Hour 3: Baseball Struggles

Summary

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Don, Hahn & Rosenberg – Hour 3: "Baseball Struggles"

Date: May 11, 2026 | Podcast: Don, Hahn & Rosenberg | Host(s): Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg

Episode Overview

This hour of Don, Hahn & Rosenberg pivots squarely to New York baseball's recent woes, dissecting whether the Yankees’ impressive record is as meaningful as it looks, and lamenting the Mets’ offensive anemia. The trio weaves in fan calls for perspective, muses on playoff atmospheres, rivalry dynamics, and even digs at Philadelphia sports, all with their trademark banter and New York edge.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Yankees: Record vs. Reality

• Questioning the Yankees’ Strength

  • Alan Hahn opens by challenging whether the Yankees’ league-best record is misleading, given their poor performance against winning teams (1–8 vs. such opponents as of 05/11/26).
    • "Is it worth a conversation to say the Yankees may not be as good as their record… are they as good as their record says?" — Hahn, (02:35)
  • Don La Greca notes statistical inconsistencies with how MLB records "winning record" opponent stats (03:10), clarifying it’s based on the record at the time of the game.

• Yankee Concerns: Weak AL & National League Dominance

  • Hahn notes, "Only three teams are above .500 in the American League... The National League seems to be better now." (04:32)
  • Don tempers panic: "Their expected win/loss is only two games off what they are." (05:01)

• Injuries and Lineup Issues

  • Yankees suffer from injuries and underperformances, with rookie Spencer Jones struggling.
  • Hahn: "Spencer Jones is getting his first look… still hitting .119, five strikeouts… On brand, doesn’t it?" (03:54)
  • Don: "Radon wasn’t great…still were 3-3. I’m not turning this into last year." (04:03)

2. Mets: Offensive Futility and Fan Frustration

• Met Fans' Mood

  • Hahn coins "the Grimace crowd" (optimists) and "the moron crowd" for Mets fans, but asserts both are suffering (05:15).

• Production Woes

  • "They can't hit. They also hit no home runs. Zero." — Hahn, (05:43)
  • Don: "Mets have the second lowest run score total in all of baseball. … 3.4 runs per game."
  • The hosts riff humorously on their own math weakness (07:04) and calculators in school.

• Player Regression

  • Sean Manaea’s sudden decline highlighted as symbolic of Mets’ instability:
    • "Didn’t it feel like two weeks ago he was just—found his new arm angle… then gone." — Don, (08:07)

• Desperate Fan Rituals

  • Mets’ fortunes jokingly tied to which local personalities throw out the first pitch (Mia Khalifa referenced, 08:45).

3. Knicks' Playoff Calm—and the Trauma of Past Disappointments

• Knicks Winning — What Is This Feeling?

  • Callers and hosts marvel that usual New York sports despair isn’t present with the 2026 Knicks:
    • "All the older people… don’t trust the Knicks. All the younger people… trust because they haven’t been through the heartbreak." — Derek in Harlem, (11:57), with Don and Alan agreeing that, even now, adversity could be lurking.
  • Don: "It’s not the Knicks playoffs if it’s not excruciating." (12:24)
  • Alan: "Winning a championship is hard… even harder to slay a dragon." (12:42)

• Emotional Calls & Knicks Fandom Grief

  • Merv from Queens shares a poignant story about sharing Knicks fandom with loved ones lost, capturing how deep the connection runs for many fans (15:12–16:17).

4. Trash Talk, Rivalries, and Playoff Atmosphere

• Cowboys/Eagles Rivalry

  • Thanksgiving’s "leakage": Eagles vs. Cowboys, two most-hated teams for NYers, drawing snark on which rivals are more detestable (26:49–28:03).
  • "There’s still more aggravating Cowboy fans than Eagle fans, believe it or not." — Hahn (27:16)

• Philly Playoff Takeover by Knicks Fans

  • The hosts react to Knicks fans overwhelming Sixers’ home court:
    • "…as emasculating as possible for a franchise... to have your building literally taken over." — Don (32:13)
    • "…the Sixer situation is toxic and they just turned on that team." — Alan (36:10)
  • Alan shares Wally Szczerbiak’s description: "It was like [NCAA] Kansas vs. Kentucky… 50-50 bipartisan." (35:00)

• Fan Segment, Critiquing Affiliations

  • Extended ribbing of sports allegiances: Manager Aaron Boone’s Philadelphia roots prompt jokes about team loyalty (38:19 on), and Andrew Gunling’s suffering as a Process-era Sixers and Flyers fan is discussed (41:54–42:22).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Yankees’ Record:

  • "Bill Parcells always said… you are where your record says you are. And that's true. But when you see 1-8 against winning teams… is it worth a conversation to say the Yankees may not be as good as their record?" — Hahn (02:35)

• On Mets’ Misery:

  • "Tattooed backwards on his forehead so he's reminded every day: misery, that it's going to be a negative day." — Hahn about suffering Mets/Jets fans, (45:30)

• On Knicks’ Playoff Ease:

  • "I’m trying to… It deserves more syllables than just one. Right? That’s how hard it is to win, and it’s even harder to slay a dragon." — Alan (12:42)
  • "It’s not the Knicks playoffs if it’s not excruciating." — Don (12:24)

• On Philly Fans & Playoff Takeover:

  • "That’s a takeover, man. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it at that level." — Don on Knicks fans in Philly, (35:43)
  • "The Sixer situation is toxic and they just turned on that team and the fans reap the benefits." — Alan (36:10)

• Comic Bits:

  • "If they win [the Knicks], have another one [a kid]!" — Banter about how euphoria may impact co-host life, (16:49)
  • "He looks like a dead end kid… at least we noticed, everybody else is too inside baseball." — Alan cracking on Aaron Boone’s press look, (29:27)

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Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|--------------------------------------------| | 00:55 | Knicks/NBA playoff situation setup | | 01:33 | Yankees questioned: good record, weak AL | | 05:05 | Mets’ lackluster road trip—scoring woes | | 07:43 | Don/Alan joke about math on Mets’ runs | | 08:45 | Mets’ first pitch guest banter | | 11:27 | Caller Derek on optimism by fan generation | | 15:12 | Merv’s story about Knicks/city legacy | | 26:46 | Eagles v. Cowboys, Thanksgiving rivalry | | 32:13 | Knicks’ playoff takeover in Philly | | 35:00 | Wally Szczerbiak on Philly home crowd | | 41:54 | Aaron Boone and NY-Philly sports roots | | 45:44 | Jets/Mets fan reflects on perpetual misery |

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Tone & Banter

The hosts blend sharp analysis, historical references, and classic New York sarcasm. Listeners are drawn in by playful ribbing, deep fan empathy, and the show’s understanding of what it means to root (or suffer) for New York teams.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode will resonate with anyone invested in New York sports' towering expectations and inevitable heartache—baseball fans will appreciate the sober reality check for both Yankees and Mets, while basketball listeners will delight in the rare air of Knicks optimism and playoff dominance. With trademark humor and pathos, Don, Hahn, and Rosenberg manage to wring laughs and a little therapy out of all that is both maddening and glorious about New York fandom.

Missed this hour? Here’s your punchline: No one trusts the Yankees’ record, the Mets can’t hit, Knicks fans are living in a dream, and Philly fans just want someone to care.

Transcript

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[D]

I do think this is sort of like, you know, you're, you're watching now with curiosity and maybe picking a team you'd like to see and, and, and root for it depending on which way you want to go. So yeah, I do think this is a game you're going to watch.

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[D]

Bednar looked like he was about to take him into the 10th and then come home.

[C]

But you know, teams with a winning record. Right now The Yankees are 1 and 8. So they are taking advantage of a very weak American League. Now they lost first place because the Rays just don't lose.

[D]

They do not lose.

[C]

But crazy is it now as we fast forward two weeks later that you're kind of just interested? I'm interested. Exactly how good is this team? Now Bill Parcell has always said, we always reference it. You are where your record says you are. And that's true. But when you see one in eight against winning teams and you see how bad the American League is with just three teams that are above.500 and the nationally clearly better, is it worth a conversation to say the Yankees may not be as good as their record good team, but are they as good as their record says they are?

[D]

I'm trying to figure this out because I'm looking at the standings and why does it. This is MLB because it's 1 in 8. But this says record against greater than 500 teams is 1 in 5. That doesn't make sense. Is it at the time you played them?

[C]

Yeah, it's at the time you played them.

[D]

Right. So when they played the Rays, were they not over.500 or the A's, were

[C]

they not over five? I'm not sure at the time because

[D]

it is one in eight. But anyway. And the Rays have beaten the teams that they've. They're five and one. It says when playing a team with a winning record. So the Rays have definitely done a really good job and now it's got to get the Yankees attention. But I'm not looking at, you know, bad sign or bad series. Was a bad series. You got a bunch of injuries.

[C]

Spencer Jones is getting his first look one one nine. Still hitting five strikeouts for Jones. He did have an rbi.

[D]

Kind of sounds on brand, doesn't it?

[C]

Yeah, it does.

[D]

You know the Bednar thing, like he looked like he was in control in that. In that ninth and then all of a sudden just gave up the home run. They did. It's two walk off losses. Radon wasn't great yet they still were three three. So I'm, I'm not, I'm not turning it into last year when they were what was they lost to the Red Sox and the Blue Jays couldn't beat either one of those teams. I'm not ready to do that because I really think this is a good team.

[C]

No, they are a good team. I'm just saying that when you see the best Record in baseball.

[D]

No, I don't like it.

[C]

It kind of felt like, oh, you look at the Angus. Oh, look at that. They can. They're going to roll over everybody. Well, you know what? They may. This might be a lot like two years ago where they may roll over everybody. But then, you know, you get to the World Series, you face maybe a better team based on coming from the better league. There are 18. Was it eight teams in the National League are about 500, three of them all in the Central, by the way, and there's only three in the American League. Clearly the National League seems to be better now.

[D]

I don't love it.

[C]

No, I just. Just an observation.

[D]

Their expected win loss, by the way, is only two games off what they are.

[C]

Yeah, but it just, it's, it's. It's an odd thing, but it just. And as far as the Mets are concerned, I know a lot of Met fans that are optimistic. The Grimace crowd, we're going to call

[E]

them, that's more insulting than you may realize.

[C]

They, you know, although they have the moron crowd, they won two series out west and now they buff. There's still 10 games on there. They went five and four. Not good enough. Not good enough. Right. They took two or three from the Angels, two or three from the Rockies. Okay, not good enough. When you start as poorly as you do and you play lousy teams, you got to do better if you're ever going to turn it around. You're still, right now, as we speak, on May 11, worst team in the Major League Baseball.

[F]

All right.

[C]

And you're only 40 games in. Oh, there's still 122 games left. But if you're going to make up ground, man, you're going to have to go on a little bit of a run here. Now they're coming home, but they can't hit. They cannot hit. They could pitch pretty well. That's a good sign. But they can't hit. They also hit no home runs. Zero. So I don't see it. I think they'll play better because I don't think they're the worst team in baseball, guys. But as far as playing themselves into the playoffs, playing themselves back to.500, you're gonna have to show me a lot more than you show me right now. I know Lindor is hurt, but what was. What was the stat like in that series against the Diamondbacks? Bichette and Soto were like, oh, for 20.

[D]

Yeah, I saw. I saw that.

[C]

Not good.

[D]

No.

[C]

So while you're watching the Knicks beat everybody Like a drum, you know? The local baseball teams didn't have the greatest of week, got swept and the Mets dropped two or three.

[D]

Mets have the second lowest run score total in all of baseball.

[C]

That's actually what I think it's like,

[D]

around 3, might be less now, 139,

[C]

but what is that average per game? Did you do the math?

[D]

No, I didn't do the math. Quick.

[C]

You didn't do that at Lau. Listen, I don't even try. I'm so bad at math, I don't even try.

[D]

Yeah, no, it's four. They played 40 games, right?

[C]

So that should be easy. Math.

[D]

No, go ahead.

[C]

No, I'm not.

[D]

I'll wait for you.

[C]

I'm asking you, man.

[D]

Ramapo. Gotcha. Come on, what do you got?

[C]

It's not Ramapo's fault. It's my fault. I'm not a math guy. I'm not a math guy. There's a drop, you know, and do the math. I was told, you know, that if you're not good at something, you know,

[E]

move on to something else.

[C]

And I did that at a very early age. I'm like, this isn't gonna work for me. I hate that.

[D]

And then.

[C]

And then, right when I was in grammar school, Peter, they invented the calculator. And I said to myself, what are we doing?

[E]

Yeah, why are we. Basically, it's right there.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

We don't need.

[C]

So easy. No. No math. I'm awful at math. Math helps you work problems out and think things through.

[D]

3.4 count or do math runs per game.

[C]

If that.

[D]

There you go.

[C]

You know, but watching them, it feels like it should be less than.

[F]

I know.

[E]

Honestly, when you're watching, it feels like

[C]

sometimes I dream for three runs. You know, if they. If they had. If they had three runs on Saturday, they would have won the game.

[D]

Do you ever look like. Like when you look at their roster and you see certain names, do you ever stop and say to yourself, like, sean Mania. How did that fall off?

[C]

How did that fall off?

[D]

That, like. Didn't it feel like two weeks ago where he was just. He found his new arm angle and all of a sudden, like, he was a different guy. And this is amazing. And then gone.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

As fast as it came back.

[C]

Can't Jimmy switch stuff here, man. Like, it. It's there or it's not, but. But that is.

[D]

It blows your mind, though. He looked like he found it and then he came back the next year. Nope, gone.

[C]

Well, maybe the Mets catch a break. We'll see. During this home Stand. You get the Hamburglar to throw out the first pitch, and maybe it'll turn around. Maybe. I don't know. What. What borderline porn star, social media star needs to throw out the first pitch?

[E]

Get me a Khalifa out there to throw out the first pitch. See what happens.

[C]

All right.

[D]

Hey. How bad could it get?

[C]

They're not big enough for her.

[D]

Wow, that's. She says a lot.

[C]

She's not slow with a mess.

[D]

Oh, that's what you meant.

[C]

Okay, got it.

[E]

Because that was a confusing.

[D]

I didn't know what you were referencing.

[E]

I felt like they were.

[C]

Did I say it wrong?

[E]

No. No.

[C]

They're not big enough.

[E]

You see what you do again?

[C]

Oh, I see what I did.

[D]

No, you know what?

[C]

They. I don't think you saw big enough for me.

[D]

But wait a minute.

[C]

Wait.

[G]

The Mets.

[C]

They're my team. Get it Back in an hour back.

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Get it?

[C]

The difference. I call you now in an hour back. Get it. Don't.

[D]

Don't.

[E]

Please don't do it.

[C]

Justin, in Massapequa. You're on espn, New York.

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Let's go. Cowboys. Can't wait for that game to start the season, I think.

[E]

All right, let's go to.

[C]

Well, I was going to say you disconnected. I was going to say hung up. You know, I just.

[E]

Is that. How many?

[C]

How many? Well, I wanted to hear. I wanted him to hear me say, did you enjoy any of the Super Bowls you won in the last 30 years?

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That's your guy's guy, Justin from Massapequa.

[C]

I did not disconnect him.

[A]

You met him. You met him at a wrestling event. Peter, that's.

[C]

That's not nice.

[A]

So you're just a bad guy, Peter.

[F]

You left guy.

[D]

Peter.

[A]

That's tough.

[E]

Oh, no, I didn't realize.

[C]

You want. You want to go scorched earth? You want to hang up on Spike?

[E]

No, but see, fine. Justin again. I didn't realize that was my guy.

[D]

Fine, Justin, call him back.

[E]

I mean, every line's, justin, call back. I didn't know it was you.

[C]

Anthony, give Justin a call. We have his number, right?

[A]

Get him.

[E]

Listen, we can. By the way, this is why we can't be great. I just want to be clear. This is why we can't be great. You have other sports talk shows. They literally threaten to kill people who call their shows. I have one funny moment where someone goes, you know about the Cowboys? And I just hang up. Think it could be funny? No, no, no. Now Peter has to feel bad because I'm friends with the guy. You don't want to be great.

[C]

Let me ask you something.

[E]

We're your friendly. We're your good old friendly sports talk coach shows.

[C]

Those do so well.

[E]

Look around, guys, at the algorithm. Everyone's talking about the friendly sports talk hosts who are buddies and never hang up on anyone. I have one moment, and now it's my guy.

[C]

But. Right, that's what I get. But let me ask you. Let me ask you this, because I'm 100% behind this little rant you got, okay? But if you knew it was that Justin, you would you have done it?

[D]

No.

[C]

All right, come on.

[E]

You guys can have my. But you should say, don't worry. I should be apologizing. You should say, don't worry about it.

[D]

I was still laughing at Don's misspeak.

[E]

I wasn't even a misspeak.

[D]

It was so. I'm strong.

[E]

Justin called back. I'm sorry.

[C]

I didn't.

[E]

I didn't realize it was you.

[C]

I'm trying to get the great radio. So you got there.

[D]

Oh, no. You did.

[C]

You don't know if they're big enough.

[D]

I don't realize you did it, but you did it.

[C]

Derek in Harlem. You're on espn New York. What's up, Derek?

[F]

What's up? Listen, I just want us to be positive. I know we all have pstb, and we're New York people, so we don't trust anything like that. And we saw that everybody. Somebody's trying to, like, sell us something, and I get it. Alan. I'm a Jets fan, too. We always think Lucy's gonna take the football away.

[H]

But Don even look at you just

[F]

now, if he was going on a rant about the Giants, they didn't even do nothing yet.

[E]

Well, that's the thing.

[H]

Let's just try something different.

[D]

So, hold on.

[G]

Hit me up, hit me up, hit me up.

[F]

Let me ask you this, Alan. All the older people in my family, they're like, I don't trust the Knicks. I don't trust it. And all the younger people, they're like, they're trusting it because they haven't been through the heartbreak so much like that. But all the older people are saying, I never see them play like this before, because with the Knicks, it's always a tough, hard battle.

[H]

It's.

[F]

This is, like, so scary to us because, like, we don't know, like, hey, is this supposed to be happening? Like, nah, there's something around the corner. It's just something around the corner that's going to happen.

[D]

Hey, what did I tell. What Do I always say it's. It's not the Knicks playoffs if it's not excruciating. And for some reason, we've had two weeks of the most. Just, like, just sit back and enjoy a playoff basketball, which I can't even remember ever being this relaxed.

[C]

Like, it almost feels weird. I'm just trying to let. Never mind the history. Winning a championship is hard. I'm trying. I'm trying to. It deserves more syllables than just one. Right? That's how hard it is to win, and it's even harder to slay a dragon. So for people that are thinking, oh, we're winning, how could we be beaten? Because you can be beaten. Because it's hard to win a championship. So that's all we're trying to tell you. It has nothing to do with the history. They could play this well and still not win because there's another team in the league playing just as well as they are, and that's Oklahoma City. And guess what? They're coming off winning a championship. They know how to do it.

[D]

Yep. So on the way and on the way, they dealt with how tough it was in. They were down 2:1 in a series. They. They lost by 40 in one of their games. They.

[C]

They.

[D]

A Pacer team that no one thought was going to the finals, took them seven games.

[C]

Now, what I. What I like is that when you face adversity again, and you will at some point, if you tell me they're going to win a championship, they will face some sort of adversity. And on the day after that game, I want to hear the same attitude. Keep that energy not well. Who's going to replace Mike Brown? Or can we get Giannis in the off season? All right, that's what I want to see. If they fall behind 2 to 1 to Detroit in the conference final, I want the same energy today and not what we saw when they were down 2:1 to Atlanta. All right? So that's what we're talking about. It's easy right now to thump your chest and go, man, chill out.

[E]

We're good.

[C]

We're great. You just won by a thousand points last night. But there will be adversity. That's going to happen. It's just. That's. That's why it's so hard to win. Otherwise, everybody would win. Let's go to Merv in Queens. You're on espn, New York. What's up, Merv?

[G]

What's going on, fellas? How you guys feeling? Thank you for taking the call.

[C]

Good. You, too, man. Thank you.

[G]

A great weekend. It feels fake. No screaming, no body tension. Went to the bathroom a few times during the day. This is good for you. It's out of this world. Yeah. And Alan, I'm sorry. It's one of the few times I disagree with you and I know you're a class act and the respect. But Brunson wins a championship. It dwarfs anything.

[F]

I don't know.

[G]

It could be in sports. And I know you're being respectful to quiet. Maybe you do believe it. But Clyde and Willis. But for me and just I'm 46 years old and since I'm the age of nine is just suffering and suffering and I don't know if you guys ever saw the Eddie Murphy stand up where he's talking about, you know, when you haven't eaten for so long and you grab that cracker.

[C]

Is that a Ritz cracker?

[E]

Delicious.

[G]

So, yeah, quick point, man. It was a story on ESPN a few years, like years back. Maybe you guys are familiar with it. I'm just on the verge of like getting excited and happy. It was a father and something about the Chicago Cubs and them not winning for 100 years. And the father told the son, please, if I die and they don't win, come to my grave site if they're on the verge of winning one. And I lost my wife at the age of 42 two years ago to breast cancer. And she knew how crazy I was for them. And I don't want to put it down on the show. I'm actually happy telling it because hopefully it puts that. She told me the same thing. She goes, if they're ever about on the verge to win, you know, or a final song, please come radio phone wise of the San and make sure it's next to me. And there's tons of people in New York that sports are everything in an escape. And this, you know, grind of a life, this not man, if people. It would be beyond. And I really think in New York we would feel like earthquake type trend.

[H]

Yeah.

[G]

And you guys do a great job. And Alan, I was watching her on the post game, man, you look like you wanted a screen, but you're so freaking professional. You rain, you remain buttoned up.

[D]

And I felt like I didn't have enough energy. Like, I watched it, I watched it back and I'm like, man, I'm not. There's not enough energy there. Like, I should have had more energy.

[C]

You've been through a lot.

[D]

You're trying to just.

[C]

You need this week. Never mind og you need this week.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

You need a nice break.

[D]

Get to be home every night with Stephanie in the bed.

[C]

Well, look at you.

[D]

Better than that.

[E]

There'd be another. There'll be another kid on the way.

[D]

Hey, I told you, if they win.

[C]

Yeah, have another one. Spike and St. Pete, you're on ESPN New York. What's up, buddy?

[H]

Well, I have to start this off with a famous movie quote. After listening on hold, Stanley Krug looks one of my favorite directors of all time. And in my favorite movie, Dr. Strangelove, he had a great quote which was applicable five minutes ago. No fighting in the war room. So, yeah, that one does be. You didn't look like you were. Lack of energy. You look like you've been working your ass off and we're all drained. Even a guy after a screen. But what I, what I enjoyed the most out of it is, you know, I don't. I forgot the guy's name. Daryl Mori. And then what's his name? Still there. The kid from Peaks. Go. Elton Brand. I think it's still there.

[D]

Yes, yes.

[H]

You know, I love Nick Nurse and, and everything came right for him and he. Everything's great, you know, perfect example of a one and done. But how do you leave a coach like that with no bench? I mean, really, Clinton Grimes. Okay, you know, whatever. We kept Deuce and we made the right move because I love Deuce. He obviously can do a lot of things, but that's a crime not to give a coach of that stature a bench. And what the strategy was, you know, was, you know that. Alan, you saw it right away, you pointed it out. Paul George, I say two games. He scores all his points in the first quarter and he's out of breath by the end of the second quarter. So let's put that one in the bank. And I said this about. I think Cleveland's going to come back and make it a longer series. It's a long shot if they win. But if you took Cleveland's roster and Detroit's roster after Cunningham, and I'll give you the Donovan Mitchell. Knicks have the next four best players. That's my opinion. But think about it a little bit. And I don't know if they'll win eight in a row more. They'll win eight out of whatever the minimum number is to win two game series.

[D]

Just got to go four out of seven, Alan.

[H]

Elvis Presley's great song, it's now or Never. This, this is a great chance. So let's enjoy it and not jump ahead. Some of these callers, you know, you got every which way from Sunday an opinion. Enjoy it and whatever about four Clyde Frazier. I'm going to defend my baby Boomers. He had the greatest seventh game closeout game ever.

[D]

You would have not. People don't realize the numbers that he put up, the shooting efficiency that he had in that game, the amount of steals. And oh by the way, all he was doing was guarding Jerry west and Elgin Baylor. Like I'm sorry. Tonight's matchup pistons and Cavs 8 o' clock on NBC. Cavs are favored three and a half and the ESPN analytics have Detroit favored 56.1%. That feels close, right?

[C]

That feels close.

[D]

We shall see.

[C]

And of course Detroit up to one. So far it's been a home series with the home team winning the first three games.

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Why did you play say It Isn't

[C]

so by Hollow Nuts Philadelphia Group oh,

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this is what you've been doing today

[E]

and it's them saying outside of Total

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Eclipse, everything else has been Philly, which I Wait, wait. Even ain't no stopping us now. Oh yeah, they're a Philadelphia group.

[C]

Wow.

[D]

What did not know that? Which by the way, they wrote backstabbers for the OJs.

[E]

He's doing all.

[C]

He's working.

[D]

He does his work.

[C]

He just didn't listen for that one segment. Otherwise he's good.

[D]

No idea what he was. The Michael Brosher segment. Yeah.

[C]

What was Brownshire talking about? Honestly, man, I love Brownshire. But what could it have been?

[D]

How good could it have been? Better than this.

[C]

Yeah. Really? I could imagine.

[A]

You guys favorite topic.

[D]

Music. Yeah.

[E]

Wow. Well, the irony.

[C]

You know what? It is kind of a Godsmack if you think about it.

[E]

Yeah. Can't really do much about that.

[D]

No.

[C]

Subi in Midtown. You're on ESPN New York. What's up buddy? Hey guys.

[J]

I want to touch on two things. First of all, Michael, status quo. Okay. Regarding the Yankees. 95 games, he's predicting that. Okay. That's fin. What about the playoffs? Does Judge need protection in the lineup and will they make that move that needs. That they need to make? There's plenty of players out there that are low contract Iris. Low risk. High. High risk, high volume.

[E]

High is right.

[C]

Well, Stan Stanton's going to be back at some point. Okay. And he's always that guy in the playoffs. The thing is, you know, if it's a problem, Subi, they're more equipped than the Rays to make a deal at the deadline. Right. Because they're not going to be afraid to add salary if they have to. So I wouldn't worry about it. I think it's somewhat concerning that their record is so poor against teams with winning records. And I do want to mention one thing from a fan of the show B. Dilly. He reminded us that it's their records now. When they played them, they may not have been under.500, but now they are 540 games into the season.

[D]

But still that's what the 1 in 5 represented is. the time they weren't right.

[C]

And you know, and this has been a thing for a while because as good as the Yankees are, I wonder if they're a byproduct of a weaker league. We saw it a couple of years ago. They, you know, they beat the Guardians, they beat the Royals and then they lose five games to the Dodgers. I know it's only 40 games and it could flip, but right now the American League seems to stink. Nobody's good. It's just unfortunate for them that the second the best team in the league is in their division. So they're actually a second place team. It's just an observation. I. Correct me if I'm wrong. I never said are they fugazi? I just said are they as good as their record says they are and I think it might be a little exaggerated by the fact that they, that they are in a bad mood.

[D]

You got to take it in context, Don. Your closer gave up closer was on the verge of extending the game and gave up a home run. That that'll happen throughout the course of a season. Your starter who is going to be at some point effective third or fourth starter is in. Rodon was making his first start and he, he didn't have control. He had issues. So you had it early. Judge gives you an early lead and then he gives it back. All right. Like so I'm not like I'm not going to get hysterical about stuff like that. Your lineup is a little bit right now because of the injuries. I'm not overreacting to you.

[C]

I am not. I just asked the question.

[D]

The Rays thing bothers me though. If you want to ask me what bothers me, I'll give you that. I'll give you the fact that the Rays right now because you know they are historically a needle a little thorn in your side and they're that little freaking annoying team. We let you play in our freaking stadium. Stop being annoying. But that's what they are.

[C]

But they will know.

[D]

That's going to be a theme all season.

[C]

I'll believe it.

[D]

That's what I'm worried about.

[C]

And 40 games is one thing, 162 is quite another. Okay, but just an example. Everything that you said that happened this weekend. If you're playing the Orioles, you probably sweep the series and we're talking about all the Yankees just continue to roll. But you play a really good team and you know what? Those mistakes, those things are going to burn you because the team that you're playing might be a little bit better

[D]

than that dude throwing 105.

[C]

It's Friday night.

[D]

Are you kidding me?

[C]

Listen, there's a lot. There is some so amazing.

[D]

By the way, what's the countdown on his.

[C]

His tj oh tomorrow she's after throwing that hard over the weekend over the

[D]

conversation that we had about the Giants and the schedule and you. You, you don't like it when your team plays on holidays and mother night. We have a couple of responses to this that I got on Social.

[E]

Go ahead.

[C]

Interesting.

[D]

So B. Dilly said, being an out of market fan, I generally welcome any Sunday night. Monday night Pat's game makes it possible for me to just watch on TV at home.

[C]

Well that's a different story.

[D]

Thanksgiving is tough though. The earlier night windows are doable but mid afternoon slot is a killer. TM podcast says, as a Jaguars fan living in New York, you guys sound ridiculous spoiled. Talking about how you hate when your team is on national tv.

[C]

Well, I only hate it because it's inconvenient sometimes. You're a Jacksonville Jaguar fan. Why? Natro means saved you in a burning building.

[E]

He's a Brunel guy, you know. But also it's just fans talking about their preferences.

[C]

It's not just preference of just, this is me, then I'm on a show. And I got a microphone in New York too.

[D]

You can be spoiled. You're supposed to be spoiled. You're a New Yorker.

[E]

Don't worry about it now because Dallas will be playing Philadelphia. Yes.

[C]

We got leakage. We got more leakage.

[E]

We're playing the Reindeer games.

[D]

Oh, we got leakage.

[C]

The 430 Thanksgiving game is going to be Eagles. Cowboys get two teams you hate in the same building.

[D]

You know, you can really now you can enjoy Thanksgiving watching these two because you're going to feel good when one

[C]

of them loses, no matter how you cut it.

[D]

The matter. Right.

[C]

God, I, I, I take the fans out of it because there's still more aggravating Cowboy fans than Eagle fans, believe it or not.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

In New York. I hate the Eagles more.

[D]

Do you really?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

No, it's become, it's really become a thing.

[C]

I'm sorry.

[E]

So much better too.

[C]

You go 30 years without a championship,

[E]

you know, why waste our energy hitting Cowboys? I'm with you.

[C]

I mean, listen, I'm just throwing stats out there. Listen, my team's been a colossal embarrassment, but we've won a championship. We've actually won two. Two.

[E]

So.

[D]

Eagles.

[C]

But the Eagles, Eagles have been a thing. That's the one thing that Giants and commanders and Cowboy fans can.

[E]

We can all come together and all

[C]

hold hands and sing Kumbaya.

[D]

They have a hatred for the Eagles. Punchable face, coach. Right? Oh, it already starts there.

[C]

It's a punches.

[D]

Nozzle coach.

[C]

Nozzle coach.

[E]

Super Bowl. Competing for a Super bowl every year.

[C]

Every year.

[D]

Painfully annoying fan base. Like, if you ever wanted to see like the demise of the Eagles, have the link filled with Giants fans chanting defense and let's go Giants in that building.

[C]

And you know what? Honestly, the Barkley thing is like the least of it for me. That's not, It's a drop in the bucket, honestly.

[D]

Really?

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

That even bother you?

[C]

Not even a little? No, I didn't say that.

[D]

You said a drop in the bucket

[C]

compared to all the Other reasons.

[E]

Look out, look out. Look how cool guy Aaron Boone's being today. What's going on? Speaking of Philadelphia being nozzles. Love you, Aaron. What are we doing here? I mean, look it. Come on, you tell me.

[D]

That's.

[C]

He might.

[E]

You might put him in the link.

[D]

Honestly, for those who are not watching that his hat is up.

[C]

He's wearing the Tory hat.

[D]

It's way up and back. So he's got a huge forehead, about an eight head.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

And then he's got sunglasses on. Dark, typical sunglasses. They've got a little fashion. Little fashion to them, I would say.

[C]

Listen, if the sun is.

[E]

And I can tell the sun's not right in his eyes. I can tell.

[C]

Well, let's just say he's Aaron Boone, right? He's been the manager since what, 2018. We're talking about a long time. If the sun's directly in his eyes, you know what you do?

[E]

Hey, guys.

[C]

Hey. Let's move some rather than look like that. And I. And I love the guy, but no, he.

[D]

But if some was in his eyes, you'd put the brim of the hat down.

[E]

That's a great point.

[D]

Not sit it up.

[E]

No, he's feeling it. Listen, he's feeling it. I think he's about to pull out a heater.

[C]

He looks like a dead end kid. It's hard to explain unless I love him.

[E]

I love what he's doing, even.

[C]

But it's a lot. I love what he's doing, but it is a lot.

[E]

That's a great way to put it. Yeah, I love it.

[C]

It's a good look. It's just. It's too much at once.

[E]

I mean, for a dad, this is like a father of four.

[C]

Listen, do the hat.

[E]

I mean, he's doing a lot, right? Do the most.

[D]

Do the glasses.

[C]

Don't do both. It's too much.

[D]

Tremendous.

[E]

The only thing you should do right now, if I say to the next level is turn the hat around, I might take a picture and send it to him.

[C]

You know, you gotta like, listen, at least we noticed everybody else is too. Inside baseball. What are you gonna do a question.

[D]

What are you gonna say?

[C]

Got swept by the Brewers. What about Spencer Jones? Aaron. They probably don't even. They just see a figment of a person. Like they're so captivated by the baseball, all they see is like a haze of Aaron Boone.

[D]

Are you going to send them. What are we doing here? Is that you're going to say no.

[E]

The answer to me. I see what you're doing.

[D]

I see what you're doing there. Say, when's the goatee coming in? Right? Like that's. Doesn't that scream.

[E]

I'm going to turn the hat around. Just go backwards.

[C]

Right? Oh, there you go. Flip it around.

[D]

Oh, it's rally cap.

[C]

It's quite the thing. Turn on. Yes. If you get a chance to keep the YouTube going, of course. Oh, Justin from Massapequa is back. Justin.

[E]

Justin.

[C]

I'm sorry.

[E]

Welcome back.

[H]

I'll say let's go commanders, Peter, because I don't want to get hung up on.

[E]

Thank you, buddy.

[H]

I love. I'm excited for that first game. Can't wait. And if he love downs, turns out to me what people say he. He was in college, I think we're gonna have a good. Good defense, and he's going to be good pass rusher. And I just wanted to tell you, Han, that Craig Darimus is my cousin, actually.

[D]

Oh, really?

[G]

Yeah.

[D]

Terrific coach.

[G]

Yep.

[D]

Terrific coach. Tell him I said hello.

[H]

All right, I will.

[E]

Thanks for the call, Justin.

[C]

Sorry about the handle.

[D]

My friend Dreamus worked for the Rangers for a while.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

And then he ran the. The Titans in the junior. My junior hockey. Even won a championship. Did a great job there. He's a good coach.

[C]

What's he doing now?

[D]

He's coaching. Yeah. I don't remember. I think he's still coaching in juniors maybe, but, yeah, he's coaching.

[E]

I sent it to Boone, a picture of him. He said, I see what you're doing here. My guy one notch from turning the hat around and throwing a smoke behind the ear. Tuck a little heater in there. You know what I mean?

[C]

See if it applies mid game, Little close to game.

[D]

Speaking of nozzle, now, like, what. What do we. What do we feel about what happened this weekend in Philadelphia when it comes to fans driving down? We were getting calls on Friday.

[C]

Yeah, right.

[D]

Like, is that the. First of all, we all know that's as emasculating as possible for a franchise, right. To have your building literally taken over. It's not your building anymore, but in a playoff. But second of all, like, as far as. Can we. Is there any other fan base that could do that? Type of a takeover?

[C]

It's interesting.

[D]

And it's not just. And here's why.

[C]

Let me.

[D]

Let me add the addendum, because could you see any other sport allowing it to happen? When it comes to local now, Northeast, because I think in the south, it's all up for grabs, Right? Those are those stadiums you could take them over. But up here, Boston Philly, Washington, like, places like that. When you're, when, you know, these are established franchises, I can never. Like. I don't think the Yankees could take over Citizens Bank.

[C]

Well, they couldn't, couldn't do it because I don't think the Phillies. We were talking about a playoff game. Like if the Phillies are awful and

[D]

the Yankees are great in game three

[C]

on Friday night in a regular season game, I could see the Mets or the Yankees taking over Citizens Bank. If the Phillies are awful, I could see if the, if the Eagles are a terrible football team. Well, you need the Giant.

[D]

You need the motivation of I'm going to drive two hours down to Philly, buy a ticket and walk in the building. You know, you're not going to get that in a regular season. That motivation to want to do it.

[C]

Well, you, it's not that far away and you've got a lot of Yankee fans that live in, like New Jersey.

[D]

Was Baltimore the closest thing you could think of?

[C]

Baltimore? Yeah, but we're talking a playoff game. Yeah, but there's the perfect storm of. As much as you want to compliment the Knicks for traveling well, the Sixers situation made it very interesting. Like, there's no way the. Rick, could the Rangers take over a Flyer game? Yeah, the Rangers have enough fans to drive down there, but I don't think it would ever get to the point where tickets available. Billy fans would turn on the Flyers. They gave him a standing ovation after getting swept because they overachieved. Yeah, but this Sixer thing goes back to the tanking and the whole process. And I think they just kind of fed up with their team. So it was a perfect storm. But I think New York travels very, very well. I mean, I can, I remember when the Giants played the Buccaneers in the, in the playoffs back when they made their run in 2007. That was basically a home game. Giant fan like, I think New York just travels well, period. Because let's face it, the price of the tickets in New York, it's probably cheaper to get on a flight and go or just drive down the turnpike. Do you realize we had somebody call on Friday saying it was going to be their first nick game. Yeah, because it's hard to get to the Garden.

[D]

I want to hear from anybody that went to the games this weekend what that was like. Well, so Wally Zerbeck called game three. He went down and called that game on the radio with Tyler Murray. And Wally said, he described it like this. It was like being in a NCAA tournament game.

[C]

Right.

[D]

Where it's Like Kansas versus Kentucky. So like Kansas scores and the Kansas side of the arena starts cheering. And then Kentucky scores and. And that side of the arena starts cheering. He's like, it was like 50, 50 bipartisan. They were telling me Sunday it was 80, 20 Knick fans. So they have this Liberty Bell thing they do on the court before tip off. They bring out this makeshift bell and somebody like Cole Hamels did it on Friday night. He hit it three times with a hammer. They had, I think three of the team moms came out okay. And they introduce him as Mother's Day. And so they all hit the bell and the PA guys like, you know, let's hear it. And the whole place booed. That's a takeover, man. Like, I don't think I've ever seen

[C]

it at that level regular season. And I've called Ranger games where the building. I was down in Atlanta and the place was.

[D]

Oh yeah.

[C]

And the whole building was.

[D]

Carolina's like that for Rangers games, right?

[C]

Yeah, Carol, but then it used to be before the Panthers got really good.

[D]

Yes, yes.

[C]

Because Tampa's been good for a while. But Rangers, Panthers, half the building would be Ranger. And most of them didn't have to travel. They lived down there anyways.

[D]

Right, right.

[C]

That's one of the. That was kind of the motivation of putting teams in the south because the feeling was, let's put a couple of teams in Florida because all Boston, New York, they're all down in Florida, they'll go to the games. But it was a perfect storm of the popularity of the Knicks. And I'm telling you, the Sixer situation is toxic and they just turned on that team and the fans reap the benefits of it.

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

[E]

I've heard back from the Yankee.

[D]

Oh, you did?

[E]

From the Yankee manager, yes.

[D]

All right, let's hear it.

[C]

This close to game time is not nothing.

[E]

He said he's. He's like Michael K. He's very active. I sent him the picture. I said, I very active. I said, see what you're doing? You're one notch from turning the hat around, throwing smoke behind the air. He responded with the hands up shrug.

[C]

He's a big emoji gift guy.

[E]

I wrote, Hope you're well bud. In spite of the state of Philadelphia sports.

[D]

You know what?

[F]

I don't know.

[E]

He said, all good here. Hope you're good too. Eagles are going to be good. Wait for it though. I'm all in for the Knickerbockers. I wrote. Me too. As a Celtics fan. Still can't help but root for this team. And then I said, I got to bring my baby to her first Yankee game. By the way. He said, yes, you do. You know what that means. Setting myself up for the Schnurr.

[D]

Of course you're gonna Schnur.

[C]

I only know him as an Eagle because obviously the Phillies is off the table. He's the Yankee manager.

[D]

Right.

[C]

So he's not gonna have a baseball. No, no, I never. I don't.

[E]

It's. You think he's like me? There's a very thing that's real is the football team. Everything is up to grab.

[C]

I really don't.

[D]

There's a very strong Nick connection to the Yankees.

[C]

I'm just trying. Listen. Obviously fraud. Then if he's a Sixer fan, he's like all in on the Knicks who just wipe the floor with your team. That doesn't make any sense. And then there was. I don't know the whole story, but there was when he was working up in Bristol, I think there was a producer or somebody, somebody can correct the story if I'm wrong, that they worked up there. And he's like. First name was Simon, so he nicknamed him Gagne. So I'm like, oh, well, he must like the Flyers. He knew that Simone Gagne was a flyer. But that's all I have to go on with the Flyers. I think it's just the Eagles for him and a General because his dad played for the Phillies. A love of Philadelphia.

[E]

But you're calling him Rosenberg.

[C]

Like, I think worse.

[F]

Wow.

[E]

You think really just one. Because like I do love my other teams, just not the same way. You're saying you think it's just Eagles and everything else.

[C]

I don't know. I don't know if he roots for the Flyers or the Sixers. Do we have any evidence of that?

[E]

We got no proof.

[C]

I mean, honestly, if you weren't in the. Well, I guess because he feels he's the manager of the Yankees, so he's got to be in on the Knicks.

[D]

He likes. He. He loves basketball.

[C]

He plays basketball or did I know he. Well, he played well, sure. That's. That's one of the reasons Alex Rodriguez became a Yankee.

[D]

That is true.

[F]

But.

[D]

No but, but I mean, like, that's like it's something he's interested in. So I don't know. I do know again, there's a lot of. There's a lot of nick connections there with the Yankees, especially Josh Hart, obviously.

[F]

Well, you got.

[D]

Listen, I'm sure they've been around that team a lot.

[C]

The Knicks are in the war. I mean, if the Yankees are in the World Series, I'm sure there's been Knicks that wish them luck and gone to games on and off Brunson. So I can't get on him for the same reason. Peter feels allegiance to the Knicks because he's a New York guy now. Boone's going to do that.

[E]

Hard not to.

[C]

It just, it seems odd they just, you know, swept the Sixers and he's like.

[E]

But in some way, the Sixers, I mean, do they even try? I mean, you can look at it like that.

[C]

I don't want to. You lost like 40 points in your own bill.

[E]

Did they care that's what I'm saying.

[D]

No one cared.

[E]

By the way, it's on the table that the Sixers were rooting for the Knicks. That's the level of effort they showed up. They were. No, no. They scrimmage with them for the week to get them ready for Detroit.

[C]

I don't. I don't want to. I don't get my fat hands in your enn. Okay.

[E]

Please, you get my hat. You can put your hands in whatever you want.

[C]

This might be an ENN spot for Andrew Gunling.

[E]

Oh, to check in?

[D]

Oh, no.

[C]

Because I text him before the series started.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

About the Sixers, and he text back that he was all in on the Flyers too. Like, so week. I want to go back to. I want to give you the exact.

[D]

He had a tough weekend.

[C]

No, that. So. You know, I never knew him like he. He's a Flyer fan, but they're clearly his fourth team, so I don't know if he'd be. He'd have the feels over them getting swept. He might even be in the camp of people that were like, cheering them because they overachieved.

[D]

If I remember right, Don, was he not, though a member of the Church of Process?

[C]

Oh, he was very pass. He was a pastor.

[D]

He was so he. So he was not. He was definitely ordained then. Oh, he's so okay.

[C]

So I tweeted him like a good luck because I hadn't talked to him in a while.

[D]

Sure.

[C]

And his tweet back like, thanks. And he says, I've been obsessed with the Flyers, this Flyers team as well. So he was upset. So just when two teams. Two teams that he's passionate about, and he was obsessed with the Flyers when Owen 8 in the second round of the playoffs. It might be a time to check in.

[D]

Give him a ring. Do it. Do a check in on check.

[E]

But you don't want to.

[C]

You're the ultimate call.

[E]

You know what? I love what you've done.

[C]

Okay.

[E]

I'd been thinking we should talk to

[C]

him during the series.

[E]

Series ended quickly, so there's not a lot to do.

[C]

We just didn't have time.

[E]

Now, listen, he doesn't have good cell phone service at home. Let's hope that he's out and about, but he might be on the way home for more. Anthony, if you don't mind reaching out, I'd be interested in popping Gunling on around maybe 6, 10, see if he wants to jump in. Yeah, I would love that. You know, I love hearing from Andrew

[C]

and if it doesn't work out Free. And we've got another 30 minutes after. You bet your ass we do. Mohammed on Long island. You're on ESPN New York. What's up buddy?

[H]

What's going on, guys?

[F]

Thanks for taking my call. So I, I saw in Game 5, I think it was against the Hawks, I said the Knicks took these guys well. You've seen it in their body language and everything. They, they were, they were 1, 2, 3, Cancun. And I seen the same thing in game three against the Sixers. I said this is. They don't even want to play anymore. They wish, they wish that was game four. So I like the Knicks really took those guys well. But I really called to say I'm a Jets and a Mets fan. I don't have a basketball team. I'm a Kobe lifer. So Kobe made me fall in love with basketball. But since I'm 38 now. Right. So I'm a Jets and a Mets fan. All I got is misery. And the Knicks have been in that with us. So now hun, I find myself actively rooting against the Knicks against the Knicks even though I don't really have a racing horse. I mean a racing, a horse and a horse.

[E]

Penalty's a helmet,

[F]

but yeah, the ceiling is the roof. But no, I just, I wonder if any of you guys can sympathize with me about it. Like as a New Yorker and just these three teams have already and like the Knicks have found it four straight years in the playoffs. I think three straight with a playoff series win and the Mets and the Jets. We just can't get it right. I don't know if to feel energized that maybe we can get it right like the Knicks finally have or should I just be depressed that we're still here down at the bottom.

[C]

You do you. I guess somebody disconnected him or he just hung up because I was going to ask him. He sounds like somebody that would agree with me that if you're a Ranger fan and not not a basketball fan that you'd be rooting against the Knicks because you wouldn't want somebody else in your own building to win a title. Sounds like Muhammad decided that was based

[E]

on our fraud alert.

[C]

On Friday we had that conversation. So it sounds like Muhammad would be siding with me.

[E]

I think it's a very negative way to be.

[C]

But listen, who am I?

[E]

I'm a hater at times.

[C]

So hey listen, he's a Met Jet fan. Negative is in his DNA.

[D]

Yeah, what can you do?

[C]

Tattooed backwards on his forehead so he's reminded every day misery that it's going to be a negative day. But he bounced back from his putting the penalties helmet.

[D]

Yeah, the horse before the car.

[C]

The horse, but the car before the horse. Wait, he bounced back nicely with the reference to the show.

[E]

Oh no, he's that Muhammad knows the show. That's a P1 right there. I appreciate that.

[B]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[E]

I don't want to know how the

[D]

sausage is made, man. I just want to know it's good.

[B]

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