What? Before we. Well, before we get to the. The fraud of it all.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And the Sasso softball of it all. What. What is the one? I don't want to go into detail because they'll tune in Monday at 3 o' clock and they'll get a full dose of Don Lagreche. What have you been most itching to weigh in on? Is it the crumminess of the Mets? The Yankees? Is it the Jackson Dart of it all? What's been out there for you?

[C]

Well, I mean, the Jackson Dart's been tremendous because as we heard towards the end of the previous week, everybody's itching to play this guy. And I thought Alan nailed it. When he's like, listen, they're in no rush to do that. They've got their plan for him. But you gotta love what you've seen. I know it's just the preseason, but if he was playing poorly, we'd be ripping him, right? We'd be saying, oh, God, they, they overreached. Trade him back into the first round to get him. And he seems to be everything that you want to kind of build around. Now. I'm. I'm hesitant to jump all in because if you remember, Daniel Jones debut against Tampa in a regular season game got him rookie of the week, and we saw how that panned out. So you need to see a lot more. But in these meaningless games, let's get the regular season over with. You gotta like, just what you've seen beyond the statistics. He looks just like a player that you can build a lot around. And. And now you know why you've got Wilson there and you're not in any kind of rush to start him. When he's ready, he will start. But that's been the most impressive thing. The Mets have just been. The Mets, really, honestly, it's really not that much different. And the Yankees, you know, home run. And that's been it. And now you finally face a decent opponent and you lose. And everything Allen's worried about, he's been spot on too, with is this gonna work in the postseason? So, Peter, you're right that the more things change, the more it inevitably kind of stays the same. And we're in this kind of circle here. But now the football season's upon us, the baseball season's getting closer and closer to September. These things matter now. And. And I'm really excited to kind of talk about it coming up on Monday.

[B]

I feel like I should get a hat that says Han was right about everything.

[C]

Well, no, because what do you do with that half? They win. Win the whole thing. Do I get to slap you with it?

[B]

No, I just, I just, I just throw it out. But I mean it. I, I think I could make it very popular if I got a hat.

[C]

That said that on it in the Han household. Do you think people would buy it outside the Han household?

[B]

Listen, I've seen it work other places.

[A]

Now, Don, quickly, before we start the Fraud Friday, let everybody know about what's happening tomorrow.

[C]

Well, tomorrow at 4:30, we're going to have our Sasso softball Classic. We have for my buddy Mark Sasso passed away of cancer. God. It's going on, you know, 17 years now and we've been, we've been doing this every year. So we've had teams that have all paid to be in a tournament that's going to start tomorrow morning. And then the champion of that tournament is going to play us. And looking forward to seeing, you know, Greg Buttle is going to be there and Brian o' Halloran and Chris Canty. Alan Hahn's going to make his first appearance. We're really excited about that. He's already trying to angle away from playing the field, but we've got a lot of.

[B]

Whoa. Whoa. Boy, that's a. Just throwing it out there.

[C]

Well, I'm just saying.

[B]

I mean, we didn't even have a chance to negotiate.

[C]

Well, you're playing the field because that's just the way it works here. That's zero. Scott Pharrell's making a return and, you know, it's all for, you know, the benefit scholarships for, for kids in the Hawthorne area. So swing by, say hello. It's going to be a lot of fun. And it's obviously free. And if you want to donate, there's going to be plenty of opportunities to do that. So. Wag Road, it's 291 Wagner Road, Hawthorne, New Jersey. Same place we've had it every single year. It's always a great turnout, always a lot of fun. So really looking forward to seeing everybody out there because it's really important to me. It's something that Anna Marie's worked on for a long, long time. That's the widow Sasso and the Sasso family. And I've been a part of this since 2008. It's hard to believe it's been that long. And Peter's come to a bunch and we've got. We had so many people to start now. There's obviously vacations and things to kind of get in the way, but I think we got a really good star studded staff here and it's going to be a lot of Fun. I'm really excited to see Allen for the first time.

[A]

And seeing Allen swing the bat should be a moment of time.

[C]

Well, we know he's an athlete, but we've seen athletes not be able to function on the ball field.

[B]

Right. Different. It's definitely different.

[C]

Well, we see Joe Burrow can't throw a baseball. We saw Barack Obama not be able to throw a baseball. I mean, these are people that fancy themselves to be athletes that just can't do it. I know he can play basketball. I know he's got hockey in him based on how his sons played in New Hampshire. Honestly, I'm very curious to see if Allen can handle himself on the baseball dime.

[B]

Well, I mean, we're going to find out, aren't we?

[C]

Well, that that's worth the price of admission right there, which obviously is free to just see how it works out, because right now, God love him, and we hope to see him again here this year is. Ray Santiago is the only person in the history of the Mark Sasso softball ever to strike out. It is slow pitch softball. So that's the ground level. Okay. In this case, the ground is the floor. So hopefully Allen does not match that. So that, that. So as long as you don't do that, Alan, you'll never be worse.

[B]

Now you gave me something to strive for.

[A]

Yeah. No, believe me, you're gonna be all right. I, I, I had to sit next to Ray Santiago one year as he was just head in his hands after I think a second strikeout, the same game.

[C]

It's, it's almost. Again, I don't want to get into allegations here, but was he drunk?

[B]

He was drunk.

[C]

He had to be drunk. It's the equivalent of being sterile.

[A]

Oh, wow. All right.

[C]

I mean, that's, I mean, it's, it's.

[A]

No, you're not wrong.

[C]

No, it's, you're, it's, it's, it's. I don't know how you can move up, move forward knowing that you've done that. It's slow pitch softball. Right.

[A]

But here's the thing. Here's what's actually worse about it is that for a lot of people who are sterile, there's just nothing you can do. Santiago could go to the, to the batting cages a couple times just to try to put the battle.

[C]

Yeah, because he's not an unathletic. I mean, he's, well, well, obviously he's very unathletic. But I'm just saying that it's not any kind of physical disability that he has. He's not overweight. He could do it. He just.

[B]

Well, if you. If you've seen Santee these days, it looks like he could not only hit the ball very far, he might be able to beat it to death with his bare hands.

[C]

Well, since the history of baseball, Alan, none of that matters if you don't make contact.

[B]

Fair point.

[A]

So without any further ado, let's get into this. It's time to determine fraudulence. We'll start out with Dylan, who writes us and says, I'd like to be kept anonymous. You can call me D. Hi, excuse me. Yeah, well, we already failed there.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, love this segment and need Don's opinion. I was born and raised in Vegas. Growing up, we never had pro sports teams in my city. However, my family is all from la, so I was raised a die hard Lakers Dodgers fan my whole life.

[C]

So far.

[A]

This sounds fine. With the NBA and MLB coming to Vegas in a few years. Would I be a fraud if I started rooting for my hometown teams? The NBA expansion and the A's. And yes, I know I'd be making an insight insane downgrade in teams. Thanks for making me laugh daily. Hmm. This is easy. No.

[C]

Now it's something Allen and I talked about when the Brooklyn Nets came about, right? Is the pull plant your flag thing. And there were many people that are, hey, I'm from Brooklyn, Brooklyn's got a team. But you're gonna have to disown the team you grew up following. Now, it's still fraudulent behavior. I get the temptation to follow the local team, but in your heart, you have rooted for those teams in LA your entire life, giving up on that just because there's a team that represents your city that you grew up in. I still, I find it to be fraud.

[B]

Wow, wait a second.

[A]

I didn't expect it.

[B]

Really? So your town never had a team and now that they do, you're not allowed to be provincial. You're not allowed to say, okay, well now I live. This is my team now.

[A]

But what don't say it means your fanship for the original team was always fraudulent.

[B]

Well, no, it's not always. It's not fraudulent. It's just. It was the only option I had.

[A]

Yeah, but, but if you love them now, how could you leave?

[C]

See, that's the point is that you're looking at it from the perspective of I'm supporting my city, but there's another end of it and that's giving up on the team that you spent your entire life rooting for. And I find it to be Freud. So you're telling me I'm going to.

[B]

I might have to appeal this one.

[A]

To A. I think he's right. I love this take.

[C]

But. But here me out, Alan, because I'm listening. All right, so. All right. So he decides because his teams were the. What, the Dodgers and the Lakers, Right?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So especially with realignment coming, it sounds like that maybe Vegas might be in the same division as the Dodgers in coming years. So he decides I'm going to become a Vegas A's athletics fan.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

You really think that's going to take the first trip in the Dodgers, a team he's rooted for his whole life, that he's just going to shut that off and. And now root for a team just because they represent the city that he's from? And give up on all the history of being a Dodger? If he can do it, I would be very, very surprised.

[A]

Well, let me ask you.

[B]

I think it would show you that he was never really, like, a Die Hard fan. He was not. Like, if you were a Die Hard fan, there's no question. But if you were just sort of casual because, you know, they're not really in my town, but, you know, like, I gotta. I gotta follow someone, and my family's followed them. And then when a team comes to your town, you're like, okay, now I got somebody I can really get into. I can get a team I can get into, because now it means more to me because this is my city. I don't. Like I said, I think there's.

[C]

It sounds like he's a casual. So he's a fraud, anyway. So what do we have in the context, Don?

[A]

I love this.

[C]

Fair enough.

[A]

Nailed it. By the way, what is really the difference, Don, between being in his situation where you never had a local team, now you have one, so you abandon your old team. What's the difference between that and me moving to New York and going, I live in New York now. I'm done with the commanders. I'm a Giants fan.

[B]

No, no, it's different.

[A]

Is it?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

If you love a team your whole life, you love a team.

[B]

We're gonna end it here. He lives somewhere they never had any team.

[A]

Yeah. You mean like. You mean like the Orioles? I was in D.C. there was never a baseball team. I was an Oriole.

[B]

Well, that's a different story.

[A]

Why?

[B]

You said you moved to New York. You said I moved to New York.

[A]

No, no, but I'm just saying I've been through the experience. You're talking about it's still. I have friends who all did it. They're still frauds for all ditching the Orioles 20 years ago.

[B]

All right, all right. So I guess all those Dodger fans, Brooklyn Dodger fans who became Mets fans, their frauds too, because.

[C]

No, because their team anymore left them, abandoned them in a time. In a time where you couldn't follow the Dodgers. If that happened today, maybe the instinct is, I'll continue to follow the Dodgers. I'll buy the package. I'll watch all the games. I can get satellite radio, listen to all the games. But my dad was in that situation in 1957. They left. Yeah, my father didn't have a team. He was always going to become a Yankee fan who beat the Dodgers all the time. So he sat idle until the Mets came. They ditched him. The Dodgers ditched him.

[B]

So he had no baseball.

[C]

He didn't have any baseball. And then the Mets came. And so he became a Mets fan. But that was, that was forced upon him. If he had just. If he decided, all right, I'm going to continue to follow the Dodgers or become a Yankee fan and then the Mets come and then give up on that and then became a method and he's a fraud. Okay, let's, let's, let's stick this thing. What's so wrong with sticking to things here? Is it that difficult?

[A]

You know what we're gonna do?

[B]

I think it's situational. We have any others? I feel like we've beaten this one to death.

[A]

Of course. Do we have others? What? Of course we have others. In fact, Don, do you have one more segment for us?

[C]

I do.

[A]

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That chef or Alpha Grapefruit is friggin delicious. Back to fraud alert. Let me throw one more, two more at you, Don.

[C]

Sure.

[A]

Hello dhr. Growing up, I had zero interest in hockey. Knew nothing about it. Fast forward to my college years. I started dating this girl that was a huge San Jose Sharks fan.

[C]

There you go.

[A]

During hockey season, the majority of our dates involved watching the Sharks. Oh God, dude, Don's getting aroused hearing this. We went to school in Southern California so we could go to games when they played the Ducks or Kings. Since I had no affiliation. You know, you could have went to school in Northern California just seeing them all the time.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Since I had no affiliation, I rooted for the Sharks with her and would wear their gear, went to games and watch the games on tv. For all intents and purposes, I was a Sharks fan. I actually started enjoying it and got super interested in hockey. I find myself watching games on my own. She turned into a full blown Sharks fan. We eventually broke up and I would still watch the Sharks, but I felt since I wasn't with her, I should not root for our team anymore. This was circa 2017, so since I know I was a new hockey fan and the Vegas Golden Knights were a new team, I felt it was appropriate I become a Vegas fan. So I did. I've literally been a day one fan for the Vegas Golden Knights. I watch all their games. I have merch and go to the games, the whole nine yards. That doesn't make me a fraud. Right.

[C]

Ah, there's a lot of nuance to this as well.

[B]

A lot.

[C]

Because I'm going to just go on. We don't have a ton of information here or time. I'm going to assume, and I think Alan's got my back here, that his affiliation with the Sharks was more of an affiliation with something else.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

And that something else went away. And then his interest in the Sharks kind of waned and he fell in love with hockey. He became a Golden Knights fan. I'm gonna say no. Fraud. Only because I believe his passion was somewhere other than Sharks hockey.

[B]

The team was a conduit.

[A]

I would do more with Nelly.

[B]

What else would you do with Nelly?

[A]

Sex.

[B]

That was a moment. Don't. But I'm with you. I do think the Sharks as a team for him to follow was a good conduit.

[C]

Sure.

[B]

As a sort of. I wanted them to win because if they won, I won. Right. Good mood, all that stuff. And then once, like, there was a breakup, and who knows what the breakup was about?

[A]

Right.

[B]

That's when you're like, all right, well, I have no need for the Sharks now, but I kind of like the sport. Yeah. And then he just went his own way and.

[C]

How can I say this on. On Brand.

[B]

Just say it.

[C]

That the Sharks were, you know, the zipper key.

[B]

Yes. That's.

[C]

That's the best. That's the cleanest way that I could put it. And the reason That I know this, Peter, is because of my brother. And my brother's on a flight to Poland right now, so he's not going to hear about this. But my brother dated several women. And during that time, it seemed like he always had the interests of the women that he was dating at that particular time and sharing their opinions. And those opinions began to change. And I thought he was a fair weather as far as opinions. And I realized. No, no, no. There were zipper keys.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And the key worked.

[A]

So you know what's interesting? You know what makes me weird? Then maybe I'm the weirder. Because, Don, you'll remember this about me. What team do I root for because of a past relationship? You couldn't remember team you root for.

[C]

Because of a past relationship?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

That's interesting because I know that your uncle into the penguins, Right? Your uncle got you into the penguins.

[A]

Not my uncle Jace.

[C]

Yeah, uncle, whatever. He was living with you or something. So it's not the penguins and certainly not the commanders, because the commanders are where you're from. So here's.

[A]

Here's a hint. Here's a.

[B]

Leaves the Celtics.

[A]

Here's a hint. It will rear its head again in the very near future. You'll hear about it again and you'll be reminded in the near future.

[B]

Really? I don't.

[A]

Brazil.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

And by the way, don't get me wrong. At that time, I was a teenager. It was 1994. Everything was happening. And I mean, everything was happening, but I didn't leave the team. You don't have to leave the team. You're right.

[B]

Brazil's a team.

[A]

Well, the soccer team is the country.

[C]

But I know where he's going.

[A]

But it's the seller sound, but also.

[C]

The way of life. The fact that you were a team as a teenager, just looking at the key could be enough, right? But as you get older, you're gonna want the key.

[B]

Can I hold the key?

[A]

By the way, I was doing more than looking at the key.

[C]

So I'm gonna. I'm gonna say no. Fraud. Because I think the passion was more about other things.

[B]

Now, Peter, we need to get to the bottom of something, though, before we don't go, don't we?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, go ahead.

[B]

Do you want to let Chris in Brooklyn do it for us? Do it.

[A]

I'm not in.

[B]

What's up, guys? Love the show.

[C]

So I'm not calling down a fraud.

[B]

I'm just looking for an explanation here.

[C]

I'm happy he's here to explain, actually.

[B]

So I'm curious to Know what happened behind the scenes of that commercial now? I like it.

[C]

I'm happy for you.

[B]

It was awesome.

[C]

Maybe this could fool. Yeah, it was great.

[B]

But there was one moment in the commercial where we all went, wait, yeah, what's this? Yeah.

[C]

And of course, you know, the holding. The potter.

[B]

Yeah, the guy who despises golf.

[C]

All right, here's the deal. And listen, not that I'm any kind of big, big, you know, thespian, like I'm Daniel Lewis. I'm in character the whole day.

[B]

I was taught.

[C]

The point of it is I'm acting, right? And the reason. Because I could have very easily said, listen, I'm not holding the putter. That would have been.

[B]

I would have been a tool for.

[C]

A job that I just got. But that's not the reason I didn't do it. The reason I did it was because the whole act that I'm in at that point, anybody didn't see the commercial. I all of a sudden become a Devil's ticket salesman. And part of my drive for the commercials, that I'm like a toolbox. I become a toolbox. I become that guy. I become that sales guy. And one of the things that a sales guy does is he golfs. So I wanted to be all in on being that guy. And I think it really sold me being that guy.

[B]

I never wear a vest.

[C]

When have you ever seen me wear a vest?

[A]

Peter, he's not a vestment. He's not a vest man.

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But the vest and the putter and the coffee and the headset, talking in the headset, that was just, to me, the epitome of the toolbox salesman that I was trying to sell.

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Put another one on the board, baby.

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So when do I ever do that?

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When do I ever do that? There was another one, too, that they edited out, because at the. At the Devil's ticket Sales, whenever they sell something, they ring a bell. And. And when they sell group sales, they ring a gong. And it's really. They actually did it quite often while I was there. So one of the scenes I hit, I have a mallet and I hit the bell. And at the same time, I do like the little shooter McGavin, the guns, and I blow at the end of my finger. They took it out. They said it was great, but I guess they edited it out for time. So I was trying to be over the top. And I just think holding the putter to me, you nailed it. Was putting me in character. So, hey, if you want to. We got a butt, we got a seat. Get over to the rock, my man. This season. So that's what I'm trying.

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I was.

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I was selling a character.

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It was great.

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Now, again, I'm gonna say no fraud.

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But what do you say? Of course you are. No, no, no. You were acting. You were acting and you pulled it off. Now, of course you said that salespeople are what again?

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Tools.

[B]

Okay, not ours, of course, but you know, the.

[C]

That type of salesman.

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Well, what.

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You know what I was going for, guys, Peter will know this because I reference this all the time. Is like being Bradley Cooper in Wedding Crashers, you know, or you know, Ghoulia from. From Wedding Singer Crab Cakes and football.

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It's what we do.

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Yeah, like, yeah, exactly.

[B]

I get it. Yeah, completely get. I called you the Alabama Slammers over.

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At the bar in 10. Like, yeah, you know, high fiving, you know, putts made those type. Like, you know what I mean?

[B]

Like, I totally understand it.

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So that's what I was. That, that's. That's the character.

[B]

I guess we were all caught. Like, it was jarring to see you holding a golf club. But so that's.

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I felt like I. I wanted to honor the role.

[A]

That was fantastic. Don. Go enjoy the last moments.

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Get the hell out of here. Go.

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I'm going to 4:30 tomorrow. Hawthorne wag Field. Be there, be square. Look for Alan Hahn, Brian o', Halloran, Greg Buttle, Chris Canty, Dan Grass, maybe Ray Santiago. Maybe Ray Santiago if he gets his jeep fixed.

[B]

There's.

[C]

Scott Farrell who haven't seen in forever. So let's do this. Thank you, guys. I love you.

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Love you, Don.

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