Hour 3: Jets Ticket Prices & The List

Summary

Don, Hahn & Rosenberg Podcast

Episode: Hour 3 – Jets Ticket Prices & The List
Date: October 29, 2025
Hosts: Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg

Episode Overview

The third hour of the Don, Hahn & Rosenberg show pivots from the Knicks to tackle two signature themes: the controversial rise in New York Jets’ season ticket prices after years of underperformance, and a lighthearted, spirited "The List" segment, where the crew and callers remember all-time great athletes who ended their Hall of Fame careers in the most unlikely, forgettable, or downright "jabroni" jerseys. Throughout, they combine sharp wit, passionate opinions, and deep sports knowledge, creating an episode that’s at once cathartic for frustrated fans and pure entertainment for sports history buffs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Jets Season Ticket Price Hike (02:22–16:11)

The Outrage and Rationale

• Hosts express disbelief at news that Jets season ticket invoices for 2026 include an approximate 11% price hike—despite another losing season and 15+ years without playoff football.

  • Don La Greca [02:45]:
    "How the hell are you raising your ticket prices, especially for your loyal season ticket holders? ... After we have given you nothing but losing for 15 years!"

• Theory on Franchise Logic:
  Alan Hahn speculates that front offices justify this by calculating expected drop-offs in ticket renewals, then raising prices on remaining loyal fans to offset those losses.

  • Alan Hahn [04:16]:
    "We’re going to lose X amount of season ticket holders... so let’s raise the tickets 11% for the guys that we know are going to come back."

• Critique of Groupthink:
  The hosts mock the supposed meetings where nobody speaks out against tone-deaf price hikes.

  • Don La Greca [05:15]:
    "How do we have a meeting in a franchise like this where… everybody thinks that's a good idea? There's not a single person in the room like, 'Guys, that's one thing we cannot do.'"

The Loyalty Conundrum

• Business vs. Human Perspective:
  • Alan Hahn [07:32]:
    "They look at the loyalty as—we can make money off of your loyalty. We know you’re not going to give up your tickets."
  • Peter Rosenberg [14:23]:
    "If you love it, let it go. If you truly love them and want them to be better, don't do it... If you’re desperate to go to games again, you’ll be able to get tickets."

Team Justification Debunked

• Jets Justification:
  • Citing “addition of a ninth home game” after an international series game, which the hosts and Mike Florio summarily call misleading or "factually incorrect."
  • Don La Greca [13:22]:
    "Mike Florio is actually saying it's factually incorrect what the Jets are saying... The extra game next year is preseason."

Fan Voices & Calls

• Caller (“Peter in Mamaronek”) [14:54]:
  Tells the tale of giving up tickets after a disastrous game:
  "At the end of the first half, I looked at my son… I said, 'Let’s go hit Carvel and go home.'"

• The hosts reflect on the anxiety of being the last loyal fan to hold tickets—fearful that your departure brings a curse-breaking season.

  • Alan Hahn [16:11]:
    "The year I finally just say I’m done, that’s what you’re afraid of... like you’re holding the franchise back.”

• Modern Reality Check:

  • Alan Hahn [16:26]:
    "We live in an era now—I don’t care how hot the event is—you can find a way... Probably not that much more expensive than what you’re probably paying for season tickets anyway."

Memorable Quotes

• Don La Greca [11:02]:
  "If I'm a snake oil salesman, I'm going to tell you this is going to cure cancer... What are the Jets selling? We're awful."
• Alan Hahn [21:02]:
  "Just suffering and going into debt and driving yourself crazy doesn’t make you a better fan."

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2. The List – “Jabroni Land” Athletes in Odd Uniforms (24:49–41:56)

Defining “Jabroni Land”

• The Segment’s Purpose:
  The hosts create and debate a “Jabroni List”—all-time great athletes who ended their careers with forgettable, awkward, or downright sad stints on random teams.
  • Alan Hahn [25:18]:
    "It’s a great player—like, oh my God, I can’t believe he’s on that team!"

List Curation: Notable Picks & Banter

• Franco Harris as a Seahawk (26:01):
  "No recollection." (Peter Rosenberg)

• Joe Montana as a Kansas City Chief (26:22):
  "It just never should’ve happened, in my opinion." (Peter Rosenberg)

• Hakeem Olajuwon as a Toronto Raptor (27:39):
  "That's not a thing that... That happened." (Peter Rosenberg)
  "Right up there with Patrick as a Seattle Supersonic." (Alan Hahn)

• Johnny Unitas as a San Diego Charger (28:31):
  "Didn't know the Chargers existed when he played." (Peter Rosenberg)

• Mike Piazza as an Oakland Athletic (30:22):
  "Don't remember this either." (Peter Rosenberg)

• Marty Brodeur as a St. Louis Blue (31:17):
  "He should have—certain players should never wear another jersey." (Don La Greca)

• Emmitt Smith as an Arizona Cardinal (32:04):
  "Emmitt Smith on the Cardinals was repugnant." (Peter Rosenberg)

• Ken Griffey Jr. as a Chicago White Sox (32:44):
  "That's 41 games." (Don La Greca)

• Allen Iverson as a Memphis Grizzly (33:05):
  "So bad at the end, there was no tread on the tire." (Don La Greca)

• Jordan as a Wizard, Ewing as a Sonic, Shaq as a Celtic:
  Basketball legends in odd locales—summed up as "examples of the list" (27:02).

Criteria Debate & Final “Top 5”

• Criteria: Not just forgotten stints, but moments that were “epic fail,” jarring, or insulted a player’s legacy.
  • Peter Rosenberg [30:07]:
    "It's not simply you don't remember; it's also epic fail."

Final Top Five (as agreed on air around 41:35):

1. Michael Jordan – Washington Wizards

2. Joe Namath – Los Angeles Rams

3. Ken Griffey Jr. – Chicago White Sox

4. Hakeem Olajuwon – Toronto Raptors

5. Martin Brodeur – St. Louis Blues

   • Brodeur’s inclusion sparks debate; Rosenberg concludes, "You could have just finished the career, but you went for one more." (36:05)

Extended Honorable Mentions/Callers & Social Submissions (43:25–above)

• Brian Leetch on the Bruins or Leafs
• Wayne Gretzky on the Blues
• Tracy McGrady as a Knick
• Alonzo Mourning as a Net, Tony Parker as a Hornet
• Matt Ryan as a Colt
• Reggie White as a Carolina Panther
• Babe Ruth as a Boston Brave, Willie Mays as a Met

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3. Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Don La Greca [05:16]:
  "How do we have a meeting? ... 'We're going to jack them up 10%, 11%' ... there's not a single person in the room who says, 'We cannot do that!'"

• Peter Rosenberg [12:25]:
  "Once the weather starts to turn, there's not going to be anybody in the building."

• Alan Hahn [21:22]:
  "That's such a commitment to a team that doesn't commit to you."

• Caller (Juicy) [48:31]:
  Offers heartfelt thanks to Don and suggests a merch-based charity drive:
  "We care deeply about you... I would love to make a contribution to that charity because I know it's so close to you, and I want you to know how much we care about you because you are our guy..."

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Segment Timestamps

| Segment Description | Timestamp | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------| | Jets Ticket Price Outrage & Analysis | 02:22–16:11| | Fans’ perspectives on giving up season tickets | 14:54–17:33| | List Introduction ("Jabroni Land" for Legends) | 24:49–41:56| | Social/caller additions to the list (Leetch, Gretzky, T-Mac, etc.) | 43:25–44:42| | Heartfelt Calls & Don Appreciation (Juicy’s charity call) | 48:31–50:09|

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Tone & Style

• The episode is classic New York sports radio: blunt, passionate, sarcastic, and colloquial.
• Moments of earnest fan empathy mix with the show’s signature banter, sarcasm, and old-school/deep-cut sports references.
• Listener calls are emotionally honest, reinforcing a tight-knit community feel.

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For First-Time Listeners

This episode spotlights what makes Don, Hahn & Rosenberg a favorite for New York sports fans—unfiltered takes on local teams’ mistreatment of loyal fans, a creative and interactive trip through sports nostalgia, and plenty of sharp one-liners. Whether you’re a disillusioned Jets supporter or a sports trivia buff, you’ll find catharsis, laughter, and likely a moment where you yell, "I forgot he played for them!" at your speakers.

Transcript

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[Alan Hahn]

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[Don La Greca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don La Greca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don La Greca]

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[Alan Hahn]

All the cats away, clearly.

[Don La Greca]

Because, you know, our song went number one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Which one?

[Don La Greca]

What do you mean, which one?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, the big one. Right, the new one we came. Oh, no. And also the one we came up with yesterday. Victory.

[Don La Greca]

Oh, yeah. Well, that's different. That's something else.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We have a new one.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah. Do you have it? No, not on your page. No.

[Alan Hahn]

Victory. What was it called?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Winning. Winning.

[Alan Hahn]

The Santa song is winning.

[Don La Greca]

Winning. Yeah, we like close Victory. Look at you. Look at him. Look at our guy.

[Alan Hahn]

Victory.

[Don La Greca]

You don't think it's victory?

[Peter Rosenberg]

No.

[Alan Hahn]

I thought we were all bonded over that. And he can't even remember the name of the song.

[Don La Greca]

Come on.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, now. I, I, I corrected myself. Took me a moment.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah, a moment. So I saw this before we get back into the knicks conversation again. 800 now and 93776, by the way, with Don Legco. Peter Rosenberg, I'm an Alan Hahn. There was a lot of tweets yesterday about something for jets fans that I thought you talk about tone deaf. Nothing More tone deaf than this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

If it's true, it's not good.

[Don La Greca]

So season ticket invoices for the jets have been sent out for next. For next season. For the big 2026 football season for the Jets. Of great anticipation. One person said, my prices increased 11% from this season. The next. How the hell are you raising your ticket prices, especially for your loyal season ticket holders? Under what plan do you have that says this is a good idea to do as a franchise and after we have given you nothing but losing for 15 years. But no, we got to raise the prices again. For what?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Always.

[Don La Greca]

You're. It's constantly, constantly tone deaf. In this moment, in this economy. The jets are going to say, we're charging you more to watch this garbage. Insane. And you know what? If you're a Jets fan, I know you're afraid of getting out of line and in the psl, you shouldn't do it, you shouldn't pay it. And your ticket broker, who's going to be calling me up your ass for weeks begging you to re up, you got to tell him, no. Not doing it. Not doing it. I'm not paying a penny more for that trash football you're throwing on the field year after year and making me pay for it. No way. You shouldn't do it. They're going to beg you to come back anyway. Send a message, say no.

[Alan Hahn]

This happens a lot. Not just to the jets, but other teams raising the ticket prices after a failed season or failed run. And you wonder if there's a metrics to it. I wonder if they do the math and say we're having another losing season. We figure we're going to lose X amount of season ticket holders because of how bad we were. How do we make up for that? Well, let's get more money out of the people we know we've got on the hook. That's got to be it, right? Because there's no way you can look at it and say, we've had another disappointing season. We're going to. We're not going to make the playoffs for a 15th consecutive year. Let's give our customers a break, okay? And let's not raise the ticket prices. But they do it anyway. And I'm wondering if that's the metrics. We're going to lose 10% of our season ticket holders. So let's raise the tickets 11% for the guys that we know that we're gonna come back. So. So we don't lose any extra money.

[Don La Greca]

So you make your most loyal equation, but maths but that math is stupid. It's dumb.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, I'm not. I'm not defending.

[Don La Greca]

I know you're not defending it, but how do we have a meeting? But wait, wait, wait. How do we have a meeting? We're all here. I'm telling you. I could. I could not imagine myself in a meeting in a franchise like this where. Where it's brought up and we start talking. All right, well, we're going to be sending invoices out. Here's the budget for next year's tickets. And it's like, yeah, we got to. We're going to jack them up 10%, 11%. And everybody's like, all right. And everybody thinks that's a good idea. There's not a single person in the room was like, guys, that's one thing we cannot do. We have to send out. You know, we're not raising prices. We're not raising prices. We cannot do it. Now, you make the playoffs, raise prices. I get it. You want to, then you want to, you know, capitalize on the rare success that you have. Fine. But you can't possibly think the right thing to do is pass the cost of losing on to the only people, the very few people left that care, who give a rip about your franchise and go into a game if you're.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So if. Alan. Alan. No one's gonna say it the way Allen just did. Let me. But let me. Let me put it in more realistic terms, because Alan made it sound like someone's gonna stand up on the desk and say, no, sir, we will.

[Don La Greca]

You know what? Somebody should. But the real guys, this is a bad idea.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No one said that someone should do that. But realistically, we know. Listen, in places that are run badly by one leader, generally people are scared to tell people the truth. That's how bad continues to permeate. Because people make bad decisions, they'll loosely get fired. Everyone protects their own ace. Everyone. And no one does anything. But at least someone could have said, hey, guys, just throwing this out here. Is this a good year to do this?

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This is, like, such a disappointing season. Maybe this is an opportunity to show some loyalty. How about that?

[Don La Greca]

So what a shock. What a good PR move, which is rare, but what a great idea it would be to say, let's put out. Let's put out a letter saying, you know what? We know how frustrated fans are. We're just as frustrated as you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Normally, this is the time. Normally we would be sending you our.

[Don La Greca]

We're not doing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We're not doing it this year.

[Don La Greca]

We're not doing it because we expect more. And, and you would. You do too. And we don't want to do that to you because of your loyalty. Means everything to us. But no, we're going 11%.

[Alan Hahn]

Wow. They acknowledge the loyalty and they're using it to their advantage. You're looking at it as, we want to use your loyalty and thank you for still being loyal. We're going to catch you. We'll give you a break. No, they look at the loyalty as. We can make money off of your loyalty. We know you're not going to give up your tickets. You may not go.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

You may not go to the game.

[Don La Greca]

Right.

[Alan Hahn]

But the only time we ever saw a significant dent in season tickets were the PSLs. Otherwise, all the losing people don't want to give it up. Why? Because one day they may be good again. And they don't want to lose out.

[Peter Rosenberg]

On and they don't want to miss out on the team they love.

[Alan Hahn]

You have people driving from Suffolk county, three hours there, four hours back to watch a team lose by 30 points. They're loyal. They're there. Everything you're saying is absolutely right from a human standpoint, but from a business standpoint, they go in their meetings. Terrible for the guy that would jump on the desk and say, we can't do this to our loyal fans. There's somebody there with a calculator saying, we can do it because we'll make X amount of a profit if we do that. If we do your way and help our fans out and express our disappointment in the season, we'll lose X amount of dollars. They're not in the business to do that. They know that this will work. People complain. They'll moan and groan, but at the.

[Peter Rosenberg]

End of the day, of course that.

[Alan Hahn]

Will make them more money.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah. And then they'll say, well, you know, you can resell your ticket here. By the way, here are your home games in 2026, obviously, the, the AFC. So we know those, those three teams. Denver Broncos, Vegas Raiders, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings. Any of those are like, oh, I gotta go to that game.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Need it.

[Don La Greca]

Well, gotta go to that.

[Alan Hahn]

The packers will. There'll be a bunch of Packer fans and Raiders.

[Don La Greca]

Right. Like, but, but, but not a.

[Alan Hahn]

Raider fans.

[Don La Greca]

But yeah, but it's not like, it's not. I don't know. It's. It's not a draw.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't.

[Don La Greca]

It's not 2027 when you have the Cowboys and the Giants coming in. Well, you know, the Cowboys are going to bring in, you know, some, some gate, Giants fans can eat up those. A lot of tickets as well. Right.

[Alan Hahn]

But to your point, the money's always going to be something. But of the four professional sports in North America, baseball, football, basketball, hockey, football is less reliant on the gate than the other sports because of their massive television contract.

[Don La Greca]

Yes.

[Alan Hahn]

So this would be the area where you'd say, you know what, let's do. Let's do right by our fans. All right? Yes, we may lose a couple of bucks, but you know what? In the grand scheme of things, we're raking in money despite the fact we've contributed nothing to the NFL over the last decade and a half. All right, We're. It's the right thing to do, guys, but that's not what it's about anymore. It's all just about the bottom line. How can you look in the mirror and be a part of a 15th consecutive season of losing, tied for the worst in North American sports right now, of not going to the playoffs, despite the fact that they've added more teams to make the playoffs? That average makes the playoffs. You can't even do that. And you're going to say, we're going to raise ticket price. How do you do it? Like, if I'm trying to sell, if I'm a snake oil salesman, I'm going to tell you that this is going to cure cancer. This is going to get rid of all of your pimples and you'll sleep 12 hours a day. I'm selling something. What are the jets selling? We're awful.

[Don La Greca]

Well, here you want to hear never win. You want to hear what they're saying? Here's what the. Here's how the jets are defending it.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay?

[Don La Greca]

This is the post that part of the fans anger about this is a lack of recognition and that the increase in these tickets is partially due. Partially due to the addition of a ninth home game because they played in London this year.

[Alan Hahn]

Right. But what are they going to do when they rotate back to just eight home games the year after? Because you go back and forth, right? Sometimes you have nine home games, sometimes you have eight because it's an odd number. Schedule. Eventually It'll go to 18, and then they'll be 9 and 9. Are they going to reduce?

[Caller/Guest]

So.

[Don La Greca]

So they're.

[Alan Hahn]

They're pretending like when they do that.

[Don La Greca]

They'Re saying it's this. This is normal procedure. And the first thing people have to look at is last year they didn't pay for a full season of home games because of The London game. So this year's ticket prices were reduced by one game. The game comes back next year because we have nine. But that's. I don't know, Don, I. If you, if you're doing that then. And first of all, I love. It's really great that the jets are deciding to say it's you that has the problem, not us. Right.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, do something about it.

[Don La Greca]

Honestly, it just, it makes you. It really makes.

[Alan Hahn]

Starting to happen. I mean, the, the Panther game, there was hardly anybody there. You got the Browns their next home game. I mean, how many people are going to. Maybe if Shador Sanders starts the game, there might be some curiosity seekers that might. The contest, but otherwise, you know, the Browns aren't doing anything. And then once the weather starts to turn, there's not going to be anybody in the building and. But yet they're still going to rake in, you know, ton money. Will you have the ability in this country cancel your season tickets? I know people that have. I know people are. Pinhead Suit used to have season tickets gone. Dan Grass used to have season tickets gone. You know, not just because of the losing, but also circumstances. Things happen. A lot of people canceled because they didn't want to pay the PSLs. Stop doing it. You know, the best way to complain is just not go. So I, I know you enjoy tailgating and. But if you're going to moan and complain about it and still write the check, you don't have a kick coming. I'm sorry, you don't.

[Don La Greca]

You know, Mike Florio is actually saying. It's factually incorrect what the jets are saying. Okay, so they had eight true regular season home games and one neutral site home game. Next year, all AFC home teams will have eight regular season home games, not nine. The extra game next year is preseason. When the home games double from one to two, that's where you get the extra home.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And who doesn't want that?

[Don La Greca]

Now this is Mike Florio saying this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That can't count.

[Don La Greca]

So I'm, you know, that's punishment. Like I said, it just. This feels so tone deaf. All of it. This, all of it feels.

[Peter Rosenberg]

By the way, guys, again, I know I bring this up a lot. I went through this. Redskins did the same thing all the time. Didn't matter how bad it was, kept going up. At one point there's a story that Dan Snyder, when an old lady had gotten back on her season ticket fees, sued a 90 year old woman who'd been a season ticket holder for 50 years. These people don't get it. They don't care.

[Alan Hahn]

They don't care.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The truth is, he really. He does not care. And again, and we've said this many times, the only. This is the hard thing. This is. If you love it, let it go. If you truly love them and want them to be better, don't do it. I got news for you. If you're desperate to go to games again, you'll be able to get tickets.

[Don La Greca]

Oh, my God. They'll be available.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let them go.

[Don La Greca]

So Peter and. Peter and Mamaronek. He is. He did exactly what you said. Peter. Peter.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm done.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, I was. The last game I went to was against the Cowboys, a game I should have. Should have sold my son. We were surrounded with white. With white jerseys. At the end of the first two minutes, at the end of the first half, I looked at my son, I said, let's do something smart. He said, what? I said, let's go hit Carvel and go home.

[Alan Hahn]

I love.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I love what a dad you are.

[Don La Greca]

That's a way to do it.

[Caller/Guest]

And I said, there's traffic leaving the stadium last week. I said to my sons, look, bet. You know, I've held these tickets all these years because my luck, I would give them up and they win the next year.

[Don La Greca]

See, I told them all the bet.

[Caller/Guest]

I told them to bet the jets to win the super bowl in two years. And when Aaron Glenn gets up on the podium, he's gonna say, we'd like to thank Peter from the Marineck for finally giving up his tickets.

[Don La Greca]

But.

[Alan Hahn]

That'S true.

[Don La Greca]

But, Peter, what you're saying. I said to the guys and, like, remember, Don, when I was saying this and you were just. You. You were laughing at me, but you always felt like the year I finally just say I'm done, is that's what you're afraid of, is I walk away and then. Then they win and I'm like, see, it's. It just. That's what it took. It took me like, I'm holding the franchise back. But, Peter, that's a real emotion when you. When you deal with a losing franchise like this. But look at your Sundays. Look what you put yourself through.

[Alan Hahn]

But I think people need. Need to realize what Peter said it. All right? There used to be a time if you didn't have season tickets, you didn't get into the building. I was growing up. The only thing I could do was go to a ticket agency which rarely had Giant tickets in the 80s.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I remember this.

[Alan Hahn]

Giants were good. Or like my brother and I did for a Giant Cowboy game in 1986. Like, literally just walking in the parking lot, hoping somebody was selling a ticket. Yeah, that was the only way. So season tickets were something very important. It guaranteed you to get into the building. We live in an era now. I don't care how hot the event is, you can find a way. If you're willing to pay, you can find a way to get into the building. And probably not that much more expensive than what you're probably paying for season tickets anyway. So I know these things have been handed down generation to generation. They're left in wills. There's some kind of, like, cosmetic family feel about the season tickets. Like, you feel like you're part of the team, dude, you can get in the building. You can. We. It's so much easier now than it was back in the day. So if you wanted to say, oh, they'll turn around and win the super bowl, if the jets all of a sudden turn around and get good, you'll be able to get into the building. And can we maybe at least get a quarterback before you start worrying about next year? They're going to all of a sudden start to win. It's been 15 straight years, man. I mean, that's exactly our bet in the under.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, exactly. That's exactly it. And so I'm just saying, I know it's hard, and I know it's counter. Maybe there's someone who can do it live on the air with us. Like an exorcism. I would love people to call up and say, no, that I made the decision. I'm not doing it.

[Don La Greca]

We got one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They'll never make this change. They will. The only way that they will make a change is if they looked up and went, yo, for the first year ever, we. We lost 400 and, you know, 50. We lost 2,000. We lost whatever we lost.

[Don La Greca]

Ticket. I saw this with the Islanders in the late 90s because I was covering the team, and I knew a lot of the people, the staffing and the people that had the ticket managers. They would call people, asking them to renew, and they would get hung up on. Hung up on. Because again, at the time, ownership wasn't serious about anything. They weren't winning. They weren't doing anything right. They lost all standard, all. Anything that was connected to the glorious history that they had was gone. And the building itself was old, decrepit, and nobody wanted to invest in it. So it was like, why am I going to this building? It's garbage, and the team stinks. So I'm. No, I'm not. I'm not buying season tickets. And so they had. I mean, I'd be at games with the buildings empty, nobody's there. We used to joke, remember the commercial? The AT&T friends and family, we used to call it, AT&T crowds. And the players, friends and family are the only ones going.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And. And this is what you have to do.

[Don La Greca]

And the only way to send the.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Message is that way, if the jets fill the building every week, they're not making a change.

[Alan Hahn]

But there's something about football season tickets. Again, I'm coming from a Giants perspective, and the Giants are almost there as well, is that my grandfather was a Giants fan. My father was a Giants fan. I'm a Giants fan. My grandfather never thought to buy season tickets because he would go to Yankee Stadium and didn't have to. But let's just say for sake of argument, he did.

[Caller/Guest]

Did.

[Alan Hahn]

And he had season tickets. My dad had them. I had him. Three generations of Giant fan season tickets. I can understand not wanting to part ways with that because it's generational and like I said, people leave them in their wills. It becomes part of the. The family lore, the, you know, the fabric of the family. What would Grandpa think? What would dad think if I canceled these season tickets? A Jet fan and you, and you living through the scenario that I just painted, and your dad and your grandfather are no longer with you. Don't assume they'd be disappointed. They might be looking down in heaven going, what the hell are you still doing buying these tickets? Didn't I teach you anything when I was alive to not set fire to money?

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Alan Hahn]

You're not honoring me, you're disgracing me right now. Cancel them, by the way.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And that's exactly what most people's dads would say. And I remember again, just like I remember where I was in2010 when I got the phone call. I finally got the phone call. Hey, this is so and so from the Washington Redskins. Congratulations. Your name is up on the list. You've been on our list now for 14 years, whatever it is, and we have your season tickets. And I said, well, I'm all set. Wow, I am good to go. And at no point, that was now 15 years ago. @ no point have I been like, oh, I wish I sat around for another 13 years till the owner left, and now we'd start to put together and guess what?

[Don La Greca]

Drop in the tens of thousands that you were going to spend.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And Alan, guess what? I go to a game or two a year I'm good.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, my buddy gets a ticket or I go out of town and buy the one game you. You'll be all right.

[Alan Hahn]

And just also get over the hole that you're not as die hard a fan. No, listen, just suffering and. And going into debt and driving yourself crazy doesn't make you a better fan. All right? Just make sure. I'm not telling you to stop watching the team.

[Don La Greca]

No. But.

[Alan Hahn]

Or stop trying to go.

[Don La Greca]

That's such a commitment to a team that doesn't commit to you.

[Alan Hahn]

Victim.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Being, literally being. Choosing victim.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Choosing to be.

[Alan Hahn]

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[Don La Greca]

Yeah, we got this list.

[Alan Hahn]

We're going to curate it live.

[Don La Greca]

Whoa. We're like, we're like sharing a brain right now.

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[Don La Greca]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[Don La Greca]

Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. We just made a list, buddy. This is the list with Don Hahn and Rosenberg.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, we usually have a list and then the fellas will try to guess or comment on it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sure we do.

[Don La Greca]

Yep.

[Alan Hahn]

But today we decided to take a topic and the three of us in segment will curate this list, get you involved as well at 1-800-919-3776 because there is a wealth of, of opportunities here. What we've decided now you had called it, you know the, the, the Jabroni list.

[Don La Greca]

Where a player winds up.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don La Greca]

And then we, we forgot that he was in Gibroni land.

[Alan Hahn]

Right. So it's a great player. Like oh my God, I can't believe he's on that team.

[Don La Greca]

He wound up wore that jersey. Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Now I've several here. Okay. So I don't know if you want me to start.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, yeah. Should we go around? Why don't you just go around?

[Don La Greca]

Let's go around.

[Alan Hahn]

Why don't we just.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, how about this? And then at the end we'll start and we write it down.

[Alan Hahn]

And we go around.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, we write them down. And then at the end we'll put it together on A list we got.

[Don La Greca]

How about that? Okay, I like it.

[Alan Hahn]

You guys are familiar with the work of Franco Harris, right? Yeah. And hall of Fame running back Steeler.

[Don La Greca]

Yes.

[Alan Hahn]

How about closing out his career in Seattle with the Seahawks?

[Don La Greca]

No, no.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No recollection.

[Don La Greca]

All right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Franco Harris was a Steeler.

[Don La Greca]

Franco. Well, he was a Steeler, but he was a Steeler. I mean.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sorry. He was a Seahawk.

[Don La Greca]

Now he's a Ram.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He's a Charger.

[Don La Greca]

He's a Charger.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I did not remember Seahawk. Franco Harris.

[Alan Hahn]

Are you good?

[Don La Greca]

So.

[Alan Hahn]

All right, that's a good one.

[Don La Greca]

I got it down. So Franco Harris, go ahead.

[Alan Hahn]

Who's next?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm sorry, respectfully. When it's all said and done, and I'm not saying it was even that terrible a thing, but just when you think of how you picture this man, and then knowing that the secondary jersey exists, it just never should have happened, in my opinion. It's Joe Montana on the Chiefs.

[Don La Greca]

Really?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don La Greca]

Listen, it wasn't.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It was.

[Don La Greca]

The Chiefs weren't Jabroni land, though.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Again. But again, it's not about the team being bad.

[Don La Greca]

Oh, I thought it was.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, it's about why I just didn't need this.

[Don La Greca]

He did well.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, he did fine. He did fine. And then when you go back and watch. And when you go back. Exactly. When you go back and watch a highlight of the. When you go back and watch a highlight of Joe Montana's career, how often you see in the Chiefs.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah, you're nothing. Now it's. It's not Jordan. Wizards, though. Jordan. Wizards can't be on the list because Jordan Wizards is the example of the list. Would you say?

[Peter Rosenberg]

But I would say.

[Don La Greca]

Or do we have to put him on the list?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I would say Jordan did as well or better with the Wizards than Montana did. He did.

[Alan Hahn]

I look at the Gibroni.

[Don La Greca]

But didn't Montana get to an AFC championship game?

[Peter Rosenberg]

And he. Jordan will the Wizards. And Jordan will the Wizards to the playoffs.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, but. But I think part of the aging of it is I just said Franco Harris, a Seahawk and Peter, a diehard football fan, didn't even remember.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, fair.

[Alan Hahn]

You remember Montana going to Kansas City. It was a big deal when he went to Kansas City. Went to a championship game with Kansas City. So I can include Montana.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, fair enough.

[Don La Greca]

All right, my turn. I'll. I'll go wheelhouse. I'll do NBA Hakeem Olajuwon as a raptor.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's not a thing that.

[Don La Greca]

That happened.

[Alan Hahn]

That's. I love that one.

[Don La Greca]

That. I don't know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Memory of that.

[Alan Hahn]

Oh, my God. Yeah, that's right up there with.

[Don La Greca]

With.

[Alan Hahn]

With Patrick as a Seattle super.

[Don La Greca]

Well, that. That would.

[Alan Hahn]

Is.

[Don La Greca]

That's an easy one in New York.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So that should be considered a magic. In the same category, should we have Hakeem on the Raptors, Ewing on the Sonics, and Shaq on the Celtics all the same conversation.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, but that's.

[Don La Greca]

But the Elijah one. You remember Shaq on the Celtics, but.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Because it was absurd.

[Don La Greca]

Because it was Shaq and they were good. Well, but you can't. Like, Elijah won't play for the. What? It happened.

[Alan Hahn]

He bounced around so much, though, so it kind of takes a little bit.

[Don La Greca]

Shaq.

[Alan Hahn]

I love the Elijah one.

[Don La Greca]

All right, there's one. Okay, so that's on.

[Alan Hahn]

Now back to me. Everybody's gonna be too young to remember any of this, but it did happen. Johnny Unitis as a charger, last season of his career, 1973.

[Don La Greca]

Didn't even know the Chargers existed.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don La Greca]

When he played.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Didn't know the Chargers existed. Didn't know he was on that team. That's another good one.

[Don La Greca]

By. That is a very good one. You'd have to really. You'd have to Google that one to get a photo. Peter, you're up next.

[Alan Hahn]

You'll find it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, I'm going to go ahead again and keep this in the not so wacky department. But, like, I'm. I'm betting on where history is going to take it. The Aaron Rodgers jets jersey is going to be a joke of epic proportion.

[Don La Greca]

That or the farve one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But the far release. He was. You could say it was good.

[Don La Greca]

But. Yeah, but he was here for a minute.

[Peter Rosenberg]

11 games and.

[Don La Greca]

And it ended very poorly.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Very, very bad.

[Don La Greca]

That was a lot of games. He sent pictures of Richard.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Apparently Richard in Manhattan was sent.

[Alan Hahn]

There was a picture of Dick York sent.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, but like. But every. Everybody's gonna remember that he was there. Like, that won't be. It was such an epic fail. It won't ever be forgotten.

[Don La Greca]

No, that can't be forgotten. Tearing your Achilles in the first game. That feels like one. That wouldn't be. I didn't know he played for them.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sure. I get it.

[Don La Greca]

You mean 30 years from now?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I. No, no. And. But also. Yes. We're kind of coming up with on the fly what this means. If it's. You remember that it happens. No, it doesn't fit. If it's epic fail. You tore your Achilles on the first series. Could it be any worse?

[Don La Greca]

That's Jabroni land though. Yes. Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Could it be any worse than you. Hold on, hold on.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't care for it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, that's fine. I made this up. But like you can't just say it's about. The only, the only part in it is not simply you don't remember.

[Don La Greca]

All right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's also epic fail.

[Don La Greca]

You're trying, but you're over two. I'm giving you a for effort. That's fine, but you're over two.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't, I don't care what you wanted it.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah, no, no, you're in, but you're, you're out. All right, my next one is Mike Piazza with the Oakland A's. Oh, don't remember anyone remember him on the Oakland A. 2007.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Don't remember this either.

[Alan Hahn]

Also Padre.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah, he was a lot of things after, after his Mets time, but that's. Is that not all right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Because there are so many guys this, this could be a thousand long.

[Don La Greca]

But not like we got to come up with. We got to come up with the most because I've got one more baseball one that also I had no idea.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Because the Elijah one one jumps out at you because he's such an uni one too that you go, oh my God, I don't remember this at all.

[Don La Greca]

Right. This guy's a Hall of Fame legend. They play for the Raptors and no one remembers it.

[Alan Hahn]

That is a great one though. I, I, I, I.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let's consider, we'll consider.

[Don La Greca]

So Piazza, you're, you're sort of like consider.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We consider.

[Don La Greca]

I mean, as an a consider.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay, how about Marty Brodeur is a Blue.

[Don La Greca]

Oh, that was short lived, wasn't it?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Very sad to even think about that is a bit sad.

[Don La Greca]

That's. Yeah. He ended up working for them. Right, right, Donnie.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah. Well, that was the whole thing because he realized there was no place for management wise with the Devils and there was like an opening with the Blues. So he went to St. Louis, played that last season. I think he won. He won a few games, had a few shutouts. But still just odd.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah, no, that, that he should have like certain players should never wear another jersey. He was one of them. And yet he did.

[Alan Hahn]

Yes. Kind of like what Hank. If Hank had ever played for the Capitals.

[Don La Greca]

Right.

[Alan Hahn]

In the same thing. He never played. But he was going to heart ailment.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Never played. But imagine him in a capital uniform.

[Don La Greca]

Oh God, no. It wouldn't make sense.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, you know what? Maybe you guys will debate and say, oh, he's actually half Decent there. But I'm sorry. Emmett Smith on the Cardinals was repugnant.

[Don La Greca]

That's a great one. There you go. You redeemed yourself. That's a good one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Emmett Smith on the Cardinals was disgusting.

[Alan Hahn]

Did he break the rushing record as a Cardinal?

[Don La Greca]

As a Cardinal, yes. He did.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Good.

[Don La Greca]

Yes, he did. That's very sad.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It shouldn't have ever happened.

[Don La Greca]

That's a really good one.

[Alan Hahn]

That's a good.

[Don La Greca]

Peter.

[Alan Hahn]

That's a good one.

[Don La Greca]

Look at you right back in it.

[Alan Hahn]

Look at yourself.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thank you, kids.

[Don La Greca]

All right, I gotta. I got a baseball one. I got a. I got a basketball one. Which one you want up.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But give them both. Yeah.

[Don La Greca]

By the way. Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Live your life.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah. All right. My baseball one, Ken Griffey Jr. As a white sock.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's nasty.

[Don La Greca]

That's 41 games.

[Alan Hahn]

That's very good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

41 games is a white.

[Don La Greca]

How about that one? Ken Griffey Jr. The kid.

[Alan Hahn]

I forgotten about that.

[Don La Greca]

All right, terrific. The basketball one, Allen Iverson as a grizzly.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I. So, okay.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know, it's not as bad.

[Don La Greca]

Who remembers that?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I do, because I remember all of them. They were all so bad.

[Don La Greca]

He was at the end, like, there was no. There was.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, it happened so fast.

[Don La Greca]

No tread on the tire.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Where all of a sudden the Nuggets and the Grizzlies.

[Don La Greca]

Well, yeah, he got traded. He got traded. How did that go? He went from Philly to Denver and then from Denver to, like, Detroit. Right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And then.

[Don La Greca]

And then. And then he ended up with. With Memphis.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's a bad one.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But not as bad as. As Ken Griffey Jr.

[Don La Greca]

But Griffey Jr. For a half.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's on for a quarter.

[Don La Greca]

Quarter of a season.

[Alan Hahn]

My buddy Mark sent this one to me, talking about, like, milestones in a jersey. Like, with Emmett Smith as a Cardinal breaking the rushing record. Wade Boggs, do you remember where he got his 3000th hit?

[Don La Greca]

Raise with the Ray. Yes.

[Alan Hahn]

Wade Boggs array.

[Don La Greca]

Yes. That's.

[Alan Hahn]

That not great, Bob. How about. And how about this? He bounced around a little bit, but this one, he stuck it. Actually had a couple of decent seasons. Jerry Rice, a Seahawks.

[Don La Greca]

Oh, yeah. Wait, he. Where else was he? The Raiders.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But he was successful. But he was super bowl at the.

[Alan Hahn]

Raiders, went to a Super bowl, lost to the. To the Buccaneers. And then he was in Bronco camp and got cut.

[Don La Greca]

Yep.

[Alan Hahn]

He would not give it up, man. You got to respect that.

[Don La Greca]

Does it diminish if you weren't on a team for your whole career and then ended up in Some random place.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, that's what makes it.

[Don La Greca]

That's like Piazza is an example. That's what I'm saying. Because Piazza was Dodger. That meant.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, Gary Carter's like that. Know Carter was. Well, he was a Giant and a Dodger late in his career. Strawberry was a Giant. It's. It's just.

[Don La Greca]

Jabroni land is where it's like he's on a team that you're like, what the hell was he doing there?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Happened here a couple.

[Don La Greca]

Dwayne Wade is a Cav. Is a good one too.

[Peter Rosenberg]

A couple of sad ones from my life. Don't know if it'll register for everybody else, but Donovan McNabb is a Redskin.

[Alan Hahn]

Is.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is pretty awful. I don't know if you guys remember how bad that was. It was bad.

[Don La Greca]

I only remember.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How about this? This is going old school. NFC East. Do you know that when he got like, when he. He. Like. I forget which receiving club he joined. How many receptions. It was a thousand or whatever. Some crazy reception club. The great Henry Ellert was on the Redskins. Do you know that? The Red.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, there's so many of them, right? Dion was a Redskin. Bruce was a Redskin.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah. Bruce is a Redskins not great. Dion is a Redskins bad. Dion is a Ravens bad.

[Don La Greca]

So if we're putting. We have Michael Jordan as a Wizard is random. That's Jabroni win.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, that's. It's not supposed to happen.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah. Joe Namath on the Rams is Jabroni.

[Alan Hahn]

That's Jabroni land, by the way.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's.

[Don La Greca]

That's. So those, to me, have to be one and two.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, I. I think they have to.

[Don La Greca]

Be because they're superstars that were like, what are you doing?

[Peter Rosenberg]

And synonymous with one team.

[Don La Greca]

It makes it even worse, I think.

[Alan Hahn]

I think Brodeur with the blues has to be somewhere on the list.

[Don La Greca]

You want to fight for that one?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Was Brodeur on the. On the blues, by the way, it was. Those his only two teams?

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's his career. See, to me, that is what it's all about.

[Don La Greca]

All right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

You could have. You could have just finished the career, but you went for one more.

[Don La Greca]

Emmett Smith, Cardinals. Feels it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Feels it feels like it's up there.

[Don La Greca]

And then like with the rest of these, you gotta fight. If we're doing only five, the Franco Harris, Hakeem Olajuwon, Wade Boggs and Ken Griffey, they're all. I like.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I. I think I like Griffey.

[Don La Greca]

You want Griffey?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think Griffey is so synonymous with the Mariners to even picture red, too. But he was a red. He does have many years with the red, so. But it's still. But a white sock. That happened.

[Don La Greca]

It happened.

[Alan Hahn]

Colby does remind us that Emmett did break the record as a cowboy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It was a cowboy.

[Alan Hahn]

He did.

[Don La Greca]

No, he did. It was something that happened with the car.

[Alan Hahn]

I thought he did. I. I agree with you. I thought there was something significant.

[Peter Rosenberg]

By the way, it's possibly. There's more than one thing he could have.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Don La Greca]

All right, so if we have Namath.

[Alan Hahn]

Jordan, Brodeur, Griffith, Unitis.

[Don La Greca]

Well, Emmett Smith, Unitis. Hakeem.

[Alan Hahn]

I gotta get Akeem in there.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, we forgot that.

[Don La Greca]

All right, so that's five, Hakeem. I mean, Elijah one has a Raptor. Mind boggling.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Did he have any others or.

[Don La Greca]

No, No, I don't believe. I don't believe.

[Alan Hahn]

So.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He was just in Houston and then went briefly to Toronto and called it a career.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah. Jake, are you checking that I. Because I don't remember him ever wearing another jersey. He played almost his whole career in Houston.

[Alan Hahn]

Yep.

[Don La Greca]

College and pro.

[Alan Hahn]

17 years with the Rockets and a year with the Raptors.

[Don La Greca]

A year with the Raptors, by the way.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's insane, too. He went to college there, too.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What do you think about that? It's his entire life. Let me just do. Let's see. Let me just do 61 games real quick in Toronto. Call it a career then.

[Don La Greca]

You know, that might have been expiring contract day, where they just trade you because you're expiring. Like, that's how Ewing ended up in. In Seattle.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He scored, you know, Hakeem in that last year. All right, seven points.

[Don La Greca]

This is a. This is a very tough list. That's tough, right? That's when it's like, you know what? I don't want to play you. Why? You are. Your career shouldn't have a year like this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And by the way, the previous two years, he was injured.

[Alan Hahn]

He really.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He had not played a complete season. Starting in 97, 98, he couldn't play more than half a year. And his numbers were 16 points, 18 points, 10 points, 11 points. You could have called it there and said, he goes, let me play one more year. Go to Toronto and score seven again.

[Alan Hahn]

You do have to love guys that just don't want.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They love the game.

[Alan Hahn]

A red.

[Don La Greca]

So remember, yeah, that Tom Seaver was a red Sock. That. That's also one. But that doesn't feel jabroni.

[Alan Hahn]

Let's talk about sad Tom Seaver, one of the greatest players ever, right?

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Up until recently with. With Mo, he had the highest percentage going into the hall of Fame, Right. And he's on the Red Sox in 86. But he's not active. He's in uniform in the dugout because he's Tom Seaver. But he wasn't active for the World Series. I mean, you deserve better than that, right?

[Don La Greca]

Yeah, you know, that's. If you think about it, he's got to be honorable mention on this list. If he's not in the top five, Derek in Brooklyn has one that I didn't even think of. Derek.

[Caller/Guest]

What's going on, guys?

[Don La Greca]

What's happening? Good, dude.

[Caller/Guest]

Scotty Pippin on the Blazers, and I am a Portland native. And when he came to the Blazers, that was. You know, that was a thing. But it was also just kind of a sad death.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I thought about it.

[Don La Greca]

It was a. You know, it was definitely a weird look. That was a good team. Yeah, but that was a great team at that point.

[Caller/Guest]

It was just like seeing him. Like I said, I was a Blazers fan. It was dead.

[Don La Greca]

But seeing him in that.

[Alan Hahn]

Cheers, guys.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, he was a Rocket.

[Don La Greca]

Okay. That's right. These guys. That's crazy. All right. That's a good one, Derek. Thank you.

[Alan Hahn]

Very good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But the thing is. But the thing is, I. He was too good. Like, he wasn't incredible in Portland, but he was a really solid.

[Don La Greca]

No, no, that was. They were a good team. They got him because they were trying. They thought they could win. And one more here. Steve in Middle Village has two names for the list. Let's see if we forgot anyone. Good, Steve.

[Caller/Guest]

I got a couple, and I was thinking about it while I was online. I have a suggestion for another list.

[Don La Greca]

All right.

[Caller/Guest]

First is Babe Ruth. Ended his career with the Boston Braves and hit his 714th with the Braves. Willie Mays as a Met. I loved it because I was 20 years old. I remember it. I'm a Yankee fan. He was just a great New York story. I remember when they retired his. His number with the Mets. And a lot of the people who are younger than me. Hell, everybody's younger than me. I'm 72 years old. A lot of the Mets fans are saying, why did we have to retire his number? Blah, blah, blah. But that's one. I also thought, Don, of one for you, which would be perfect that our friends used to. My friends used to joke about pick out a list, the best Mets by position based on their career stats, not just with the Mets. So you have to include Yogi Berra.

[Don La Greca]

Oh, yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay.

[Caller/Guest]

Duke Snyder.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, you'd have a bunch of them. Yeah.

[Caller/Guest]

And of course, Willie Mays. Anyway. What's that?

[Don La Greca]

Nolan Ryan.

[Alan Hahn]

Nolan Ryan.

[Caller/Guest]

Oh, Jesus. Yes.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, that. That.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is that not great.

[Don La Greca]

That's a summer list.

[Alan Hahn]

Huge endeavor.

[Don La Greca]

I love that. That's a summer. We know what.

[Alan Hahn]

This is such a good one.

[Don La Greca]

That this is fun. Thank you, Steve. All right, so there's our list again. Number one, Michael Jordan, Wizards. Number two, Joe Namath, Rams. Number three, Ken Griffey Jr. With the White Sox. Number four, Hakeem Olajuwon with the Raptors. And number five, Martin Brodeur, the St. Louis Blues.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How is Emmett? Knocked off the sun.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, yeah. That's interesting.

[Don La Greca]

It's who you take it out.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You taking out?

[Don La Greca]

Who are you taking out?

[Alan Hahn]

Top five. Top five.

[Don La Greca]

These are all jerseys that the only one that you could probably find today is the Michael Jordan Wizards jersey. Just because it's Michael Jordan, right?

[Alan Hahn]

There were plenty Michael Jordan, Right.

[Don La Greca]

That's about it. But that's the list. Who you taking?

[Alan Hahn]

Fun. I like the way we changed up the format a little bit.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It was a vibe.

[Don La Greca]

I think it was more fun this way. No, I loved it. All right, if you loved it, let us know. 800 now, 193776. If we forgot something, of course, let us know. You're really good at that. At telling us when we forgot. I do want to remind YouTube TV customers that you could lose ESPN and the sports you love, you could lose ESPN. Think about this. No college football. No college game day. No Monday night football. No NBA. No college basketball. And way more than that, of course. Gotta take action if you want to go. To keep my networks.com so you can keep ESPN.

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[Don La Greca]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[Don La Greca]

Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. So the tweets are coming in fast and furious. Peter, have you been monitoring the YouTube channel. Some really good suggestions. Here's one Don. We didn't think of Brian Leach on the Bruins and. Or Maple Leaves.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, that was jarring.

[Don La Greca]

And speaking of the blues, when Gretzky went to the blues.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, that was.

[Don La Greca]

That was random. Then there's one here in New York that. I mean I was. I can't believe I didn't think of this one. Tracy McGrady was a Nick.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don La Greca]

He finished the season. They. They got him as an expiring contract. He finished the season. What? I can't remember the season exactly, but he had nothing left. Of course.

[Peter Rosenberg]

One of the chat just said Alonzo Morning as a net. Oh yeah, that's rough.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, that's rough for everybody.

[Don La Greca]

That's crazy.

[Alan Hahn]

I mean it's somebody on somebody. Also on social media, Peter Tony Parker is a Hornet.

[Don La Greca]

Yes. That happened too.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's insane. That shouldn't be allowed.

[Don La Greca]

That's wild. You could though when it comes to like great players. Peter and I were doing this great players who played for the Knicks after.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They were great in the teens. Particularly unreal team. You could put the whole decade.

[Don La Greca]

Baron Davis and Jason Kidd is your backcourt. Tracy McGrady is your three. Rasheed Wallace is your four. And there was one more.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They were literally the team was compiled of just Kenya.

[Don La Greca]

Kenya Martin isn't. Yeah. I'm talking about like super.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Like they were the whole team was that.

[Alan Hahn]

That.

[Don La Greca]

This is a fun game to play, but we hope everybody enjoyed it. I want to get some calls in here before we get to Ennis 6.

[Peter Rosenberg]

By the way, Matt Ryan is a cult. Was pretty repug too.

[Don La Greca]

Oh wow. I was short lived. Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Remember that he ended his career on the Colts.

[Don La Greca]

Very random. And again it's, it's. We're not doing like somebody suggested Ray Bork as an Avalanche. But it's like. But he, he was traded there to win a cup and they won a.

[Alan Hahn]

Cup and nobody, nobody doesn't remember him as an Avalanche.

[Don La Greca]

Right. Like it's not a gibroni land when it's like what is he doing there?

[Alan Hahn]

That's why Joe Montana to me wasn't Japan.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

I wasn't buying Neil when he went to Kansas City.

[Don La Greca]

Peter saved himself later. He did save himself.

[Alan Hahn]

I think we all did. Well.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah. But you know what I was thinking I said this to Anthony Don. This isn't changing teams, but it's changing jerseys. Joe Sakic in a Quebec Quebec Nordiques jersey is still like. Doesn't make sense. Right. But it did happen. But it didn't make sense. Anthony's on Long island, wants to add to the list. Anthony. Hey, guys.

[Caller/Guest]

I came into the segment halfway, but so I hope I'm not repeating it, but Antonio Brown to the Raiders.

[Alan Hahn]

Pretty gross.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, well, nothing ever happened too. He like got there and couldn't really play.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Now guys, if you were going to buy any of these.

[Alan Hahn]

Jeremiah Brown as a buck. That's, that's one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, that too.

[Alan Hahn]

If you were.

[Peter Rosenberg]

If you were going to buy.

[Don La Greca]

Took the jersey off.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. And left the stadium. If you were going to buy any of these items, let's say on Amazon.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah, sure.

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[Don La Greca]

Nick in Del Mar. This is a good one. Good Nick.

[Caller/Guest]

What's up, guys? So do any of you remember where Reggie White ended his career? He only played one year.

[Peter Rosenberg]

There some somewhere post Green Bay. I don't remember.

[Don La Greca]

He was, he was what? Eagles and Green Bay. Green Bay.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Caller/Guest]

He's known for Eagles in Green Bay. The final year of his career was played with the Carolina Panthers.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's, that's, that's Jaboni.

[Don La Greca]

That's Jeff Rooneyland.

[Alan Hahn]

That's a terrific one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's, that's fantastic. That's definitely because he was iconic on both teams. You know, being great with the Eagles, winning the super bowl with the packers and then wow.

[Alan Hahn]

Totally forgot about.

[Don La Greca]

Does that knock anybody off?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, it's up there. It's, it's, that's very, very.

[Don La Greca]

It's making a push.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah. Wow.

[Don La Greca]

That's. Excellent job, Nick. Thank you. Juicy is on Route 17. And he's got a business proposition. Or he or she. It's juicy, so we don't know for Don. Guys.

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, what's up, fellas? Hey, Don. I don't expect you to remember, but the day that you got the job, I'm sure, was a whirlwind of emotions. I was, like, the fourth person to call, and I'm not the first. And I'll always be sorry for that. I want to be the first to congratulate you. Now, when I called, I said, welcome to forever, and I meant that because I. I want you to know that you're our guy, and I want you to know that we care deeply about you. And recently, there's been some Don McGregor merch, and I don't know if legally I'm allowed to say the name of the company that made the Pitchfork sweatshirt. Am I allowed to?

[Alan Hahn]

Why not?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sure.

[Caller/Guest]

It's called athlete logos.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay.

[Caller/Guest]

So what I would love for them to do is to make a match to your friend's charity. I can't remember the name of the charity right now. What was it for?

[Alan Hahn]

Mark Sasso. Yeah.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah. So I believe that there should be a portion of the sales. They should make a donation. And if they don't want to do that, I would ask that if you could share some information about that, because I spent, like, 46 bucks on the hoodie. I would love to make a contribution to that charity because I know it's so close to you, and I want you to know how much we care about you because you are our guy, and it means so much to us. That heater that we were on, dude, you're there with us, and it's the emotion, and it means so much to us. We don't get a lot of love in this market, and I understand the team that plays at the train station, whatever they are, but we're here for you, and we're in this together, and we want. We want you to know how much we care about.

[Don La Greca]

Yeah. What a call.

[Alan Hahn]

That means a lot.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That certainly means a lot.

[Don La Greca]

That's what we're talking all this whirlwind.

[Alan Hahn]

To is going the best way to describe it. But like, Anthony, you've been in touch with the company. Didn't they. They've talked about.

[Don La Greca]

So I.

[Alan Hahn]

Something like that. Right.

[Don La Greca]

By the way, Don, it's in a box on my desk waiting for you. The shirts are here, and they're awesome, and I did thank them for it, and they said that they'd love to get in touch with you. On the possibility of whether it be. Whether it's splitting profits or donating to a charity of your choice. So they certainly seem open to giving some of the proceeds to a charity of your choice. And the Sasso softball. Not that charity, but the Sasso charity, I think would be perfect.

[Alan Hahn]

Absolutely would be perfect. So it's like I said, it's been a whirlwind. I'm on the road right now. This all kind of happens so fast. I don't need to, to split any profits. I'd love to see it go to the Sasso family. But that, that, to hear that, that's great, man. I. This has been just an absolute dream. And the fact that the fans are responding to it is awesome. Helps when you win eight in a row.

[Don La Greca]

It also helps, though. It's been terrific when you call things like this.

[Alan Hahn]

Don't look now. It's now a 5:3 game. Still here in the second period and the devil's looking for more.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Here comes Hughes with Pad and Brett.

[Don La Greca]

Brad Hughes score. Only the beginning. Don legreco. Only the beginning. Thanks for listening to the Don Han and Rosenberg podcast.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't want to know how the.

[Don La Greca]

Sausage is made, but 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.