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Good. How about yourself?
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All right.
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All right. So I live in Florida where there is a strong fan base out here. They're everywhere. I argue with these guys all football season.
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Where exactly are you located?
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I'm in Central Florida. Place called Palm Bay, just east of Disney.
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Okay, all right, so you're in Central. Okay. And you have. There's a big Bills fan base there. And this is there. So do you don't. So you won't be able to get that station, right? The one in West Palm. That's too far from you.
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Yeah, no, I won't get that station.
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So how are you? If you're a Bills fan, how do you. Would you just watch on tv?
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You'd have to stream it one way or another. You know, Pirate, do whatever you got to do.
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Yeah, no, it's definitely true. And look, they wouldn't have done it. Thanks Low. They wouldn't have done it if they didn't expect to have an audience that wants to hear the games again. West Palm, man. Like that's south Florida. That should Be Dolphin country. And yet.
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No, but dude, the Dolphins been dealing with this. The Dolphins have been dealing with every home game. I mean there's always Bills are in
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town, especially from the Northeast.
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Bills are in town. It's a problem.
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Yep.
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Giants are in town, are in jets problem, Eagles problem. Like that's because where do people from Northeast go when they get turn 65 there?
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Well, it's not just Florida. That's why I say Carolina. If I'm the Giants, how are you not looking not only into Florida and getting an affiliate in your pocket, but even North Carolina?
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Well, but you know, you know, North Carolina is. That's Redskins country.
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Is it really?
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Yeah, used to always be until they got the Panthers.
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There's a lot of New Yorkers that have moved down to Carolina.
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So this is now a bit dated Tennessee as well. But previously to pre Carolina Panthers, the Washington Redskins sort of fan base went hardcore DC all the way to Atlanta and I think in some cases even beyond because you know, they were such a big and popular and early team and there really wasn't a lot down there.
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Yeah. No.
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I think, I wonder if we probably still have affiliates in North Carolina. I'm a.
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Look, that's. It is really amazing, but it is something I think that you'll start, you might start to see and maybe the Bills are just doing something that certainly that makes sense. So we have now some news on the. So you know that the air quality has been a major issue here in the Northeast, all to do with of course the Canadian wildfires. And today was supposed to be a really, really bad day when it comes to air quality. The Mets and the Phillies are beginning the second half of the season tonight in Philadelphia, Citizens Bank Park. And that game was supposed to be a 710 first pitch. We were going to be off at 6:30 today.
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Okay.
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That has now changed.
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Okay.
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Because of the concern for air quality tonight, the game is being moved to 6:10pm so you're going to get pregame coverage now instead starting at 5:30. So we're only on for another hour and a half and then it leads into that. So the Mets will start at 6:10pm
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well,
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air quality as it is. But we can't really vouch for the baseball quality.
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No.
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Well, so we can't help you. But they're moving it up an hour. Isn't that just because it's getting espn? I believe it's an ESPN vehicle.
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It's a national vehicle.
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It's a national game. So they're moving that up for ESPN as Well, so that game will now be moved up to roughly 5:35. We're off at 5:30.
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This never happened before.
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We've never had a 5:30 off. No. Winthrop shaking his head no.
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They've had 6:30 games that sent us off at 6:00'. Clock.
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Yes. Yeah. 5:30, 5:30.
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Oh, John Winthrop on the headset.
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You don't do this every day in the morning to you. Yeah, yeah. Well, yeah.
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By the way, you know what's going
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to happen now, right? So how they're going to.
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Well that or they're going to say,
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you know what, the air quality is
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even worse than we thought. We just got to bang the whole thing, by the way. So show until 7, by the way. But that hasn't happened. It's 5:30 as if it's there. But you know that's going to happen sometime between now and 5:30. Why are you saying that? Why did he even put that. We have enough bad stuff in the air. He's putting that. I was laughing about it.
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I know, right. But anyway, for, for now anyway, adjust your schedules. 5:30 pregame for Mets tonight, Mets and the Phillies. 6:10.
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6:10 first.
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6:10, first pitch. And the second half of the season begins with air quality issues in northeast. I was wondering because a couple of years ago when we had this, did they. Did they either move games or cancel games or postpone games because of air quality? I believe there were some that was postponed, whether it was Yankee Stadium or City Field. But I remember there was a couple of times where they were changing the start times or completely postponing them because like. Let's look. You've been outside. It's terrible. We walked out, remember last time.
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Yesterday was worse.
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And we could. It, it does have this feel of somebody just has a bonfire nearby.
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Yes.
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Or a fire pit going.
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And what really freaks me out about it is that if it's that bad with Canadian wildfires, my brain starts going to the scary places which is like just if scary things were to happen in the world, like unspeakable things, we would never want to happen, like in a remotely near proximity to how messed up the air would get and how quickly it would affect you.
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Do I need to remind you about 9 11?
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Yeah, exactly.
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That air didn't clear for a long time. Still getting illnesses and diseases and everything else from the air quality from down here where we are all from that time. So yeah, I mean look, it's freaky man. And it's supposed to rain this weekend. That's on my dirty Rain where the soot and ash are collected in the cloud or in the water. So you rain.
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So you just get hit with dirty rain.
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And like, apparently it like, yeah, your car will be covered with dirty rain. You know, it sounds like a single dirty rain.
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Maybe Don next year, the beach Bash.
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Dirty rain. Dirty rain.
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Where's Don again?
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We don't have Don.
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You got to leave him on my page.
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Why do you have that on my page? You know what? Here we go. There a lot of babies.
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Every time.
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It's a lot of babies. You know what it sounds like he's doing baby's kids. I thought it was like, as if Don went to like Winthrop's house.
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Yeah.
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And looked at all the baby pictures and just pointed to each one.
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I think it's nine. It's like your, your house and Winthrop's house together.
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Oh, man. Let's take Steve in California. What's up, Steve?
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Hey, guys. Always a pleasure to talk with you. Before I get into talking about the Knicks, I. Back in the 90s, early 90s, I worked for a radio station out in Las Vegas and they had just lost the Dodgers and they were talking about having either the Giants or the Arizona Cardinals. And I told them, you know what, you guys are crazy. Go get the Yankees. And they said, why? I said, there's a lot of New Yorkers here and everybody else hates the Yankees.
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Right.
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You'll get people. And so back in the 90s, they had a Yankee station in Las Vegas back then. Yeah, I know.
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Makes sense.
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Alan, I used to, I used to talk with you on the floor of the Garden because I was a building super and we get tickets to games and I, I enjoy playing GM with you. The last time I spoke with you, I had said that I thought signing Modi Awara was going to be a priority for the Knicks. And right after that, that show that day, they signed him to that. Yes, I thought. Yeah. And then you were asking me who I thought they would lose. And the first one I said is, I thought we might have to train my Miles McBride because he's up for a contract. We can't. We're not going to be able to pay him next year. And his skills are replaceable. You know, he's a backup point guard. He's a combo guard. And so we're able to replace those skills and daddier now if he doesn't get together, I don't, I don't think they're going to keep his option. They'll either trade him or they'll sign it. And do a sign and trade. If I'm the Knicks now, I'm looking to put two more centers on the roster. One who can either a, be our backup center or third center, depending on matchups with Drummond, and then the third to be a developmental center. And if either of them can play the four as well, that's okay, too. I think Cale is going to be a possible point guard for the future.
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He's somebody to watch. I love that kid.
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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And you know, it's funny because the first two games, nobody was talking about the center position at all. And that's what I've been looking at. Like, I was thinking about a lot of guys. How are we going to replace it? And I realized we need two guys, one developmental and one who we believe can have a DOR type growth this year. And so that's the instance where I would trade McBride Deuce. Because if you're getting that kind of center for produce, it's worth it.
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It's. You know what it is, Steve. Though it's also depends on what's available to you, like what can you get. And some trades maybe you don't make right away. You kind of. You don't want to give up an asset that quickly. You don't know what you're doing going forward with. With Deuce. I mean, you'll love him. He's. Again, he's one of the few. He might now be the most. The longest tenure, Nick, after Mitch is gone. And so with Deuce, it's. It's, you know, he still has value and you don't know what you can get. You got to see what you need. And I don't know if there's any, like, rush to do something now. I think Trey James might end up being that third center you're looking for. Like, they might just go with him because he's serviceable. He doesn't have to play a lot. You can rely on him. He's not. You're not going to lose him mentally if he doesn't play. And, and, you know, he's such a mean screen. He's a tough guy, you know, like, he might be a guy you just use as a third guy.
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I was impressed with Neeson. Is it the guy from Vanderbilt?
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Yeah. And they're not. Again, the Pelicans are not in the business right now of trading him.
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No, no, no, no, no, not me. The guy who played on the Knicks team in the summer league, the third game. Is it Neeson?
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Oh, the. That big kid. Yeah. I don't I don't know enough.
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Vanderbilt as is Nickel. And so just like they're building a villain over. Well, Steve, maybe those two guys have.
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How many titles did Villanova win?
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Yeah, Steve, I'm just saying, maybe you find something there where those two guys have skill sets. Yeah. That they match up.
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I don't think. I don't think it's. I don't think it's that deep, Steve. I'll be honest with you. Thanks for the call. I don't think it's that deep. I think they'll find a piece that. That can be useful to them and they'll go forward. But this is. These are rich problems to have when you're trying to get the 15th, man. Well, I don't think we need to go too deep into that.
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Right.
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I mean, by the way, I appreciate
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Steve really wanted to give it an effort.
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He's efforting, and I appreciate the efforting that he's doing.
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He's saying names I don't even know.
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Yeah. You know, he's. He's breaking them out. But these are. Listen, when you win a championship, you get to discuss some boring stuff because guess what? Most. Most stuff shored up, you got nothing left. We don't have to discuss LeBron James. We don't have to discuss going out to find who's the piece.
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That's like, no, no, no. None of that stuff right now is important until, you know, an opportunity comes your way and then you're like, all right, that. That makes sense for us. Let's do it. They're in no hurry to fill that 15th spot. Kyle on Long Island. Hey, Kyle.
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Hey, Kyle. How you doing?
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How are you guys?
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Good.
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So I'm here to talk about the jets radio situation that you guys were talking about a little bit before. Yeah, go for it. So I'm 24. I'm a little bit on the younger generation side, but I feel like the jets have a lot bigger issues going on with their franchise than worrying about the radio station. Obviously, I. A lot of people that I know and stuff, they watch their games on their phones. If they're out and about, or even if they're driving, they have playing on in the background. And if you're like a real die hard fan, at the end of the day, you got to find a way to watch the game if it's at your house, at a bar, just walking around watching it on your phone. So I feel like at the end of the day, also the radio station, they're going to talk about the Jets Even if the miracle that they do good, since I can't remember the last time they were good, I was third grade. But even if they're bad, you guys are going to talk about them because it brings in views.
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Kyle, I got to be honest with you. No, it doesn't. The jets are one of the worst draws that we have when we talk sports. Like the Giants are a massive fan base that has a lot of passion. Yeah, the Yankees, the Knicks, the Mets. I would probably put the jets below all those teams when it comes to the amount of reaction you'll get. And it's usually the same people. So that part I disagree. What you said before though, Kyle, what you said before, a smart thing. Say it again. Most people will use what most people listen to the game.
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Most people use their phone to watch the game, even if they're driving to have it in the background.
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And Kyle, we told the Jets. Think about this. We told the jets that staying with us gets you not just the radio signal, the old traditional radio signal. Our app is where you'll get exclusive content and our app is where your game will also be broadcast, which the whole generation, yours included, is listening to the games that way, either in the car, wherever it is. That's how they're going to consume the game. Not as much on the antenna anymore. That's changing in our business. And the jets said no. And that doesn't make sense to me. So a rock station that doesn't have any of that stuff, you're not going to. You don't care. But we're providing it for you.
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I want no question, if you don't mind.
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Go for sure.
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Go for it.
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So I want more question. So obviously, like we all know the jets have been a poverty franchise, which we like it or not, since the mid 2000s. Early 2000s. Exactly. Right. So. And obviously you saw when that game, when Rogers was coming for his first game, the hype that was around the jets, because I would have won't expect them to be good. Of course they weren't.
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Right.
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And you saw MetLife when Breeze broke off that run before Rogers hurt himself, that electricity. So let's just say the miracle, they're good this year, which obviously been a jeopardy my whole life. They will not, I can promise you that. But the miracle, that's a good. Or if they get Arch Manning next year or whoever it is that saves their franchise. Hopefully you don't think that the Jet fans will come out of the woodworks and maybe half the Mets or half the Giant program doesn't work out and harbor doesn't work out. You don't think that's slightly possible at all?
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I'm trying to understand what you're, what you're saying what's possible.
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You said that jets were below the mess Yankees and Giants when it comes to.
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You think if they see you're talking about they'd have to have like a championship level season. They're not passing them.
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I don't think they have to have a championship level season. I just think like if they're good, like they make the playoffs on maybe a consistent basis.
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I don't know.
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Close enough winning season.
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I don't think so.
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I don't know. I think they might.
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No, I don't.
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Wait. If they became.
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Oh, it's a great question Colin. Thank you for that.
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So let's say it over a five year period. You're talking about the 12 and 5. They're 13 and 4.
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He didn't say that. He said one year.
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Oh just one year. In one year they can't do it.
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He said if they have a good year, let's say a miracle. Kyle's just creating the hypothetical which is this. It makes for good conversation and he
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just says in one year.
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In one year like let's say the Jet and we have the Overrunners. We're going to get there. We're going to tell you about the money on it. But the jets have an over year and you know we're in December and they're playing for a playoff spot.
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Right.
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And they're. They have some hype around them which I think is possible when you look at the roster but let's just say it happens. You think that passes. The Mets are going to be in sell mode. They are. They have to rebuild the whole franchise. The Mets are still a bigger story than the jets but regardless I don't know if they're a bigger story when they're bad in August and September but the Mets still are a bigger deal
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than the jets that you're now you're having. You're being very matter of fact. I disagree with your matter of fact
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but I remember I'm a Jets fan.
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No, I know, I know.
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Not a Mets fan.
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I know but I.
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What I've seen in my 30 years in this business is the Mets still draw more emotion one way or another.
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There's more apathy when the jets are bad than the Mets are bad.
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And it's also been 15 years that they've been.
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Football is football too and it's fair to Say that.
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But baseball is still baseball in this town, right?
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Mets versus jets, popularity wise is an interesting conversation.
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I mean, what are we comparing?
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It's like, you know, go.
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I know.
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So I saw this story, so I know the answer and it hasn't changed much since I saw it last night. What do you guys believe? The lowest price ticket, single ticket to get in Sunday at MetLife for Spain. Argentina is lowest.
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I'm going to go now. I'm going to be 2500.
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Okay, I'm going to go. I'm going to go 3850.
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I'd like you both to guess again because you're way off.
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Way low or way high?
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Way low.
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They're saying $10,000 to get in.
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No way.
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No, that's too high, Bob.
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Yeah, five grand.
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That's too low.
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Allen.
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7200.
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Peter, you're close. 7840.
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That's what they're saying.
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Single ticket just to get in the building.
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Yep.
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Get in the building. You could change the light bulbs in the stanchion if you wanted to. That's how. That's how close you are to the.
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I wonder in reality when we get to Sunday, if you were to go to the parking lot, like what it will actually cost to get in for a single ticket. Like once kickoff comes, will you be able. Will be. Will there'll be someone who can you get a thousand dollar ticket?
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I mean, I don't think you can. I know it's a historic event, but.
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What real quick.
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No, here's the now that's what's on the market. It doesn't mean people are buying it for 7,800.
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Hold on. I have a great game to play. I want to play it with you.
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What are we doing?
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And then if the calls come, that would be great too.
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All right, all right, all right.
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I'm going to throw it at you right now. But you answer on the other side.
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All right.
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Okay.
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I didn't listen to anything you just
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said catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. Before we get to the Giants part, I want to. Because we were just talking about the Jets. If I told you that the jets win total is five and a half.
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Right.
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We knew that already. Right. You're still expecting the jets to be a losing team because five and a half, even if you took the over six, like it doesn't matter. But when we were thinking about this. So they were three and 14 last year it was minus 140. Favoring the under back in February, the under of five and a half. We are now at minus 120 for the over Jet optimism.
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So it's expected now to hit the over.
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It's not that it's expected. It's what the public is putting their money on. People are saying, I think the jets are going to be better than a five. It's five win team. They were three win team. Look, it's going to be hard to be as bad as they were last year. It takes an effort. Hey, hey, you know what? They're up to it. Are you telling me the jets are just.
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Hey, that's the New York Jets.
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Oh, but think about this. They. The jets have only cleared their win total twice since 2017. That's how bad they've been. They've only been better twice than the previous year. That's pretty pathetic.
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Yeah, that's.
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That's rough, right?
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Yeah.
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Like, how many times have they been in? Over twice. But people think they will now. Here's why. Because in February, you didn't know what was coming in the draft and in free agency. But then you saw what Muji did in free agency in the draft and you said, you know, they've got a lot of talent on this team and the only thing that matters is Geno Smith. In my opinion, their secondary is way better. Like the Giants wish they had that secondary. They have a lot of skill on the offensive side and they have a really solid offensive line. I think they were smart and they beefed up the defensive line, especially down the middle. They got a couple of really good tackles. They've got a bunch of guys who can get you on the edge that, you know, again, have to show out. But there's still better potential in them. I think the biggest question marks about the jets are what will Geno Smith be? What? What?
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What?
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Yeah, what will he be?
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I'll say.
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And the coach. That's it, right? The biggest question marks are those two areas Is Aaron Glenn a coach or is he going to lose more games this year because he's not prepared or his team's not prepared? And is Geno Smith good enough to be a capable. You don't even need to be great. Is he a capable quarterback? Those are the two things. But it feels like there is a jet optimism when it comes to people that are putting the money on the over.
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That is weird.
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And Only twice since 2017 have they been a team that has gone over. What is that?
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Bart Scott can't be affecting the world that much.
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Bart is one. How about Mike Tenenbaum? Listen to what he said earlier today with Jake Asmon, who was filling in on the Michael K Show.
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You think about guys like Kenyon, Sadiq, Mason, Taylor, I think those tight ends have a chance to be a big part of the offense. You know, if you look at Frank's history and how he likes to incorporate the tight ends, it's, you know, pretty significant. So look, we'll see how it goes. But if, you know, seeing more and more teams, you 12 personnel, you know the Rams that were a top five offense a year ago, Sean McVay used three tight ends more than any other team. So I think we're seeing a little bit more of a pivot towards that. So I'm bullish on the offense and I think if you get those, you got two tight ends that can block and make plays in the passing game, you become very hard to defend.
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So Mike T. Really feels good about what the jet offense can be. I still say I need to know what Geno Smith is going to be. And the only thing I've really heard about Geno Smith in his off season is things that come from the police blotter. Not all his fault, but still speeding, you know, a couple of times that's not a great thing. So that's a big question mark. But how about what he says on this question? Mike Tannenbaum, who again was longtime executive in the NFL for the jets and the Dolphins. He was asked a simple question and think about how you would answer this question. Peter okay, going into the season, just for this season, would you take Geno or Jackson Dart?
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It's probably closer than people think and here's why, like I'm bullish on Jackson Dart. You and I talked about him quite a bit. Until he can prove that he can play in 17 games, that is part of the skill set of playing the quarterback position. So look, for the next 10 years, no question we're taking Jackson Dart. I want to See what he looks like. I want to see what he looks like in this offense which is going to have some Brian Callahan, some Greg Roman and some Mike Bloomgren, some Matt Nagy. You know, I think it's going to be a little bit more run focused but Jackson Dart has to do a much better job of taking care of himself because I think to Bart's point, I think there's a much better chance of Geno Smith being there for 17 games than dart.
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And so he's worried about Dart keeping himself healthy, which I think we almost assume too much going into this year. Part of me is, I think part of that problem of why I had so much Giants optimism because you're looking at a team, all right, Dart comes in, you've got a capable coach. Scatter will be healthy. They've added a couple of pieces on the offense. The offensive line continues to get better. You know, the defense has made some adjustments, but they have guys can get after the quarterback. You know, I expect them to be a good team. But then we're assuming Jackson darts going to play the whole season and what Mike T. Saying is I don't know if he's going to. Is he going to change the way he plays? So when it comes to the money start money stuff, when it comes to the over under. So we talked about the jets. So now this is just through BetMGM. This is what they have. So the Giants over under is seven and a half. The over for them is the most bet NFL win total so far this offseason. 91% of the wagers, 94% of the money is on the giants over seven and a half.
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What percentage of it is on the giants over?
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91% of the wagers.
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91%.
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94% of the money is on the Giants over.
C
All right, so you want to talk about optimism.
A
That's. Yeah. What is it though? What's driving that? Is it just the Harbaugh effect? Is that simply it? Because I don't think they had a.
C
No.
A
You know, they're. First of all, Malik neighbors is still a huge question mark. Did they have a draft that blew your mind? Did they have a free agency that blew your mind?
C
Well, they had a good draft.
A
Yeah, but not, not like one that blew your mind.
C
No, I don't.
A
And free agency wise, you still are wondering about their secondary which feels like the biggest weakness on the team. The to me on offense.
C
Well, one weapon I think, I think it's the Dart thing and I've been trying to say this so you think
A
it's Harbaugh and Dart, though. And people just think they're going to be at least eight wins, if not more.
C
I think it's Harbaugh.
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Now. This is just Dart gm But still, it's a sample size.
C
I think it's Harbaugh and Dart.
A
Yeah.
C
And I think it's that thing that I've been saying repeatedly, which is those who know think dart could turn out to be good still.
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That means takes a big step this year.
C
But could, could. They're not sure, but those who are fans and don't really know but are betting with their heart, they think they already found their quarterback.
A
Yes.
C
They're going into the year going, no, no, we found the guy.
A
Yeah. You've been saying this and we didn't.
C
And if you listen to Jordan Ronan, who nobody knows the team better.
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Right.
C
His feeling is there could be something
A
here, but we're going to find out.
C
We're going to find out.
A
Yeah.
C
Whereas I think the fans, Allen, and the people who bet and get hyped up, they're already like, no, we saw it. And next year they're getting neighbors back and they're getting scat back and we got Harbaugh, we found the quarterback. Whereas I think we're going, this is a, this is a show me here. They think that last year was the show me.
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Everybody betting with their heart or some people just looking at a team that was. That gave away a lot of games, coaching was bad, and now they've got a guy that's a resume coach who's a factor. Change that factor. So you could say those games they gave away. I know Don always pushes back because he's like, who's to say that they would win that? Right. It's the fallacy of the predetermined outcome that you guys always talk about.
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He loves the fallacy of the predetermined outcome.
D
He does.
A
But the point, I think, is that maybe there are people that look at that number and say, no, no, they're going to hit the over. But just because of the coaching. Anthony, is it just because of the coaching? I know you're pessimistic with the Giants, but does Harbaugh give you any movement whatsoever?
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Well, we haven't done the win, loss, win, loss, loss, loss, win, game yet. And I told you guys when I saw the schedule and I look at it, it's to my right here.
A
Go ahead.
E
I optimistically can say that I could see seven to eight wins. So I don't know if I would Bet Nova and under, because I'm kind of in between on that.
A
Well, seven to eight puts you right there.
E
It puts you right there. But they're betting over. So people think that if I'm betting, and I'm more conservative when I bet, if I bet, if I think they're winning eight games, I'm not putting a large amount of money on the fact that I think they're going to hit the over. I think that means that they think they can win. People that are doing this think they can win nine games, 10 games.
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Yeah.
E
And I don't see that just based on the way the schedule looks. And we all know what happens when you just take a look at a schedule and you don't.
A
What are they? AFC North? Who are they?
E
No, they're. They're NFC west, which is obviously not great. And then AFC south, which isn't the cupcake that it used to be, but
A
it's not that bad.
E
You know, you have Daniel Jones late in the year. You have Trevor Lawrence, you get the Texans early week seven, and you have the Titans in week three. That's the game you hope we talked about. If you're 2 and 2 coming off of Cowboys, Rams, Titans, Cardinals, with three of those games being at home, you probably take that, depending on what it looks like. As long as you're not getting blitzed 40 to nothing by Dallas. I'm not going to. I'm not going to get discouraged because I've been. I've been negative, as you guys say. I use the term right. Because everybody else picked higher win totals over the last three or four years. And I've kind of given you exactly what I think they're going to be. And my optimism simply comes from what a lot of the things that you guys said. They have a better coach, and with a better coach, maybe they win one or two more games last year. That gets you to six wins already.
A
Yeah.
E
Without doing anything else. And we could talk about Malik Neighbors not being there for Jackson Dart. Malik Neighbors wasn't there for Jackson Dart last year and they have likely now. And they've added better wide receivers that can compliment Neighbors when he's back and are just better overall than the guys that they had, other than Wanda Robinson that were there already. Can this offense be good? Yes, if Jackson darts healthy. And that's a big if, as Peter knows. Same thing with his commanders and Jaden Daniels. Without it, you're a completely different team. But am I going to sit here and once again say I think this team's Going to win three or four games and they stink and it's never going to get better. If you can't have optimism this year, and I'm not talking about winning a Super bowl, if you can't have optimism that's going in the right direction and six, seven or eight wins isn't possibly on the table, then I don't know what the point of signing John Harbaugh to a five year extension was anyway.
A
Yeah, well, but it is. It is part of a five year plan and it's not all his guys. So what is success then? If we're just looking at it, if this is just a Harbaugh bump and there's just people that have optimism because it's like when you bring in a brand name coach, you just expect that, okay, we got an adult in the room, we got a guy who's, who knows what he's doing and now everything's going to go right. We're not going to give games away anymore. What is success in year one? Here's what Mike T. Said, establish credibility.
D
I think John's a great coach. I think he's the right coach at the right time and I think if we're talking about a successful season for them, Jake, you and I will be talking about the end of the halves, the penalties, the turnovers. Look, without malik neighbors, they're going to have to play differently early. Like they added a lot of guys. But the Smith schusters and the OBJs, they're not Malik neighbors. And I don't know where their explosive plays are going to come from. You know, this was a team that struggled against the run a year ago. They moved on from Dexter Lawrence. So there are questions. But I think John Harbaugh will certainly tighten up the ship and you know, they'll look and feel differently than they did a year ago.
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Credibility, probably the most important thing for either franchise, the jets or the Giants, to find themselves just earning that. As Don likes to say, I just want to be back in the league. Well, one of them has to get there. Can both. We shall see. Traditional home security only alerts you after a break in and that's too late.
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C
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. My entire career has been attending for work, big events.
B
Yeah.
C
Sporting events.
A
Like I really and I don't want to sound like that guy, but it is that guy. Thursday. Like, there's not really much that I haven't seen that I'm like, wow, I really need to see that. You know, some things could be novelty that you would like to go see if you could. But I don't think I'm the right guy to answer that question. Does that make sense? Because of, you know, I've been to NBA Finals, I've been to Stanley Cup Finals, I've been to Super Bowl, I've been to a World Series. You know, I've seen all that because
C
the question I asked him was what is the event you would spend the most money on and how much would you spend?
A
Yeah, I've never gone to is an Olympics.
C
But I don't know what you, I mean, you're really desperate.
A
I'm just saying of things. Like, of, of things that you would like bucket list stuff. I've been to a nascar, you know, race. Like I've been to this stuff.
C
So there's no concert. There's not one artist that you're like, oh man, if I could see so and so.
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No, not anybody that's, you know, like with us still alive.
C
Anthony, you have an idea?
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I'd rather go back in time. What would I spend if I could go back in time?
C
Again, not an option.
A
But what if I could, though?
C
All right. Okay. If you could.
A
Yeah.
C
Think about that. I'll even, I'll settle for that.
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For me to go back in time.
C
Like, is there an artist who's no longer with us that you'd go, oh, I'd spend a ton. Or if I could see a moment or if I could see the island. Oh, so you know what the event would be? Yeah, but now we're just, like, in complete fantasy land.
A
It is fantasy, Anthony.
C
Do you have any idea what you pay the most for?
E
Cup Final Game 7, MSG.
C
And what's the number you think?
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At this stage.
E
Stage of my life, what's three dollars?
C
You think you drop two grand?
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Yeah, I think I probably would. I'd figure out, like, that would be like, guess what? No more. We're not going to Yankee games. We're not doing.
C
This is what we're doing.
A
This is what we're doing, right? For the year. What you would have spent on everything else. Other games would end up going. Now you're just putting all that budget into one game. Because it's worth it to you.
C
Jacob,
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I know we just coming off of finals wrong, but and Knicks finals
E
run at the Garden probably would be
A
it for me at the time that just happened. And that's why you have to exclude me, right? Court side, like, it probably would have to be that. And do you see why I say I can't answer this? Because for me, I just lived it. So I don't. Like, that was the thing I would always answer, oh, I need to be at the Garden for the NBA final. I was there for game four. I was on the court.
C
What?
E
What?
A
What? Like, there's nothing in my life that would change that in sports.
C
No, you're. I will say, though, you're successfully ruining the segment.
A
I'm sorry. Like, but maybe Colby has one.
C
Yeah. Let's go to Colby.
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Colby and Mattis.
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Oh, my God. Colby, what do you got?
B
So baseball's my favorite sport, and the
E
Mets are my first love.
B
So a game seven or just a ser. A World Series clinching scenario, I would drop five grand if the Mets in position to win a World Series.
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Five to get into city. So a clinching game. Colby, that we all live in this area. A clinching game, Citi Field.
C
I bet five World Series.
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You can get in with five. Yeah, I think you could.
C
I think you could. I think maybe 2000 would get you.
B
I think.
A
Yeah, I think you think 2000, because I remember.
C
Colby, what was.
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What was game four here at the Garden?
C
At the Garden.
A
Wouldn't that.
C
Wouldn't that. I think the inn was.
A
Even though you get more seats, though, at city, right? You're getting 40. You're getting twice the amount of.
C
No, it makes a difference.
A
All right, all right.
D
So Colby.
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Colby. That's a good one.
C
That's a good one. Brown sure. Just walked out of the room. I wonder if Brown sure had one.
A
He's a good one too, because he's a huge Rangers fan. He'd want to see it with his own eyes. So that's a good one. Two grand you might get in. You get in. Two grand for a Rangers Stanley Cup.
C
I think you should. I think. Oh, absolutely.
A
All right.
E
See, the problem with that is because
A
a lot of Jake, you'd go next year. Oh, game. Game four. Oh, yeah.
E
With the help of Allen Hahn. I'll be there.
C
Yeah, but you were saying you'd only do it for courtside, so it's not really a real.
A
You want to just be in the
C
building because Courtside cost you 50 grand.
A
You would be happy in the building. Well, yes, I'll be happy in a building, but like, if you ask me where I want to be for the action. Well, no. What do you. What are you willing to pay? I'll tell you where you're. That's it?
C
Yeah, we can tell you. Tell me what the max amount would be.
A
Well, I got 50 Cent.
D
That's.
C
That's what I got. So you're not going to the game?
A
No, I told you, with the help of Allah, be there for free. Jake couldn't even go to a watch party for 50 cents. No, I was stuck in studio.
E
Sorry about that.
C
So the funniest thing about Jake even giving us this is that we're coming off of it right now. He didn't do it, so it's not. He's lying to us.
E
Someone. Someone lived this. Who was just on. Before you fill in for Michael K. Jake Asmon paid no games 3 and 4.
C
3 and 4. And he was willing to pay for everyone they would have had.
A
Yeah, yeah. My budget is different.
D
Sorry.
C
I mean, Asman, listen, he spent real coin.
A
Yeah, no, I know.
C
He really. He dropped a few grand.
A
He told us. Jim and Carmel. Jim.
B
Yeah. What about a Jet Super Bowl?
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I wouldn't do it. No, here's why, Jim. No, here's why. Okay, now you're a Jets fan. You're a Jets fan, right?
B
Absolutely.
A
Okay, Jim, now you'll be able to relate to this. And you know, I'm not being a hater. There's no way that I would pay to go to a Super bowl that the jets are in because I guarantee you, once I bought the ticket and the five grand or ten grand I'd pay, I guarantee they're losing and they'll lose in the most painful way possible. Am I right?
B
No, I'll be in a. I'll be In a bunker.
A
Thank you.
B
By myself.
A
Like, I need to be home by myself with, like, a blanket. You know what I mean? Like, I couldn't possibly pay money and be there live to see it because I know some. Something crazy is going to happen. They're going to lose 34. Nothing. I don't. Whatever it is, it's going to be embarrassing. And I'll say to myself, why the hell did you believe. Right.
B
I hear you. I hear you.
A
Just the wrong team.
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I'm gonna have to come up with something else. But you're right. No way. I can't. I wouldn't be able to go to that bowl either.
A
Thank you, Jim. I mean, it's. It's. It's reality now.
C
The biggest stage of the world is here, though. That's how this conversation started.
A
Yeah.
C
World class was because the final is Sunday at MetLife and the in price is $7,800.
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Yes.
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All right, so Peter asked the question what you'd pay, what event it would be.
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I.
C
By the way, I'm thinking hard on this, too.
A
Yeah. You have an answer yet or you just don't know yet?
C
I'm. I. I have thoughts, but, like, I just.
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Okay.
C
I'm struggling.
A
See, I already answered those because it's the two that would matter most. I just lived the nick one. So I.
C
Well, that's the thing. The wrestling ones ruined for me. And because I'm in the same spot as you with the wrestling ones, I'm all, I'm there.
A
You've done it. And the jet thing, I already answered it.
C
And I'm not.
A
And what, pay zero dollars? Because I don't trust myself or them.
C
And the idea of going,
A
yeah, more anxiety. So on the other side, we'll take calls on this because there has to be something.
C
And I have a Super bowl theory, too, for my team. I'm with you. I have a lot of strong feelings on if I ever got the opportunity. Is it worth it to go?
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That's. That's a huge question, because I'm telling you to be there. I just experienced it. It is something incredible and special. So what, that we just lived it? Or at least I did. Is there something, an event, especially in sports, that you would like? Man, I would pay anything to be there for that. What is it? And what would you pay? Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.
C
I don't want to know how the
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sausage is made, man. I just want to know. It's good. Hear more of Don Allen and Peter Weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app, and your smart speakers.
This episode dives into several quintessential New York sports topics with the usual blend of strong opinions, humor, and insider insight. Alan Hahn and Peter Rosenberg, sitting in for Don La Greca, discuss the ever-shifting landscape of sports fandom beyond traditional markets, the impact of Canadian wildfires on sporting schedules, the status and optimism around New York’s NFL teams, and cap it off with a spirited discussion: "What event would you pay the most money to attend?" Listeners join in, with conversations ranging from media rights issues to gritty evaluations of fan passion and sports pain.
Caller Kyle (Long Island, 24 years old) explains that younger fans follow games with phones/streaming rather than radio, minimizing legacy radio concerns for teams.
Lively banter about which New York team generates more passion—the Jets or the Mets. Consensus: Mets move the needle more, even in down years; Jets apathy runs deeper.
Jets over/under: 5.5 wins
Giants over/under: 7.5 wins
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