Hour 4: Last Call Crew

Summary

Don, Hahn & Rosenberg Podcast – Hour 4: Last Call Crew (April 8, 2026)

Hosts: Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg
Network: ESPN New York
Episode: Hour 4: Last Call Crew

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Overview

In the final hour of the show, Don, Hahn, and Rosenberg bring their trademark blend of irreverent sports talk and New York flavor, fielding listener calls and riffing on everything from the ethics of draft night attendance, NBA draft reform ideas, and the persistence of old sports clichés, to upcoming memoirs and, unexpectedly, a running gag about the word "hole." The hour is lively, sparring, and quintessentially local, weaving serious sports insight with their signature humor and chemistry.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Should Top Draft Picks Attend the Draft in Person?

Segment: 00:44–04:02

• Caller Question: Is it a problem that the consensus number one pick, Mendoza, is staying home for the NFL draft rather than going to Pittsburgh?
  • Don & Alan: No issue at all – it's on brand and about family.
    • Don: “I imagine he wants to make the point that it’s about family... in reality, though, we know his mother, she’s not able to get around.” (01:47)
    • Alan: “If it’s a matter of simply it being hard for his mom to get around, that to me is enough reason.” (02:08)
    • Rosenberg: “From the television portion of it... what’s the difference if he’s there or at home? He’s still going to be on our screen.” (02:42)
  • Consensus: Modern technology (Zoom, camera setups) makes virtual attendance routine for prospects, especially for legit family reasons.

Notable Quote:

• Rosenberg: “I don’t need to see Roger Goodell hug another player.” (03:07)

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2. NBA “Incentivizing” Wins for Losing Teams

Segment: 07:13–12:08

• Caller Proposes: End-of-season games where losing teams compete, with the winner getting a better draft pick (to discourage tanking).

  • Hosts Push Back: The idea is unworkable – players have no incentive to play for a draft pick that could cost them their job.
    • Don: “You are never going to get players to try hard for a draft pick... They don’t want this. The players don’t want to be replaced by a draft pick.” (07:46–08:04)
    • Alan: “No players—G League or current—will be motivated to play for a draft pick.” (09:15)
  • On Fans and Tanking:
    • Richard (caller): “I want to see the Nets and the Bucks play for something. I don’t care if they called up a bunch of G League guys.” (09:41)
    • Hosts: Fans might say that, but it doesn’t make for real competitive games. The existing system has flaws, but these solutions aren’t the answer.

• Satirical Solution:

  • Don: “Fan bases make a team play each other. Whoever wins...” (12:08)
  • Alan: “Very entertaining—or legends from the team!” (12:27)

Notable Quote:

• Don: “Why would anybody want to be motivated to play at the end of the season and risk injury for a possibility of getting a player that’s going to take their job away?” (11:55)

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3. Heavy Metal Voices & Social Media Reactions

Segment: 14:48–15:39

• Rosenberg discusses his list of top five heavy metal singers, which attracted both praise and critiques on social media.
• Ozzy Osbourne didn’t make Rosenberg’s top five because, “Ozzy had a unique voice, a recognizable voice... but I don’t think he had the voices of the five guys I had up there.” (14:57)
• The team thanks callers and transitions into the next topic.

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4. Deconstructing the “Kissing Your Sister” Sports Cliché

Segment: 15:39–17:20

• The phrase “like kissing your sister” (to describe a tie) is debated and mocked.
  • Alan: “Man, she’s hot.” (15:45, jokingly)
  • Rosenberg: “You gotta imagine—the first person to coin this... must have had strange pulls going on in his head.” (15:46)
  • Alan (citing research): “First used in print in 1892.” (16:12)
  • Rosenberg: “We can’t use an analogy from 150 years ago because we’re filth bags... It hits different now.” (16:36)
• Humor about how the phrase lands differently in modern, less innocent times.

Notable Quote:

• Rosenberg: “Now we live with a bunch of filth bags. And it hits different now.” (16:30)

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5. "Hole" Humor & New York Pothole Season

Segment: 17:21–18:41

• New York State tweets “It’s hole filling season,” leading to a loud succession of double entendres and puns.
  • Don: “Supposedly they filled like 8,000 potholes in a day.” (17:53)
  • Alan: “Even the state is trolling. Algorithm hustle.” (18:00)
  • The team competes to see how many puns and drops about the word "hole" they can fit in, tallying up to 16.

Memorable Moment:

• Alan: “Shut your damn pie hole.” (18:29)

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6. Colin Kaepernick Memoir Announcement

Segment: 19:01–21:13

• Alan announces that Colin Kaepernick’s memoir, The Perilous Fight, will release on September 15, 2026—ten years since he first protested by kneeling.
  • Alan: “It’s crazy, because I remember it was preseason at first... Didn’t get bigger till the regular season.” (19:36, 19:45)
  • Don: “Someone was tipped off. The rumor is... someone said, ‘Hey, watch, have you noticed what he’s doing?’” (19:52)
  • Alan’s Reflection: “You may have not liked that he was kneeling, but you cannot argue that it was disrespectful. It was very purposeful.” (20:29)
  • Rosenberg: “This is going to really help the sales of the book, for sure.” (21:13)

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Notable Quotes & Moments By Timestamp

| Time | Speaker | Quote/Moment | |----------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:19 | Don Hahn | “It’s on Brand.” | | 03:07 | Rosenberg | “I don’t need to see Roger Goodell hug another player.” | | 08:04 | Don Hahn | “The players don’t want to be replaced by a draft pick.” | | 09:15 | Alan | “No players—G League or current—will be motivated to play for a draft pick.” | | 11:55 | Don Hahn | “Why would anybody want to... risk injury for a possibility of getting a player that’s going to take their job away.” | | 14:57 | Rosenberg | “Ozzy had a unique voice...but I don’t think he had the voices of the five guys I had up there.”| | 16:30 | Rosenberg | “Now we live with a bunch of filth bags. And it hits different now.” | | 17:53 | Don Hahn | “Supposedly they filled like 8,000 potholes in a day.” | | 19:36 | Alan | “It’s crazy, because I remember it was preseason at first.” | | 20:29 | Alan | “You may have not liked that he was kneeling, but you cannot argue that it was disrespectful. It was very purposeful.” | | 21:13 | Rosenberg | “This is going to really help the sales of the book, for sure.” |

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Memorable "Hole" Gag (17:21–22:18)

• The hosts engage in an over-the-top tally of double entendres and drops using the word "hole," culminating in 16 audio drops and countless puns. This stretch exemplifies the show's spontaneous, inside-joke humor and willingness to chase ridiculousness for the entertainment of loyal listeners.

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Wrap-Up & Teasers

• The hosts close with quick hits:
  • Mets lose (“Mets lose 7–2.” – 21:29)
  • Islanders preview, Yankees ahead
  • Reminders of the next episode and continued banter about studio drops

End Notable Quote:
Don Hahn: “I don’t want to know how the sausage is made, man. I just want to know it’s good.” (22:51)

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Summary Table of Timestamps

| Segment | Start | End | Notes | |----------------|---------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Draft attendance | 00:44 | 04:02 | Discussion on whether Mendoza should attend the draft in person | | NBA tournament | 07:13 | 12:08 | Call-in debate on rewarding losing NBA teams and solutions to tanking | | Heavy Metal top 5 | 14:48 | 15:39 | Rosenberg’s social media debates and list reactions | | Kissing your sister cliché | 15:39 | 17:20 | Mockery and history of the phrase, shifting cultural context | | Hole pun marathon | 17:21 | 22:18 | Running “hole” joke, pothole season, abundance of drops/puns | | Kaepernick memoir | 19:01 | 21:13 | Announcement, reflections on the protest, book timing, and significance | | Closing and wrap-up | 22:18 | 22:47 | Show wrap, Mets/Yankees/Islanders updates, more “hole” gags |

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Tone & Takeaway

Fast-paced, banter-heavy, and brimming with the trio’s blend of sports insight and off-kilter humor, this hour is a showcase of the Don, Hahn & Rosenberg crew at their most relaxed and playful, moving deftly between meaningful sports talk and comic relief, perfectly tailored for a New York audience.

If you missed the live show, this summary will have you in the loop on all the sports commentary, spirited debates, culture-war puns, and why “hole-filling season” became the accidental theme of the day.

Transcript

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[Caller Richard]

Clock.

[Rosenberg]

Mets losing 7 to 1 in the bottom of the eighth inning. So it looks like they'll have the rubber match tomorrow. Significance of triumph Jacob or just no reason? Good for you. Question for do you have a problem with Mendoza staying home for the draft and not being in Pittsburgh when he is the consensus number one pick?

[Don Hahn]

No, I don't.

[Alan]

I don't.

[Don Hahn]

It's on Brand.

[Rosenberg]

It's all.

[Alan]

That's the thing. I don't. But just remember what I just said. Yeah, I, I'm very honored. I'm good. Like listen, I hate Don. I hate the hugging of Goodell. I hate the stupid, I hate all of it. But like the idea when you know you're number one so the show's based around you. It does feel, feels a little self indulgent in the sense that you like I imagine they want him there or you know, or this wouldn't be a story.

[Don Hahn]

I imagine he, he wants to make the point that it's about family. You know, his mother, I'm here with my family. But in reality though, we know his mother, she's not able to get around like it's hard for her to get certain places. Oh well that's, that would be an absolute disaster having him on the stage, all that mess, her having to be backstage.

[Alan]

Then you know, if it's, if it's a matter of simply as being hard for his mom to get around that, that to me is enough reason.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, exactly. I think, I'm sure there's something to that. And then on top of it, we all know that the minute you're drafted you are put through the car wash of media and then you have to go to the facility to, to Vegas.

[Alan]

Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

So for him it's probably just the easiest thing to do.

[Alan]

Although it is interesting, right?

[Rosenberg]

What?

[Alan]

The drafts.

[Rosenberg]

Pittsburgh.

[Caller Richard]

Right.

[Alan]

There's gonna be.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, right. I'm sure the NFL like him to be there, but if he wants to be with his family and his mom can travel, it seems like the logical thing to do.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

I mean, from the television portion of it, what's the difference if he's there or whether he's at home? He's still going to be on our screen. The only difference would be if, like, if it was in Vegas, then I can understand, like, man, Vegas has got the first overall.

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That's different.

[Rosenberg]

It's in the draft, it's in Vegas, it's in Pittsburgh. What is it? You think any of the people that are going to be there are going to care whether Mendoza's on the stage or not?

[Don Hahn]

Just cheer and whatever.

[Rosenberg]

I don't need to see Roger Goodell hug another player.

[Don Hahn]

Your mom has Ms. And she has to be in a wheelchair in these kinds of places. And, you know, you got to get on a plane again and fly.

[Rosenberg]

Biggest day of life. And I want to be there with my family. And the answer would be, well, we'll send your family to Pittsburgh. But if his mom can't travel, then no, that's, no, no, she can travel.

[Don Hahn]

It's just, it's a lot.

[Alan]

Right, but why put her through that

[Rosenberg]

if you don't have to? We have the technology now. Okay. Heck, it might have been a pain in the neck before. Oh, I got to send a camera crew. Unless we know he's gonna be the first pick.

[Alan]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

Takes two seconds to pop it up on zoom.

[Don Hahn]

Very easy.

[Rosenberg]

All right.

[Don Hahn]

Most of the first round guys have a camera set up in their house.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah. So it's not, it's not a big deal.

[Don Hahn]

Okay.

[Rosenberg]

But I, I, but it was a topic this morning and a lot of back and forth and I personally don't care about it. And I'm glad you guys don't either.

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[Rosenberg]

1-800-919-3776 let's go to Richard in Manhattan. You're on ESPN New York.

[Caller Richard]

Hello, Richard, Don, Peter Allen, Adam Silver figured out a way to get an in season tournament in December. Fine. Y net buck game should have been a playoff game for the draft choices. Now if you don't want the games at the end of the season to count, that's fine. But you can figure out a way. If you figured out a way in December to get games, you can figure this out for the 10 teams that don't have.

[Don Hahn]

No, no. Let me interrupt because I do need to tell you. A, this has been talked about on this show many times. B, you are never going to get players to try hard for a draft pick in a game. They don't care about draft picks. They don't want this matter.

[Caller Richard]

The fans care, but the coaches care.

[Don Hahn]

But no the coach. The players don't want to be replaced by a draft pick. They will not care. You will piss off the players by asking them to play for their replacement. They don't care. You can't make a game to pick a lottery pick. It's not going to happen. It's not going to happen. They're never going to win a tournament for a draft pick. It's never going to happen.

[Caller Richard]

But you're playing the game, not for the players. Alan, you're misunderstanding.

[Alan]

Players have to play the game, Richard.

[Caller Richard]

No, they don't. I don't care if you bring up G league guys.

[Don Hahn]

I'm watching G league guys do this because G league guys want to get on the team next year. I don't want to play. Play for your draft picks and then I get kicked off the G league team because draft picks.

[Caller Richard]

Alan, you're not understanding me. With all due respect, I want to hear me as a fan. I'm watching the Nick Buck game yesterday. You know why? I don't care if they have G league players. It doesn't matter to. The only thing that matters to me is the result. If the Nets win, they will get it back. So you're eliminating. You're eliminating, tanking, playing for the worst record by doing all of this. It doesn't matter. Alan, you have to let me finish. You'll never eliminate players, Richard.

[Alan]

I'm going to help. I'm going to help.

[Don Hahn]

I know you're watching.

[Alan]

You're missing Alan's point. He fully gets what you're saying. But ultimately a team has to field players and no players should G league or current players will be motivated to play for a draft pick. So they would never do it. That's why. So you're talking about what you would

[Don Hahn]

think and what you want players is going to be like. Wait, wait, I'm going to have guys playing to get a high draft pick that could replace one of my players. What is the motivation from a player to want to win that game? It's not there.

[Rosenberg]

And also, there's other ways to do it. This is not it. He's full of it, too, because he's like, I just want to see the Nets and the Bucks play for something. I don't care if they called up a bunch of G league guys.

[Don Hahn]

There's a reason why they.

[Rosenberg]

How. How do you tell? A net or a wizard. Oh, by the way, you're not playing tonight.

[Don Hahn]

Wait, wait. No, no. Did someone win the game?

[Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. Isn't that the end result that you're looking for? Someone won the game.

[Rosenberg]

Somebody did play and the team won the game. Didn't want to win it. But the.

[Alan]

You know.

[Rosenberg]

You know what's funny?

[Don Hahn]

Oh, no, no. They did want to win it. They just won two. Two games in a row. They clearly are still competing.

[Rosenberg]

But it could have hurt them, obviously, for the pick.

[Don Hahn]

Of course it could hurt them.

[Rosenberg]

But what I found interesting, this was all over social media the other day.

[Don Hahn]

Okay.

[Rosenberg]

Because the game was what today's. What I think was like, was it Monday?

[Don Hahn]

That was Monday. Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

That the place was packed. There was a lot of energy in the building.

[Don Hahn]

Yes, I saw that.

[Rosenberg]

And people were like, you know, it just shows you how healthy basketball is. These are two lousy teams, don't care if they win. And yet the building's packed. It was family Day. So it might have even been Sunday, now that I think about it.

[Don Hahn]

I thought it was Monday.

[Rosenberg]

But okay, whatever it is. But, you know, people came out to see it then the NBA is gonna look at you, go, listen, nobody's meaningless game. But we still have a packed house. Because I think people do enjoy watching basketball. And at that State Net fans, I don't know how many home games they have left. Let me go watch basketball. Whatever. But.

[Don Hahn]

But in the end, nobody's gonna watch when two of the worst teams in basketball play each other in the. You know, in game 80. Somebody's going to win the game. So it's not like you're not going to get that. I want to see these two teams compete for something they did. They competed, and one team won.

[Rosenberg]

But I understand the whole logic of rather than having teams tank, have them be motivated to win. But if in order for me to get them motivated to win, I've got to put a roster of guys I never heard of before. That's why it's Like Richard isn't watching Nets Bucks or Nets Wizards or anybody. If it's a bunch of G league guys or guys off the street. That's stupid. No stop. There's got to be a. There's got to be a better way than what exists now. There's got to be. But all these ideas of playing tournaments they're going to. It's just never going to.

[Don Hahn]

They're going to implement some new stuff. This is going to pass in the

[Rosenberg]

next week but not.

[Don Hahn]

I don't know if it's going to

[Rosenberg]

work like a ball playoff tournament for the first pick. Why would anybody want be motivated to play at the end of the season and risk injury for a possibility of getting a player that's going to take their job away.

[Don Hahn]

Here's your idea. Fan bases make a team play each other. Whoever wins I like that would be

[Alan]

so Richard straight up against because he

[Don Hahn]

said the fans want it. Okay, well then the fans play.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I like what you're saying.

[Don Hahn]

That'd be hilarious wouldn't it if teams Richard franchises made teams of fans.

[Rosenberg]

I understand.

[Alan]

By the way be very entertaining or legends from the team.

[Don Hahn]

Oh wow.

[Rosenberg]

That'd be something.

[Alan]

You telling me Starks wouldn't care?

[Don Hahn]

He does care. No one cares more than him. Exactly.

[Rosenberg]

That would be crazy.

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thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Alan]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[Don Hahn]

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[Rosenberg]

My list on social media because once Jake puts it up on social media then you get a lot of reaction from people that weren't listening or whatever for that ace And I think a lot of people loved my top five heavy metal. There were some people didn't like the order. There were some people like where's Ozzy at? Listen. Ozzy had a unique voice, a very recognizable voice. I don't think he's the biggest and he's but the most famous and all that. But I don't think he had the voices of the five guys that I had up there. But you know and you know how much I love Ozzy and I think he's but just the quality of voice to me. Who are you taking out? 1-800-919-3776 should be a book Krish in Queens. He is back after our miscommunication there. What do you got? Hey guys. Sorry about that earlier.

[Alan]

No problem.

[Caller Richard]

Can you hear me?

[Rosenberg]

Oh sure. Yeah. So I just on the whole kissing your sister thing.

[Alan]

Man, she's hot.

[Rosenberg]

You gotta imagine yeah. You gotta imagine the first person to coin this. The person he was talking to must have had the strange pulls going on in his head. Very strange.

[Caller Richard]

Like your sister.

[Alan]

That's what I'm saying. I think it was could have went

[Don Hahn]

gold kind of missing.

[Rosenberg]

When you're glad I'm sheep. When you.

[Alan]

It's a great point.

[Rosenberg]

It is.

[Don Hahn]

We're kind of missing the point.

[Rosenberg]

But it you got to also take Alan looked it up because he's a journalist. I have to it first was used in print in 1892.

[Don Hahn]

Yep.

[Rosenberg]

All right. So we're still in at that particular point. The 19th century. Right.

[Don Hahn]

Barely a country.

[Rosenberg]

It was an innocent time. It was just a different world. So it kind of made sense. Now we live with a bunch of filth bags. And it hits different now. Filth form filth. That's right. So you gotta. I think it makes sense. You kind of know what we're talking about there.

[Alan]

But it's still.

[Rosenberg]

It's because they're thinking it's a peck on the cheek. It's affection to your sister. But at the end of the day, what is it? It feels like a tie. But now filth bags. Different types of porn subjects. We've taken it to a different level now because we're animals. We're filthy, disgusting animals. And we can't use an analogy from 150 years ago because we're filth pack. I'm a clothing.

[Don Hahn]

Well, what did you think of the.

[Rosenberg]

All of a sudden kissing your sister on the cheek has become like full blown makeout session.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, it's weird. So the state of New York had a tweet. Did you see this?

[Rosenberg]

I did not.

[Alan]

About the subject at hand.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

It said it's. It's whole filling season. That's a Tweet directly from YGov.

[Producer/Engineer]

Well, as uncomfortable. Do you know why that is?

[Don Hahn]

Yes. Of course. They know what they were doing.

[Alan]

Pothole season. Of course.

[Don Hahn]

But they know what they were doing when they put that tweet out.

[Caller Richard]

Take it off. Take it all off.

[Alan]

Supposedly they filled like 8,000 potholes in a day.

[Don Hahn]

It's gotten 12 million views.

[Alan]

So even the state is trolling.

[Don Hahn]

Yes.

[Alan]

Algorithm hustle.

[Rosenberg]

Get out of your hole. Because we're filth bags. So I got a big hole in my mouth.

[Alan]

You know, I meant to mention this.

[Don Hahn]

Wait a second. I'm not in your hole.

[Alan]

This city's a real hole.

[Don Hahn]

Did we have that many?

[Alan]

That's a lot of hole related problems.

[Rosenberg]

We could add a whole region. You got the arm in the wrong hole. I had never seen holes like that before.

[Don Hahn]

We have a problem.

[Alan]

Please, no more. I meant to. Shut your damn pie hole. I remember. That's seven so far. That's almost a region.

[Rosenberg]

We almost were nine away. Now you got the arm in the wrong hole.

[Commercial Announcer]

There's a very low percentage of this.

[Don Hahn]

That is smiles and glory holes.

[Commercial Announcer]

Very low percentage.

[Alan]

All right, we're trying to say something.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, shut your mouth.

[Alan]

Shut your holes.

[Rosenberg]

Six more.

[Alan]

We're almost there.

[Rosenberg]

We're almost there. Can't be like a whole region.

[Alan]

A whole, whole region. So I Meant to mention enn that Colin Kaepernick announced his memoir is coming out. It's called the Perilous Fight.

[Rosenberg]

You had a tweet earlier.

[Alan]

I did that said copped, copped, copped that. I bought the book, but it says it's coming out September 15, 2026.

[Rosenberg]

Okay. Around opening day.

[Alan]

10 years since he knelt.

[Rosenberg]

Wow. Decade.

[Don Hahn]

So that's why that day.

[Alan]

10 years. It's crazy, because I remember it was preseason at first.

[Don Hahn]

I remember no one wrote about.

[Rosenberg]

Didn't get it.

[Alan]

Didn't get bigger till the regular season.

[Don Hahn]

Regular season. But I remember someone was tipped off about it.

[Alan]

Oh, really?

[Don Hahn]

That's the rumor. That it was just simply a. Hey, watch. Have you noticed what he's doing? And he watched and wrote about it.

[Alan]

Here's. Here's the one thing I'm gonna say.

[Don Hahn]

And I think I asked him about it, and.

[Alan]

Yeah. And then he gave the answer, and then he gave his reasoning. Here's the one thing I'll say that gets me so angry. I don't want to have a whole political discussion. We have two and a half minutes left. I felt this way at the time, but to me, I guess it feels more glaring in hindsight. And you recall Don, because we talked about it endlessly. You know, he had talked to military veterans in his family and otherwise about, like, what he wanted to do and what they thought made sense in terms of how he did it. The thing that gets me so angry, in retrospect is we have seen players, like, pout before and just sit on the bench, like, with their towel on their head, being either intentionally or unintentionally disrespectful. The thing that I thought about earlier, when I thought about it being 10 years, was you may have not liked that he was kneeling, but you cannot argue that it was disrespectful. It was very purposeful. It was. This is the national anthem, and this is what I am saying during the national anthem.

[Producer/Engineer]

It's not.

[Alan]

I'm avoiding it. It's not. I don't think it matters. I'm not staying in the tunnel. I'm not putting something over my head. So it is interesting that 10 years later, it'll be really interesting, and maybe he'll do some press and he'll finally talk. He really. If you really look back, guys, he's barely spoken in the last.

[Rosenberg]

And this is going to really help the sales of the book, for sure.

[Don Hahn]

You can't flex seal a hole.

[Alan]

You still. I enjoyed the hole. I loved the hole. I Learned in the hole.

[Don Hahn]

There's a lot of.

[Rosenberg]

We only need three more.

[Don Hahn]

We really.

[Rosenberg]

Or just three.

[Alan]

Think about the work they're putting in the drill. Do you see this?

[Don Hahn]

They're searching. Mets lose 7 2.

[Alan]

Oh, yeah.

[Rosenberg]

By the way, can't count the sinkholes on Route 80. All right, so you know what? Fix that.

[Alan]

Fix that.

[Don Hahn]

Is that where fix that came from? It's almost like there's too many holes to plug right now.

[Rosenberg]

That's 15. One more.

[Don Hahn]

You can't.

[Alan]

You can't.

[Rosenberg]

One more.

[Alan]

But how do they keep.

[Rosenberg]

Fix that was the mic.

[Don Hahn]

No, no. Fix that was the mic.

[Alan]

But that sounded very similar.

[Producer/Engineer]

It's not the same, though.

[Rosenberg]

No, but it was close. One more. Full reach and show me something, Jacob. Come on.

[Alan]

I cannot believe he made it to 15. Think about the work these guys do. So should be playing hole to fill.

[Producer/Engineer]

How'd you. Thank you. Have a nice day.

[Rosenberg]

That's it.

[Producer/Engineer]

How'd you do it? You look up the word hole.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Producer/Engineer]

In white orbit. And then you just make sure that it's one that's one second long.

[Rosenberg]

But how.

[Alan]

But I can't believe you guys isolated 16 of them.

[Producer/Engineer]

It's not isolated. There's literally eight. There's literally 16 drops that are one second long with the word hole in it.

[Don Hahn]

Too bad Drop madness is over.

[Producer/Engineer]

I know.

[Don Hahn]

It's a shame.

[Producer/Engineer]

Somebody just called up saying they love it and they would be devastated if it was over.

[Rosenberg]

Well, guess what?

[Alan]

Bad news for you. It's not feeling good right now.

[Rosenberg]

All right, guys, we'll do this again tomorrow. We'll have a Yankee game to recap. Mets lose, we'll talk about that. Get into it. Islanders back in action in almost a must win situation. Don on Rosenberg on a Wednesday on ESPN New York.

[Don Hahn]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Alan]

I don't want to know how the

[Don Hahn]

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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