Hour 4: Cashman's Coffee & ASG Ratings

Summary

Don, Hahn & Rosenberg (ESPN New York)

Hour 4: Cashman's Coffee & ASG Ratings

February 17, 2026

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Episode Overview

This hour brings together hosts Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg, and Michael Kay (filling in) for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of New York sports headlines, the NBA All-Star Game ratings bump, insider stories about media personalities, and plenty of personal anecdotes—with trademark banter and humor. Key topics include the viral Brian Cashman Starbucks coffee order, analysis of All-Star Game ratings and scheduling, Mets leadership dynamics, content creation in sports media, and listener interactions with stories from the hosts’ pasts.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. The Viral Brian Cashman Starbucks Coffee Order

[01:55 - 03:20]

• Michael Kay describes his experience trying Yankees GM Brian Cashman’s famously extravagant Starbucks order—venti cup, vanilla cold foam, and four vanilla syrup shots.
• Quote:
  “I’m now diabetic because I don’t know if you’ve seen what’s in this thing… It was delicious. But calling it coffee feels like a bit of a stretch.”
  — Michael Kay [02:02]
• Kay rates it “10 out of 10” but jokes about the health implications.
• The hosts riff on the social media response, noting the creativity of Yankees fans reacting to the tweet.
• Quote:
  “If it’s not a 10 out of 10, I’m putting it on the 60 Day IL.”
  — Michael Kay, linking Cashman’s order to baseball terminology [03:07]
• Discussion turns to how content like this fits into the broader “content creator” environment in sports media.
• Quote:
  “As content creators who get a lot of heat from media gatekeepers… we’re just trying to operate in this space.”
  — Ryan Ruocco [03:21]

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2. NBA All-Star Game Ratings: Why This Year Was Different

[05:01 - 07:02]

• Noting the NBA All-Star Game drew its highest ratings since 2011 (8.8M), topping MLB (7.2M) and NFL’s Pro Bowl (2M).
• Factors in the TV bump: competitive play, heavy NBC promotion, Olympic tie-in, and scheduling before prime time.
• Quote:
  “Competitiveness matters. And it was way more competitive than it’s been in years… people knew where to find it.”
  — Michael Kay [05:56]
• Discussion of whether timing (5PM vs. 7PM start) affects viewership, with anecdotal evidence about audience attention and engagement.
• Banter about the challenges of programming and sports television in different time zones.

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3. The “Side Piece” Metaphor & Locker Room Chemistry

[07:24 - 09:41]

• Joking about being “the side piece” in relationships as a metaphor for sports roles and responsibility.
• Quote:
  “You would think it’s the great position because you’re not the one relied upon… but when that first option goes down, you gotta carry the slack.”
  — Bart Scott [07:40]
• The segment humorously transitions to discussions about the hosts’ love lives and the Stephen A. Smith approach to privacy.

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4. Mets, Lindor, Soto, and the Captaincy Debate

[13:10 - 16:11]

• Discussion of Mets owner Steve Cohen’s public stance: there will never be a Mets captain while he owns the team.
• Quote:
  “As long as I’m owning the team, there will never be a team captain.”
  — Steve Cohen (quoted by Michael Kay) [13:17]
• Debate over the Lindor-Soto relationship and why Lindor didn’t become captain: internal clubhouse tension, especially with Brandon Nimmo, ultimately led to abandoning the captaincy idea.
• Quote:
  “It just feels like clearly there was some tension there… but at the end of the day, doesn’t matter if they win.”
  — Michael Kay [15:45]
• Agreement that if Juan Soto hadn’t joined, Lindor would have been named captain.

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5. The Dark Side of Sports Media & Social Feedback

[19:13 - 20:47]

• Exploration of the overwhelmingly negative nature of sports social media and Reddit fandom, countered by the rare positive interactions during this broadcast.
• Quote:
  “Usually social media is overwhelmingly negative. So the fact that there are some nice comments, you’ll take it…”
  — Michael Kay [19:20]

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6. High School Antics and Sports Fandom

[20:54 - 25:19]

• Caller “Danny from Long Island” recalls being a security supervisor at Jake Asman’s (co-host) high school, noting the student BMW situation—a metaphor for Long Island privilege.
• Michael Kay shares how he was suspended for running a parody Twitter account about a biology teacher in the early days of Twitter.
• Quote:
  “I got suspended for making a parody Twitter account about my whack job biology teacher.”
  — Michael Kay [23:09]
• The segment loops back with sports connections, noting the last time the Jets made the playoffs was also the year of his suspension.
• Banter about the correlation and how Kay might “take one for the team” by getting suspended again if it helps the Jets reach the playoffs.

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7. Show Closer:

[25:57 - End]

• Fun speculation on how to get suspended from your own show (in response to suspensions received in school), with jokes about showing one’s bare backside on YouTube.
• Quote:
  “Show bare ass to the YouTube cameras, you can get you suspended.”
  — Ryan Ruocco [25:57]
• The energy remains light with shoutouts to producers and the expectation that DHR will return tomorrow with more of the same engaging energy.

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Notable Quotes

• “I’m now diabetic because I don’t know if you’ve seen what’s in this thing… It was delicious. But calling it coffee feels like a bit of a stretch.”
  — Michael Kay on Cashman’s coffee [02:02]
• “Competitiveness matters. And it was way more competitive than it’s been in years… people knew where to find it.”
  — Michael Kay on ASG ratings [05:56]
• “You would think it’s the great position because… you’re not relied upon. But the problem is, when that first option goes down… you gotta carry the slack.”
  — Bart Scott on “the side piece” [07:40]
• “As long as I’m owning the team, there will never be a team captain.”
  — Steve Cohen (via Michael Kay) [13:17]
• “I got suspended for making a parody Twitter account about my whack job biology teacher.”
  — Michael Kay [23:09]
• “Show bare ass to the YouTube cameras, you can get you suspended.”
  — Ryan Ruocco [25:57]

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

• The conversation balances real sports insight with offbeat, self-deprecating humor.
• Inside stories (Cashman’s coffee order, Mets captain debate) provide a uniquely New York perspective.
• The “relatability” of the hosts shines as they openly discuss both media challenges and personal experiences—making the episode accessible and entertaining for listeners even in a slow sports news cycle.

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Timestamps Quick Reference

• Cashman coffee order & fan response: [01:55–03:20]
• NBA ASG ratings analysis: [05:01–07:02]
• “Side piece” & responsibility metaphor: [07:24–09:41]
• Mets captaincy & Lindor/Soto dynamics: [13:10–16:11]
• Sports media & Reddit/social feedback: [19:13–20:47]
• Danny the caller & Kay’s school suspension story: [20:54–25:19]
• Closing banter & suspension jokes: [25:57–end]

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For listeners and fans, this hour is vintage DHR: a blend of smart sports analysis, inside gossip, and fun banter that makes New York sports radio irresistible—even when the actual sports headlines are thin.

Transcript

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[Michael Kay]

Starbucks. The Cashman order.

[Ryan Ruocco]

The Cash COD okay, so give us some more information about this. Give us the recap.

[Michael Kay]

Well, I'm now diabetic because I don't know if you've seen what's in this thing, but this was one of the most absurd coffee orders, if we're even still calling it coffee I've ever seen. I mean, it's a venti cup with vanilla cold foam and four vanilla syrup shots in there. It's like a milkshake almost. It's not even coffee. I don't know how Brian Cashman does this. If this is a regular order, maybe first day of spring training, it's something he does, but it is. Calling it coffee doesn't feel like you're actually drinking coffee at that point. There was so much foam. When I was done with it, vanilla foam at the bottom of the cup, it felt like I was drinking a milkshake. It was delicious. But calling it coffee feels like a bit of a stretch.

[Ryan Ruocco]

How was it?

[Michael Kay]

It was good. Honestly, it was really good. I just. I don't think I would get it. Because you will be diabetic by the end of the drink.

[Ryan Ruocco]

10 out of 10 though.

[Michael Kay]

You gave it 10 out of 10. World Series caliber. Payroll was high, but the results delivered.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Interesting. I love what you did there.

[Michael Kay]

Well, the initial tweet was just spent 947 on Brian Cash coffee order. If it's not a 10 out of 10, I'm putting it on the 60 Day Il. So I figured the follow up had to be something baseball related. So I did my best.

[Ryan Ruocco]

That's a good job you did there.

[Michael Kay]

Thank you.

[Ryan Ruocco]

As content creators who get a lot of heat from some of the media gatekeepers, not big fans of content creators, but we're just trying to, you know, operate in this space and do what we can to contribute to. What do we want to call it? The. The environment.

[Michael Kay]

You know what's funny about the tweet?

[Ryan Ruocco]

The environment. The content creator environment.

[Michael Kay]

You're right, by the way. We're just trying to create content here.

[Bart Scott]

I get it. But there are some content creators you see, and you just like hustling. Oh, come on, man. Like, what do we do? Like the one guy at the restaurant that dances every time he gets a plate of food.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Like, oh, yeah, that's ridiculous.

[Bart Scott]

I know he's a good guy. He's probably not a bad guy as far as I'm concerned or like I've seen. But it's something about just being in a restaurant with other people. You're dancing, acting a fool, and I'm just trying to sit here and enjoy my meal.

[Michael Kay]

567 bookmarks of the tweet because people could clearly see from my tweet, akeasmon, if you want to see it for yourself, the full ingredients on the cup. People could say what Brian Cashman had in his Starbucks cup when he reported the spring training and the cameras caught him. Like, it was like a player showing up to like a big game. You know, when they roll the cameras and the players are coming in and.

[Ryan Ruocco]

People didn't love the outfit that he was wearing.

[Michael Kay]

People giving Cash a hard time for that. Some of my mentions were very funny. Yankee fans were very funny. Did it taste like running it back? It's on Brian. If it's a 7 out of 10, but anything above that's a crapshoot. Just too many variables to guarantee a 10 out of 10.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Oh, I like this. Good.

[Michael Kay]

The creativ of the Yankee fan on X over the weekend responding to this tweet. I was laughing at many of the responses.

[Ryan Ruocco]

It's a crapshoot. Shout out to NBC and the NBA because the All Star Game averaged 8.8 million viewers across NBC, Peacock and Telemundo, per Nielsen. It's the largest NBA all star audience since 2011. Now I think if I remember correctly, Jacob, that's the LeBron Kobe game where Bron's got a chance to win it for the East. Colby's guarding him and like embrace the challenge. He's like slapping the floor like he wanted the smoke. And then Bron passed it, I think to Melo. It got turned over and Kobe was really disappointed in LeBron. So I think that's the All Star Game, but largest NBA all star since 2011, which tops baseball's all star game of 7.2 million on Fox. And then the NFL gave you 2 million on ESPN. So pretty successful weekend for Adam Silver in the NBA.

[Michael Kay]

Just shows you a couple things. One, competitiveness matters. And it was way more competitive than it's been in years. And you and I talked about this before the show, but I think the fact that it was on NBC and it had been heavily promoted and all the Olympic broadcasts, people knew where to find it and knew it was going to be on before the primetime slate on Sunday, the day before. Many people around the country didn't have work, so people were able to plan out and watch it. I think because of that, I think the early start, instead of doing it at 8, doing it at 5, I think it actually helped draw more people in.

[Ryan Ruocco]

And I was actually going to ask you the the other way, like could this number have been higher if we are not getting 5 o' clock starts like on a Saturday and a Sunday.

[Michael Kay]

But that's a good time if you think about it, because for the NFL, typically the highest rated game of the week is either the Sunday night game or the 4:30 late window, either on CBS or Fox.

[Ryan Ruocco]

But I just think that because you saw all of the snapshots of the attendance and it was a disaster on Friday night, the early part of the Saturday festivities. Because it's two o' clock in la.

[Michael Kay]

Right. But eyeballs.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Yeah, I'm saying eyeballs. Yeah. But I just wonder if this game's.

[Michael Kay]

That's what the league cares about.

[Ryan Ruocco]

7 o' clock. Like, if you're giving this thing at 7 o' clock on Saturday night and 7pm on Sunday, I think it does a higher number. Jacob said he. He was napping on Saturday. He had no idea this was happening.

[Michael Kay]

Well, Jacob's tough to use because, you know, this man lives a life where he's working different hours. He's got the side women, as we learned. So he's got to work around their schedule.

[Ryan Ruocco]

He's the side piece.

[Michael Kay]

He's got to get sleep when he could find it.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Jacob's the side piece.

[Michael Kay]

He might be.

[Bart Scott]

I honestly might be.

[Ryan Ruocco]

But isn't that, like. I don't want to say ideal, but like, some people like that spot being the side piece because you don't get all the responsibility of being the main piece.

[Bart Scott]

It's crazy because you. You would think that it's the great position to be because you know what? You're not the one. You're not the one relied upon. Heavy like you. Like, when guys need you. That's it. But the problem is when that first option goes down and you're second up, you gotta. You gotta carry the slack.

[Ryan Ruocco]

When you get promoted from interim, this.

[Bart Scott]

Is not the job I wanted.

[Ryan Ruocco]

You're Bo Bichette. You're protecting Juan Soto. Can you handle this responsibility? Juan Soto gets hurt. Now you're our cleanup guy. Now you're our number three hole. It's difficult. Which you would know about, right? Or you wouldn't know about now that you're in a relationship.

[Michael Kay]

I would know how to be the side piece or not.

[Ryan Ruocco]

You wouldn't know about that because you have a relationship.

[Michael Kay]

I've done it all, man. I'm back to the game.

[Ryan Ruocco]

I get this feeling he doesn't want to talk about his girl.

[Michael Kay]

I don't know if there's much to talk about. I'm a bachelor friend.

[Ryan Ruocco]

What's her name?

[Michael Kay]

I don't want to disclose public information here. See, the more. The more I talk, then the more you have on me.

[Bart Scott]

Cj, don't fall into this trap.

[Michael Kay]

See, I've learned. I've learned lessons from listening to you over the years on this station. The Dave Rothenberg special, they entered him. I've seen it.

[Ryan Ruocco]

So I just think that two things are true. Like, Kyle Herd uses this. Like, sometimes the audience wants to see you bleed. The second thing is, they want to find you relatable.

[Michael Kay]

Oh, they know I'm relatable. They've heard me talk about any of my teams. But.

[Ryan Ruocco]

But outside of sports.

[Michael Kay]

Yes.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Like, what's the Information you're giving us that makes you relatable.

[Michael Kay]

Oh, there's tons. I mean, do you need advice on what to order at Chipotle? I will.

[Ryan Ruocco]

No, we want to talk about your love life.

[Michael Kay]

And I'll talk about it when there's things to discuss, things to fit in, weave in a little bit.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Are you trying to protect the asset using your pusick?

[Michael Kay]

Trying to use my asbid here. All right, this is my brain I'm referring to.

[Ryan Ruocco]

So here's what I'm wondering. Is it that you don't want the single ladies out there to know you're in a relationship because then that closes the door for some opportunities? Or are you really just keeping her a secret because you're doing the Stephen A thing? He's like, I will never allow a woman to disclose that we date publicly or she's gonna be a goner.

[Michael Kay]

He said that? That's hilarious. Because I've seen Stephen A At events before and I've seen him with women.

[Adrian Wojnarowski]

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[Michael Kay]

So it's really funny that I didn't know that that's his philosophy on it.

[Ryan Ruocco]

He did say that.

[Michael Kay]

You know what? Apparently I've taken the Stephen A Approach then.

[Ryan Ruocco]

So he's gonna be running for president at some point?

[Michael Kay]

Probably not. It is President's Day though, so you can't rule it out.

[Ryan Ruocco]

That's the rumor out there for Stephen A. I just wanna get the people to, you know, get to know you a little bit more.

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[Ryan Ruocco]

9193776 Steve Kong was asked, is there ever going to be a team captain?

[Michael Kay]

As long as I'm owning the team, there will never be a team captain.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Really?

[Michael Kay]

Okay, that, that my view is the locker room is unique, you know, and let the locker room sort it out year in, year out. And so. So you're not saying that they'll never be one? No, they'll never be a captain. Wow. They'll never be a captain. They'll never Be a captain. When did you make that decision? I felt that way all along.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Really?

[Michael Kay]

Yeah.

[Ryan Ruocco]

I don't believe that. Because we all thought at some point Lindor was going to be the team captain.

[Michael Kay]

The Mets had a video that they then deleted that included at the end of their David Wright honoring him as a captain. It cut to Lindor at the end. They promoted it on social media and it implied, oh, Lindor is about to be named captain. And then they deleted it and pulled the plug on it. So they were going to have a captain. His name was going to be Francisco Lindor. Clearly, whatever happened last year in the clubhouse, the relationship between him and Soto, the Mets didn't want to create more tension there, so they just scrapped the idea of a captain altogether. That's my theory.

[Ryan Ruocco]

I always thought it was odd when Juan Soto comes out and he says, you know, Starling Marte is the leader of the team, because, yeah, Francisco Lindor is that guy. He's that dude.

[Michael Kay]

That's the perception that he gives off, that the Met fan has openly talked about how Lindor is their guy. He's the leader. You wonder. There were some real issues clearly in that clubhouse. I know Joe Sherman said one of the reasons the Mets didn't pursue naming Lindor captain earlier was then teammate Brandon Nimmo did not like the idea of Lindor getting that title. So management was hesitant to create the tension. So it's honestly smart for Cohen to come out and say what he said, because he could just take all the scrutiny or criticism on this decision, if that exists, and put it on him. And you can isolate any of the conversation about, oh, the Soto and Lindor relationship. If you name him a captain, you can avoid, like, the Jeter, a rod, you know, element, if you will.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Juan Soto was asked about his relationship with Lindor. I think it's a great relationship. We talk all the time in the game and everything. We help each other. That doesn't sound convincing. Maybe I'm reading it with, like, confirmation bias. Now that it's out there, you guys have some sort. I don't want to say issue, but something's not all the way right there. And me listening to that quote is just confirming the bias that I already have about it. But when you listen to him asked about his relationship will endure, and he said, I think it's a great relationship. We talk all the time in the game and everything. We help each other. That's. That's not persuading me that something's not that off there.

[Michael Kay]

No. Especially when Lindor was asked about it and he's like, not everyone has to get be best friends in the clubhouse. Which he's right. It just feels like clearly there was some tension there. Which at the end of the day, doesn't matter if they win because there could have been tension last year at the beginning of the year when they had the best record in baseball through the month of June or June 15, whenever, you know, they started to hit the skids the rest of the way. So I don't think it's that big of a deal. But I will say this, the idea that Steve Cohen was always against the captain if Juan Soto was not on this team, Francisco Lindor is named the.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Captain of the Mets 100%.

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[Ryan Ruocco]

Hey, I like it like that. 800-919-3776 yo, the chat is vibing with us today, man.

[Michael Kay]

Usually social media is overwhelmingly negative. So the fact that there are some nice comments, you'll take it because I just have grown accustomed to seeing negative things being written about anyone who has like this job where you put yourself out there. Like there's have you ever seen you ever search your name on Reddit? Oh my God.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Yo, people were calling me all types of names, especially when I get a little controversial on Twitter. Like when I was doing the Nicki Minaj stuff. Like her fans were nuts.

[Michael Kay]

I can't speak to that, bro.

[Ryan Ruocco]

I said, yo, I had one. And this how I know her fans are nuts. I was doing the show with Bart. I literally had like one throwaway Nicki Minaj critique. Someone found me and like under a picture or it had nothing to do with anything sports related. It might have been like a family photo. Like oh stop bashing Nicki. It's crazy. But yeah, you're right. It's like social media for the most part, overwhelmingly negative.

[Michael Kay]

There's Reddit threads that like debate my content or my show on YouTube. There's great Reddit threads about this station. Shout out to the Michael K Show. Reddit thread that hasn't figured out how to just brand itself as an ESPN New York.

[Ryan Ruocco]

I've never checked it out.

[Michael Kay]

Oh, there's some great stuff on there. I mean, every day. And they're active and they are. They are. Been doing it for years. I used to always check it out when I was like, just a listener of the show before I started filling in. And sometimes even when I'm not on, I like to see what they're talking about in case I missed the show. I could get caught up real quick. On what? The Michael K show, Reddit, which again is now covering the entire station. Whatever they're discussing. So shout out to them.

[Ryan Ruocco]

That's cool. Person who was in the YouTube comments was Danny along island. And he calls up, what's up, Danny?

[Caller Danny]

What's up, boys? What's up? No sports to talk of. So we're just listening. We're just meandering our way through life here.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Wait, is that a criticism?

[Caller Danny]

No, no, no. There's no. You want. You didn't make the schedule. Listen, I got a little. I got a little tidbit about Jake I could throw into the fire. You want to know about Jake'?

[Ryan Ruocco]

Yes. Give me some 2013.

[Caller Danny]

I was a security supervisor at One Session High School.

[Bart Scott]

Really?

[Ryan Ruocco]

On Long Island?

[Caller Danny]

Yes. I'm guaranteed I'd have conversations with Mr. Asma before we even knew each other. Before he was famous. But do you know what my main concern was at South Seattle High School?

[Michael Kay]

What was that, Dan?

[Caller Danny]

Making sure there was a security guard in the student's parking lot to guard their BMWs. The cars in the student parking lot were better than the cars in the teacher's parking lot. It was quite a scene at Session High School.

[Michael Kay]

Danny, this is. This is crazy. This changes everything because I've always been a fan of your calls for a long time. We definitely have had conversations then. And I. I didn't even have a car until I was in college, so I wasn't one of those BMWs. Believe my first car was a.

[Caller Danny]

Listen, Great school. Same principal still there. I haven't been there for a few years, but definitely a high educational facility at Long Island. Great place. I'm just busting about the cause, but that is true because, you know, it's enabler. What are you going to do?

[Ryan Ruocco]

How were those conversations with Jake?

[Caller Danny]

I don't remember if we're talking to Jake. I just said hello to everybody. Jake obviously wasn't a disciplinary problem.

[Ryan Ruocco]

I wanted him to be.

[Michael Kay]

Well, I was actually suspended from high school for a day. Danny, I don't know if you know this. I didn't.

[Caller Danny]

I didn't know that. What was that for?

[Michael Kay]

So me and My best friend. Shout out to the great Dan Budyk. We were when Twitter just became a thing. We made a parody Twitter account for our whack job biology teacher. I won't say his name, but Twitter was just starting and we would just live tweet Twitter ridiculous things that would happen in the class or quotes. And needless to say, last day of school, a girl in one of our classes because we each had them at a different time during the day, like tattletaled on us that we were behind this Twitter account and because of it, there were no days left of school. Because it was finals week. We had to take our finals from home. They sent like proctor to administer my math and science final that year. Intensively.

[Caller Danny]

They made you take it home and they sent somebody there to do it.

[Michael Kay]

Crazy.

[Ryan Ruocco]

You were a criminal.

[Michael Kay]

We would have got.

[Caller Danny]

My kids went to farm. My kids all graduated from Farmingdale. Great rivalry in baseball, basketball and football. Had a lot of good memories on that.

[Michael Kay]

That field. That's right. But I was. I was a bad boy. Danny. I got suspended for making a parody Twitter account about my whack job biology teacher.

[Ryan Ruocco]

That's so funny.

[Caller Danny]

I'm shocked that didn't hold up your career. I look forward to talking to you guys again when there's some actual sports we get done with this Olympics. Because I've consumed as much curling as I've ever thought I'd see in my entire life. And it looked, it looked vaguely familiar to me, the curling. Then I realized I was in Boca Raton last week watching my mother play shuffleboard. It's the same thing, but it's on ice. It's, it's, it's mind boggling. This, this is actually Olympic sport.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Yo, Danny. I appreciate the call. It's just funny that the conversations that happen in suspension, it's like, yo, what'd you in here for? Stab somebody? How about you slap my teacher? What'd you do? I made a Twitter burner account.

[Michael Kay]

It was ridiculous. And it was just starting. Like Twitter was. It was 2011 or 2012. It was just starting to become a thing. And we got, we got suspended. And they said, hey, if there were more days left, we would have gave you the full five. We would have got five days.

[Ryan Ruocco]

But why can't they just tack it on to the beginning of next year?

[Michael Kay]

I guess we got a break. The funniest thing is the following year. So this teacher, again, I won't name names. I don't want to disparage the man. Although he's a whack job. The following year, my chemistry teacher, she's the great Ms. Compitello. I'll speak glowingly about her huge Islander fan too. So we'd always talk about sports the following year. She didn't know that I was one of the people responsible for this Twitter account. And something came up in the class and she's like, yeah, last year we had an issue in our department. One of our teachers was impersonated on Twitter and, like, everyone in the class starts laughing and, like, looking at me because everyone knew I was the co architect of this account. And she goes, that was you? That was awesome. We thought it was the funniest thing. So the teachers at Syastin High School in the science department all thought it was the greatest thing in the world that we had this parody Twitter account for our wacko biology teacher.

[Ryan Ruocco]

And yet you got suspended.

[Michael Kay]

I got suspended.

[Ryan Ruocco]

It should have been the first four days of the following year.

[Michael Kay]

Carries over.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Yeah. So what year was this? This was.

[Michael Kay]

I was in 10th grade. I was a sophomore in high school. And I remember it because that is also to this day, the last year the New York jets have made the playoffs. See, I tie it all back in sports.

[Ryan Ruocco]

All goes back together.

[Michael Kay]

That's it. Sophomore year of high school, I was suspended for making a fake out of my teacher. And the jets last made the playoffs.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Maybe we need to get you suspended again.

[Michael Kay]

I'll take that for the team.

[Ryan Ruocco]

That's the key. We've got a minute. Do something that can get you suspended.

[Michael Kay]

Not on my watch.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Do it any other time.

[Michael Kay]

Do it some other time.

[Ryan Ruocco]

We need it. Or you've got the Jake Asmon show. I don't know how you get suspended from your own show.

[Michael Kay]

There's ways on YouTube to be suspended on your friendly neighborhood.

[Ryan Ruocco]

What we need, because there's a correlation there. We should have led the show with this.

[Michael Kay]

I'll do anything.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Get suspended.

[Michael Kay]

I'm desperate.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Really. Do a deep dive into the ass man thing and show your ass on the YouTube camera.

[Michael Kay]

I don't know if that would work. Didn't Dave do something about like, he do something about his butt cheeks? When the Giants beat the Eagles, he, like, turned around and was, like, shaking his ass. And that didn't get any suspension?

[Ryan Ruocco]

No. I think if you pull your pants down right now, that might work. Show bare ass to the YouTube cameras, you can get you suspended.

[Bart Scott]

Nope, nope, nope, nope.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Don't do it.

[Bart Scott]

Ask Bart how that went down.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Ah, man, Bart did that. Not quite.

[Bart Scott]

Not something similar, but you'll, you know he almost showed the front side of his oh no.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Almost gave you the full Bart Scott well, what a pleasure it was to do the show together today, man. Had a really good time.

[Michael Kay]

I enjoyed every second of it, including the last five minutes when it led to a discussion about butt cheeks being exposed.

[Ryan Ruocco]

Shout out to Pusick. Shout out to Perry. DHR back tomorrow right here on ESPN New York and streaming live on YouTube.

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