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Don Hahn
Get the Angel Reese Special at McDonald's. Now, let's break it down. My favorite barbecue sauce, American cheese, crispy bacon, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun, of course. And don't forget the fries and the drinks. Sound good? Ba da ba ba ba. I participate in restaurants for a limited time. This is the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast. That sounds like heaven to me. Listen live weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app, and your smart speakers. I stand by. I don't care. I know I have the eclectic hectic music tastes. I get it. This does have a old Han Solo at night feel though, right? We used to play all kinds of music. Stuff that people said. I haven't heard that in a long time. That's why we do it. Tears for Fears, songs from the Big Chair, no Skips album. Can't Argue with Me. Such a great song too. And by the way, they hated the song. They didn't think it was going to be popular and it ended up being one of their biggest hits. Yankees, they have more spring training action Tonight they play The Blue Jays 6:30pm of course, on yes. So how about we give you a Yankee starting lineup brought to you by Certapro Painters. See, I wish we had Don here to do it because he could do it in some funny voices. I'm just going to give it to you straight, all right? Catching, you have Austin Wells in right, Aaron Judge in the two hole as usual at center field. Cody Bellinger, your first baseman is Paul Goldschmidt. He will be batting cleanup. The DH Trent Grisham, who get to know him really well because you're going to see a lot of him in left field. How about this? Dom Smith, shortstop. Oswald Peraza, second base. Your bit Vivas, third base. Andrew Velasquez. And your pitcher tonight, everybody's favorite, Marcus Stroman. That's right, the Yankees starting lineup brought to you by Certapro Painters. When choosing a painting professional for your home or business, the choice is simple. Choose happy. Choose Certapro Painters. Now, Anthony, I'll bring you in here because I probably should have asked you ahead of time the latest on the Stanton news. That is not any type of audio, right? That is just simply a report. Yeah. No, what I'm seeing is Brian Hoak tweeted an hour ago, John Carlos Stanton will return to New York City. I had to make sure that I was reading this right. Will return to New York City for a third round of PRP injections in his ailing elbows on Monday. The Yankees said a third round. I don't. Did the second round even take yet? I mean, third round, that's. He's in the LCS now of his prp. He's only one round in the World Series. I mean, you kidding me? A third round of prp? This sounds like the elbow is a serious issue that, like, I've never had PRP elbows, by the way. Yeah, that's right. Both elbows. Is it possible that the first one didn't take? How does this work exactly? Isn't it just supposed to be like refreshing the blood and hoping that it cleans up the elbows in the area? Whatever the issue is, a third round is kind of a concern. Now, Cashman already told us that he's going to be out for an extended period of time and they're hoping that he can't even swing a bat. How does this happen? That. That is my biggest question when it comes to Stin. I know that he is somebody that just deals with a lot of injuries, but usually it's hamstring related, isn't it? Usually it's that kind of stuff involving his legs because they make him run. I just. This is one where he started having pain in the elbow, which I guess in the fall last year, during the playoffs, it was bothering him. And when he took time off in the summer, in the winter when he started to swing again, the inflammation came back. And it must have come back, like with a vengeance because they have to continue to go through treatments on these elbows and not swing a bat. That's a. That's a major concern. So no, Stan. And the PRP efforts certainly continue on the baseball front. We'll continue there. Before we get back to your calls, just because this was a story that Don and I talked about earlier, but in case this is for the later crew, the crowd that maybe came in a little after 4 o'clock and you didn't hear this. A very interesting development in the Juan Soto situation appeared today because he did a interview with a Spanish language media outlet, Abriendo Sports, and he talked about his, you know, decision to sign with the Mets. Some of the things that he talked about, we all under. We all knew there were five teams left in the final cut. He revealed again what we knew. Mets and Yankees, of course, Red Sox, Blue Jays and the Dodgers. And the list is something we all expected. But then he said something that caught everyone's attention in Spanish translated, he said the Mets didn't offer the most money. Some teams offered more, really, because the belief all along everybody was that Soto just was going for the highest bidder. He was taking the most money and it didn't matter. And that's why the Yankees didn't have a chance, because the Yankees stopped. And at $760 million, which is a ton of money, in 16 years, it was 5 million less than the total that the Mets were willing to offer. But the Mets were willing to offer it for one less year. So his annual was higher. So The Mets offered 765, the Yankees offered 760. He took the Met offer, and we all were like, really 5 million bucks. And he went to the Mets, and then they told you about the luxury suite that they gave him for his family. That's a big chunk of change, too, that you have to count into this. And apparently the Yankees were not willing to do something like that, because for them, that's a huge piece of revenue. And if you do that for him, how does Garrett Cole not ask for it? How does Judge not ask for it and every other future free agent, you can't start doing that. So the Yankees didn't get involved in that. So he chose the Mets over the Yankees over money. That's what we thought. But then this is said, and now you're like, hang on a second, who offered more? Because clearly the Yankees didn't. Cashmere made it clear they got to a number. Then Hal pushed it a little further, and that was it. And 7, 60 was that number. The Athletic told us that the Dodgers final offer to Soto was 600. There were other reports that said the Red Sox final offer was around 700. Then Sportsnet in Canada said the Blue Jays offer was under 700 million. So wait a minute. Which one of these teams said, we'll go higher if you say you'll definitely take it? Like, we're not just going to keep up in the ante and be a leverage team. We'll go if you accept the offer. And clearly he wasn't going to accept it. So what was the team that he said no to? Well, he actually said there were teams that offered more. Did the Dodgers say, we'll go to this number just to get you? Because we know they just print money out there. Right? I should stay out here. I'm in la. Right? Like, are they. Did the Dodgers say, we'll go, but we're only going to go there if you take the offer right now? And he said no, maybe the Dodgers. He's thinking, there's just so many stars here, I can get lost in this galaxy where the Mets. That's my team, I'm the face. Did he want that? Did he just like playing in New York? Did the Red Sox offer it and he think they're not, they're not close to winning at the level that I want to win, maybe I don't want to play there, who knows? And then the third one is the Blue Jays. Did the Blue Jays offer to go higher? And he thought Canada, Toronto, the exchange rate, you know, a team that's not really built to win, you know, I don't know if I want to do that. So he said no to them. It couldn't have been the Yankees. So in the end when the Mets say, you know, he chose us because we were the best place for him to play, when they believe that our family friendly atmosphere and all the things we've created under Steve Cohen, that he loved it here that much, that's what it was about. Do we really want to believe that Soto wasn't really about the money but always wanted it to be the Mets? Is that possible?
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Peter Rosenberg
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Stephen Belrose
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Don Hahn
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Don Hahn
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Anthony
Hey Alan, thanks for taking my call. Pleasure to talk to you. I got to tell you something. I've been listening to this stuff for the last few months and to me I think, and if, you know, I know it sounds like sour grapes. I'm a big Yankee fan, long time time but to me it sounds like he, you know, he's hooked up with, with Scott Boris. We know what Scott Boris is all about. And you know, they, they pushed the Mets, the Mets for every last thing they could get from them. And the Mets could give him one thing that the Yankees could never give him, no matter what it was, whether it was the sweets or the protection for his family or any of that stuff. If you're a selfish player and I think he's got a little bit of that in him, there's the one thing that the Mets could give him, the Yankees couldn't and that was his name on the back of his jersey.
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Don Hahn
Wow. You think that was part of it? That, that he was. And I'm sure there was more. I think the suite was part of it, Steve. I really do. I do think the family suite, the fact that his family could just go into a air conditioned suite and have all the food they wanted and they could gather together and it was large enough to hold all of them and you never had to worry about where they were sitting in the building and if they were being harassed and if they couldn't get to an area because security wouldn't let them, if he had that kind of, that kind of comfort, that's one thing. Then, oh, my name's on the back of the jersey. So when they sell jerseys and my name's on it, you know, that's important for me too. And I also Think this is Judge's team in the Bronx. It'll never be my team. He's the homegrown guy. He was already the star here. It'll never be my team. It's his team. Like, does he. Did he not want to be that in with the Yankees? Because I'm with. I can't as a Yankee fan believe that Soto looked at the Yankees with any type of disdain. Like, yeah, I don't really love it here. I don't rock with this. He's not a guy. It's not a beard guy. Like, it can't be about beards. The name on the back of the jersey is kind of interesting. Danny in Long island, what's up, Danny boy?
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Danny
Built. Stevie built a suspense up with that. I couldn't. I couldn't wait to hear the reason. And when he said for a second there, I felt the same way. When a Soprano screen went blank. That's it. His name on the jersey. I don't think that that's it.
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Don Hahn
That can't be the breaking point. No, Danny, it wasn't the breaking point. But if you pile it on, you can throw that on the pile.
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Danny
You know, you never know. But listen, I'm listening to John Carlo and you know, me and you both have kids who are college athletes and.
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Don Hahn
Yep.
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Danny
The human body is just not. These guys train so hard and they're so jacked up that I. I had orthopedic tell me one time that, you know, the human cartilage and ligaments and all these things, they don't grow in accordance with your, you know, you put on 20 pounds of muscle. The connective tissues aren't made to have that kind of an amount of training. Imagine how many times he hits the ball off a tee again like that. David Wright illness. No baseball player had that in the 50s to the 70s and 80s because they weren't packing on that level of muscle.
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Don Hahn
I don't know if they knew that.
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Danny
Though, because why they all have injuries.
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Don Hahn
Spinal stenosis, though, is a condition. It's not something that happens because you're, you know, you bulked up too much. Right.
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Danny
Well, we don't know that. Talking of the back and, you know, a lot of. Look at, you could trout. He has so many back issues because, you know, think of it, how much he probably trained from a young age. Repetitive same motions. Tiger woods, you know, all in 100% these pitches, there's no, you know, guys threw 90 miles an hour back when we were kids. That was a lot. Now you're not even Making the major leagues in 92, 93. So you, you know the whole philosophy of give me two innings as hard as you can. You know, you're not, you're not just throwing the ball every maximum effort, every swinging practice, every pitch, every skate, whatever sport you're playing with an extra 30, 40 pounds of lean muscle on you. It doesn't necessarily make you any better, but it does put a lot of stress on your body.
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Don Hahn
Can't argue with you on that, Danny. I do think that is something that is different in pro sports now. So, yes, they're bigger, stronger, faster, but they get hurt more. It does feel that way. And they'll say, well, back then you played through injuries, back then you felt compelled to play through injuries. You weren't going to take time off, whatever it is. I don't. But it sure felt like players played longer, players played more often, but they weren't as big and strong and compelling as they are these days. So which way would you like it? You pro sports with guys that are a little more flexible and a little more healthy but can't hit it, you know, over 150 miles an hour on contact or, or hit it over 450ft, you know, if. Do you prefer that or do you prefer. Well, he'd play every day, I don't know. But that, that Stanton stuff with the elbows, it's sad because I know one thing, you can say what you want about him and the injuries and all. The guy wants to play and when he does on a big stage, he's pretty freaking good. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with a message for everyone paying big wireless way too much. Please, for the love of everything good in this world, stop with Mint. You can get premium wireless for just $15 a month. Of course, if you enjoy overpaying, no judgments. But that's weird. Okay, one judgment anyway, give it a try.
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Don Hahn
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Don Hahn
Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast. I didn't listen to anything you just said. Catch this show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. You know what that means? Oh, that means Ty Butler's coming up top of the hour. And we are done here. And when we come back on Monday, we'll be in a new studio, new setup, new everything we're looking forward to. It's going to be a lot of fun. So changes happening here at the station, or at least continue to. So be part of it with us. Last call, Crew 800 now. 193776. Let's take Richard in Manhattan. Hey, Richard.
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Richard
Allen. I may be crazy. I'm looking forward to the Celtic Laker game tomorrow more than I would. Oh, yeah, the Canada USA hockey game. I like both, but I am so looking forward. And then I like Detroit at Golden State tomorrow night. Let me ask you this, Alan. Michigan State just won the big, Big Ten. Who do you take, Tom or Rick?
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Don Hahn
Tom or Rick?
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Richard
Tom is. Or Rick Patino.
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Don Hahn
Oh, okay. You mean the coaches. Who do I take? As far as what? What am I taking?
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Richard
I'm just saying, who do you take? Allen. That's all.
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Don Hahn
Like, who's. Who do I like better? Who's my coach?
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Richard
Yeah, who's better, in your opinion?
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Don Hahn
I mean, I'm not going to shoot you. Please don't shoot me. Izzo's in one place for a long time. Staying power. Rick Pitino has gone to several different places, so I feel like the guy who has the stability is Izzo. All right, they're both great guys.
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Richard
All right, Another one. Who do you take, Draymond or Jimmy?
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Don Hahn
Am I trying to win a game? What am I taking him for? Am I trying to win a game?
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Richard
I don't know. I'm just saying, who in your mind is the better player in the last 10 years.
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Don Hahn
Jimmy Baller is a better player. Jimmy Bell is a better player.
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Richard
Would you if you were Golden State now, would you try for Klay Thompson from Dallas?
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Don Hahn
Oh, try to bring him back.
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Richard
Yeah.
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Don Hahn
I don't think he fits. Not anymore.
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Richard
No more. Okay. J.J. reddick gets it done in the Lakers win the championship. Is he the greatest first time coach in the history of sports?
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Don Hahn
Pat Riley.
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Richard
Okay. And last week. Okay. No, I'm sure these are all opinion questions. Do you know you're a hockey man. Has the team ever won the President's Cup? I'm sorry, The President's Trophy. And then the following year, as the Rangers did last year. Following year not even make the playoffs. In other words, not even be the 16th best team. Has that ever happened?
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Don Hahn
Yeah. I didn't the Capitals do that recently? I'm not mistaken.
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Richard
I didn't know.
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Don Hahn
I know somebody did that recently. Yeah.
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Richard
Alan, I promise you the last one I thought of. We New York fans have seen Luka Doncic before. We've seen the scenario. Do you know what I'm talking about?
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Don Hahn
You mean where a great player is traded to another team?
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Richard
Correct. Against his wishes. Careful. Goodbye. And still had a lot in the tank because of an owner or a general manager who let his ego get in the way. Both things said very similar. I'll give you a hint. 48 years ago, Tom Seaver. No, Tom was a little older. Same thing. M. Donald Grant was the same as this general manager guy on Dallas.
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Don Hahn
But they didn't move. Yeah. And they. And the Sievert thing was all an ego thing because they thought like the way he carried himself and all that stuff. It was. And it involved media too, I believe. Was it Dick Young.
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Richard
Putting him against Nolan Ryan and his wife and a whole big deal.
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Don Hahn
Yeah. Not good.
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Richard
But we. We've seen this in New York.
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Don Hahn
That's a good one.
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Richard
I'm looking.
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Don Hahn
That's a good one.
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Richard
Tomorrow night. Like nothing. Man, I love these. The NBA. There's nothing wrong with the NBA, Alan. Nothing at all. These minor little hiccups like the All Star and a couple of players taking. Player loading off.
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Don Hahn
No.
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Richard
All you need to do.
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Don Hahn
Richard.
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Richard
Great, Allen.
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Don Hahn
Thank you, Richard. All you need from the NBA is to get to a point where the games are competitive. Because then you get. You get compelled. You get great stuff. Artie in Brooklyn. What's up, Artie?
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Richard
Hey.
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Don Hahn
Hey.
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Richard
How's it going? But you know, one of the fondest days that I had was going to the ESPN suite with you, Rick and the whole crew. We watched you too. And that was a long time ago. It was a great memory. You guys were the best man.
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Don Hahn
You made fun.
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Richard
You guys made me and my wife so happy. So anyway, listen, I'm watching the draft, right? I mean the mock draft and they got Shador dropping to us for a second day. I get all excited and I think about it, I look at the pros and cons on him, the write up and this guy's like Matt Jones. I mean, I see. I really think that Justin Fields is a better quarterback.
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Don Hahn
He's not already. He's not. I'll tell you, he's not Mac Jones. Nothing close to Mac Jones. Shadar Sanders, neck up way, way better than Mac Jones. Way more accurate of a passer, way more presence, way more like aware confidence. Like this is a guy that is not going to get rattled. I know Sanders doesn't have the physical measurables. I get it. I know he's not going to wow you with a 70 yard throw down the field and all that stuff. The accuracy matters, be able, the ability to process matters. That stuff does matter in the NFL. And I'm telling you, he's got all those traits. I don't think he's a plug and play immediate impact kind of quarterback, but I do think he's somebody that when properly developed, I do think he's going to be a good pro. I believe it. And Fields has gotten a lot of time to prove himself and he hasn't yet.
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Richard
Give me a cup. Is he Chad Pennington then? Is that, is that the comparable?
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Don Hahn
It's not terrible. Not as big as Chad. Yeah, not as big as Chad. I mean a lot of. Look, I'm not saying he's Tom Brady, but it's like the similar thing of Brady, you know, Brady, what, what made Brady great and what got Brady great was the fact that his brain, his, his just desire to win, his focus, all the things he didn't get rattled. This was a guy who stayed cool under pressure. Those things do matter. These guys that are all the great measurable, any sport you guys play, any, any sport, the guys that have all the physical tools, what you have to watch is, okay, they're so physically great, but how do they handle pressure? What happens? Do they melt in pressure? So all the physical tools now are gone. It still matters though, from the neck up and the slow heartbeat and those are things that you can't put on. They're not a stat sheet and you might not see them in the combine, you see them in action and I think Sanders gonna be a good pro I'll be. Could I be proven wrong? Of course, But I don't think I will. So I'll see everybody Monday. I'll be on MSG tonight with the Knicks and the Clippers and Ty Butler's next. Have a great weekend, everybody. Thanks for listening to Badan, Han and Rosen Bloomberg Podcast. I don't want to know how the sausage is made, man. I just want to know it's good. Hear more of Don Allen and Peter weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app and your smart speakers.
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