Doug, what was the argument for Yelich over Stanton? What was the guy trying to

say? The person there was annoyed that Cashman signed Stanton and didn't sign Yelich.

Now, I mean, there's a lot of things you get mad at Cashman about.

Eight years ago, signing Stanton over Yelich may not be one of them.

And not only that, Stanton two years ago hit about a billion home runs as the Yankees got to the World Series.

Let's not forget that.

He made a huge contribution.

John Harbaugh, Coach of the Year, NFL so far?

... for the off-season, where everybody wants a salary cap?

I think that's an excellent point.

I think that will play into it.

If you get a Milwaukee-Tampa World Series, people are gonna say, "Hold on now.

Uh, we got a Milwaukee-Tampa World Series.

What the- why do we need a salary cap?" By the same token, um, uh, the Player Association in one of their proposals to the Commissioner's Office said they did not want any kind of, uh, uh, ceiling, uh, uh, floor at all.

You know, they were just moaning and groaning about how these teams don't spend money.

He's gonna end up with 125 rushing touchdowns when it's all said and done, Chris.

... mean for the off-season, where everybody wants a salary cap?

I think that's an excellent point.

I think that will play into it.

If you get a Milwaukee-Tampa World Series, people are gonna say, "Hold on now.

Uh, we got a Milwaukee-Tampa World Series.

What the- why do we need a salary cap?" By the same token, um, uh, the Player Association, in one of their proposals to the Commissioner's office, said they did not want any kind of, uh, uh, ceiling, uh, uh, floor at all.

You know, they were just moaning and groaning about how these teams don't spend money.

He's gonna end up with 125 rushing touchdowns when it's all said and done, Chris.

Wow

... obviously why I've been number one in the ratings book for, uh, 30 plus years.

You can look that up.

Mike will tell you that, too, uh, obviously Mr. Francesa, my partner for a long time.

But no, you know, there's a lot of talk about ratings with your show and with Game Day.

And, you know, uh- Sometimes the cream wants to be around the other cream.

So, uh, that-

Well-

The number one thing that has you annoyed right now?

Well, it's a little late, but I'll give it to you because I probably won't be able to do it tomorrow.

What the U.S. Open does with the tennis is mind-bogglingly stupid.

I mean, you know, having Alcarez and Shelton play the 3.30 in the morning is beyond dumb.

Supposedly, they don't want to put a quarterfinal in the Louis Armstrong Stadium because they don't have any luxury boxes.

So that's why those two played so late at night.

I would have argued if that's the case, which is a joke, We'll then play Alcarez at 730 and let Pagula play at midnight because Pagula is not going to move the needle while Alcarez and Shelton will.

Is there any chance we avoid a lockout?

Dad, how are you? Yes.

How are you doing? Well, thank you very much, Colin.

Of course, you wanted to set all sorts of records, hiking up mountains and doing trails in Jackson Hole, which got everybody fatigued, sick and trying to be competitive with Colin, who basically refused to give everybody a break.

Colin, do we have to go another three miles so you can jump off a rock? In Pulte Creek Lake.

But yes, we are here, raring to go, looking forward to football in week one.

Obviously, you got Ohio State, plus you got Ben Shelton today, if you're into that.

So, and I think if you, let me do that first, just kind of see if you agree.

Oregon was

Two nothing

... hits the two-run homer.

Liza Minnelli, uh, did New York, New York in the seventh inning.

Uh, Donna Summer, uh, did the, um, the national anthem, and it was a dramatic day.

And, you know, that was important.

So baseball, and the Mets won, and Piazza.

That's the first thing.

Mm-hmm.

But how much of this do you think is about the owner versus owner? And obviously it tends to, uh, gravitate towards the advantage, major advantage, that the Dodgers have? You know, it's unwinding a little bit because the Mark Walter stuff have because of the favorable terms that they got from Major League Baseball.

Yeah, they got all that money, the TV money.

I think unlike a few other times, I do think the owners are all on the same side.

I mean, I think outside of Steve Cohen, I think everybody wants some sort of labor certainty.

I know Steinbrenner does.

I know Henry does.

Those are two big markets.

Where do you stand on them? Yeah, I think

You know, it's unwinding a little bit because the Mark Walter stuff have because of the favorable terms that they got from Major League Baseball.

Yeah, they got all that money and the TV money.

I think unlike a few other times, I do think the owners are all on the same side.

I mean, I think outside of Steve Cohen, I think everybody wants some sort of labor certainty.

I know Steinbrenner does.

I know Henry does.

Those are two big markets.

Where do you stand on them? Yeah, I think they'd be much better.

The answer is zero

zeroZero.

He has not hit a home run in this ballpark, which is really hard to believe.

Um, I haven't looked at Guerrero as, as, as much as I've looked at, um, Raleigh.

I mean, I know he got hurt there last week too, when he had that little minor concussion.

He plays a good first base.

Uh, you know, I give Guerrero a little bit more of a pass.

... do they get sick?

Mr. Russo, how we doing? It's Russo and Rizzo, partner.

I don't know who the partner is, but I do know you, Mike.

You do a wonderful job.

Your father.

is a good talk show host i know you got a sidekick there mike wisdom on whomever they vary every day um as far as the nil thing is concerned uh you guys trying to figure out what recruit would work in big sky basketball is a scary thought to say the least and if anybody would misappropriate funds i know your partner would because the kid is lost So the idea that he is going to figure out which mid-level player to give $25,000 to, you know, some two-guard from, you know, Walla Walla Washington, and he's the new Dylan Darling of... lumberjack basketball is a scary thought.

You, on the other hand, Mike, I trust.

So if you are in a situation where you find a player in the West Palm Beach area or you find your player in Peoria, which I think was your old stop, or if you find a player in your backyard in Stecker Heights, Ohio, you don't live in downtown Cleveland, if you find a spot there and you say, Mr. Russo, I think I have a player for you, you inform Tim and Tim being the Sonny Vercaro that he is, one of the great recruiters of our time, he will figure out a way to get that player to travel to Flagstaff.

All right? Here's what

Right.

You certainly miss Rahm.

You know, there's about four or five guys I'd have to th- you know, Cameron Smith in the old days you missed.

There's about four or five guys that, uh, the PGA Tour survived.

Never, nobody thought they would, you know? They thought that LIV with all this un- endless money and with all the poaching, you thought that LIV would be the team, that the PGA was in trouble, and the PGA out-survived LIV.

So give the PGA a lot of credit for that.

But they still miss about four or five guys.

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How quickly-- I know the, the front office has only been in place there for three years, but how quickly will the pressure get on them to turn this around for 2027?

Uh, they will try to win next year.

I mean, the owner's got more money than God.

Scott Sterns will be back.

They, they have a couple of young pitchers who they like.

Um, you know, and obviously McLean is one of them.

Uh, they will...

... how they've played since

Yeah,

I mean, he played 18 great.

You know, when he got unlucky, like in the bunker on a couple of occasions, 15 and 18, he shrugged it off.

You got to be very impressed with him.

You know, and of course, DeChambeau.

And by the way, that is a two-stroke penalty.

I mean, you cannot freaking...

sports, what are you more interested in terms of the MLB trade deadline coming up? The Mets being sellers or the Yankees being contenders and trying to bolster their team before a postseason run?

And I guess what brings you here to have this conversation and what airlines are going to be able to do to help improve that situation?

So the conflict right now that we are having is causing tremendous strain on the global oil commodity markets, right? Everybody can see that the prices are going up.

Aviation fuel is by far the most affected for a number of reasons.

That price is, again, a year ago, Aviation fuel was roughly $2.60, $0.70 a gallon.

That's kind of just the rough averages that we saw the legacy carriers reporting in last year.

That number is closer to five.

The IATA is about to come out with some very interesting statistics that I have seen ahead of time here, where they are forecasting global production profits to be cut in half for airlines.

So what should airlines here be doing about this? What are you seeing out there? And, um, what would your recommendations to be for, uh, for our listeners?

But you have got to tell me, what was it like to be at that Knicks game on Wednesday night?

You know, listen, first off, the crowd was tremendous because they did not get down on the Knicks when they were down by 30 in the second half.

A lot of times the New York crowd can get a little restless and they can jeer and teams can sense that.

Yankee fans, Met fans, Red Sox fans, there's a tension in the air.

And that was not the case there the other night.

Now, obviously, you know, they were not happy, but there was no outward cry of despair.

And I think that helped the Knicks, who were very, very competitive and did not give up on the game.

Why are the owners moving in for the kill now?

I don't know what it was, but I felt that yesterday, and, and I thought San Antonio was going to win last night.

That's an excellent job, Dan.

I said yesterday the three things trying to make a case for San Antonio that gave them a chance.

They had a good finish in game two.

Maybe they carry that little momentum over the last six minutes down 14.

The same thing you just said, I think the Knicks may be a little too amped up.

You know, maybe come out a little disjointed because of the hoopla and the fact they could win a championship in New York.

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I don't know what it was, but I felt that yesterday and, and I thought San Antonio was going to win last night.

That's an excellent job, Dan.

I said yesterday the three things trying to make a case for San Antonio that gave them a chance.

They had a good finish in game two, maybe they carry that little momentum over to the last six minutes down 14.

The same thing you just said, I think the Knicks maybe a little too amped up and, you know, maybe come out a little disjointed because of the hoopla and the fact they could win a championship in New York.

And number three, the first two games were really close.

Bounce here, bounce there.

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There are other people in the industry that I believe have made really good careers and really big names for themselves saying things that I don't, I don't actually believe that they really think.

Yeah, I think there's a very fair point there.

I, I think you, in order to be good... and you gotta be a salesman, so you gotta sell your point of view.

But, you know, you have to believe in it to sell it properly.

Now, there's always a little embellishment.

Y- you know? You- that's part of being a performer per se, or an actor.

You gotta jazz it up a little bit.

Give me a, a thing or two that you think-

There are other people in the industry that I believe have made really good careers and really big names for themselves saying things that I don't, I don't actually believe that they really think.

Yeah, I think there's a very fair point there.

I, I think you, in order to be good...

And you gotta be a salesman, so you gotta sell your point of view.

But, you know, you have to believe in it to sell it properly.

Now, there's always a little embellishment.

Y- you know? Yeah, that's part of being a performer per se, or an actor.

Give me a, a thing or two that you think-

Go ahead, Big Chris.

Yeah, man.

Um, yeah, I'm thankful to be with you guys.

Um, so I don't know when it started.

Um, when I was 9 years old, my mom passed away from cancer, and at that point, there was something in me that said, I'm a...

I think my nine-year-old self, I just wasn't as close to my dad.

I th- something in me at that point was like, "I'm on my own now." So th- that, there was a, there was something in there, and I don't even know that I...

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... a title winner can lose it the next year.

I agree.

I mean, I, I wouldn't rule it out, but they did win a game seven in Detroit.

They did get to a conference final.

Last year they lost in the second round.

Uh, y- you know, he, he's, he was...

He comes from the Kerr field.

Why?

And is the

NFL MVP that year? Had a great year.

They won the day.

They were 13-1.

I mean, people don't realize how good the...

And Merle had been around a long time.

I remember he took over the Dolphins when...

What does that mean for pro football?

What does he mean to that city, to that market, to that fan base?

Well, he was the voice of the Yankees when they were great for about 15, 20 years.

Uh, even more than that, beginning in, say, '94, '95, uh, and taking it all the way to, you know, 2020.

Uh, you know, at least, you know, at least say, say through 2010.

He had, uh, you know, historic calls.

He, whether it's Brochas, Tino Martinez, Jeter with the home run against Arizona, Boone's homer against the Red Sox.

Four World's Championships, two perfect games.

Right

What does he mean to that city, to that market, to that fan base?

base?Well, he was the voice of the Yankees when they were great for about 15, 20 years.

Uh, even more than that, beginning in say '94, '95, uh, and taking it all the way to, you know, 2020.

Uh, you know, l- at least, you know, at least say, say through 2010.

He had, uh, you know, historic calls.

He- whether it's Brochas, Tino Martinez, Jeter with the home run against Arizona, Boone's homer against the Red Sox.

Four worlds championships, two perfect games.

Right