to hear about this all year.

Yeah, it was so funny because when they say, There's no beef here.

You're like, well, let me get the popcorn out because there's got to be something.

And, you know, if you just think in their playing days together.

there was always probably this alpha male thing going on.

You know, if we surveyed all of us right now, okay, the championship season, who's the most important Celtic? Who's the number one guy? Or you need a bucket late, who's going to get it? You know, and Jalen Brown was awesome.

You know, he played great, but it was always, you know, Tatum's the first choice, and then Brown stepped up and played great.

Yeah, I

I mean, I'd cut him a little bit of slack, but a lot of people aren't.

What was it? It was 10 targets total, three receptions, some drops.

You know, the one that kind of blew my mind a little bit because I don't know if the coaching staff did him any favors because like, oh, you know, his ankles.

He's been cleared.

He's OK. Yeah.

Even though he's an elite receiver, even elite receivers need time just to figure out.

left from right, I would assume.

We've made a lot of changes.

I, I gotta-

You know, Laura, I mean, I, I think when we watch him, and Ma- I, I don't know if you feel this way, it's like he doesn't seem too high or doesn't seem too low emotionally or what he says, you know? That there's no, like, if, if they win or if they lose, he seems similar.

Now, when, you know, when he was struggling at the end of last season and a couple, first couple weeks of this season, you know, it's like, "Well, it starts with me." And I think as fans, we were wondering, it's like, well, i- is this the, you know, the runner-up to the MVP, or was that just an aberration? Like, I kinda like his demeanor and how, uh, he, I think he's trying hard to keep an even keel.

Whether or not he gets in his head or not, Laura, I, I don't know.

Like, I, I-

Yeah.

So there's your UNH alumni chat.

So that's coming up Friday.

Yeah,

exactly.

Because that is the most important piece.

And he was just limping into Buffalo.

And there was a lot of doubts.

And driving back from Vermont yesterday, you know, I'm listening to the radio call.

And, you know, Scott Zolak is just talking.

Frida,

Did we get you all

week? Yes, all week.

Yep, the whole show.

My weekend was great, though.

I went to Dan and Shay at the Bank NH, and that was really, really good.

They can definitely sing, so it was enjoyable.

And then Saturday night, I went out with some friends in Manchester, and then yesterday, I made some homemade soup and had the football game on for the Vibes, lit my candle.

Yep.

And there's 12 games to go.

I mean, when we were talking in April and May, would we have ever thought in our wildest dreams they'd be at 82 games, let alone a chance to, like, even you go 500 the rest of the way, you got 88 wins and you're a playoff team.

And I, I think that's remarkable, and it's kind of an indication that, okay, uh, through a period of time in the season, they had to go pretty hard, to your point, Kelly.

They had to go pretty hard, so now they've got to manage the arms.

They've got to manage the bodies.

It would be awesome if i- in this next week, and they got the Rangers coming up, [smacks lips] that they could just button it all up and just really think about shutting guys down.

Yeah, so-

Yeah, and I get

Yankee fans.

That was an important game just for, as you said, the Yankees hold the tiebreaker, 7-6.

So if it comes down to that, the Yankees host the wild card.

Still a lot of baseball left.

We have, what, 25 games left in the season.

So I wouldn't panic and say that was it.

Let's see what

Yeah.

You know, he, he's the latest star for the Sox, and he's hitting six straight games.

He's 11 for 22 at the plate, and he's making plays all over the field.

I know a different position from Anthony.

That's not my point.

My point is whenever they've needed somebody to step up and buy more time for Anthony and Story to get it right in the minor leagues, guys have done that.

The lineup's produced.

Yep.

Seventh or, seventh or eighth best in Major League Baseball, yeah.

Yeah, 'cause National League's got a, a few more.

But, you know, I think that, um, it's, it, it's a little contagious.

You know, they say hitting's contagious.

You know, the bat play was contagious.

You know, the pitching kept them afloat a little bit and got them to this, to this point, but you got guys like, you know, uh, Seadán hits four home runs this weekend in Dodger Stadium, couple more yesterday.

The team hit four home runs.

Mm-hmm.

Do you think they're gonna go after another bat?

I, you know, uh, the, the Mead thing's interesting.

You know, I think it's considered the first trade deadline deal of significance made by any team in baseball, so the Sox are being aggressive.

If you think back to June, we were talking about, "Oh, man, Sonny Gray's pitching really well.

He's gonna bring some good pieces back in a trade." You know, "Oh, Connelly Early, you know, he's, he's looking pretty good.

I wonder if they trade him.

Nah, he's a young left-hander.

Right

Right.

You're supposed to play it in real time.

They're slowing...

I get all that stuff, so does this feel like, okay, this is the just thing.

He should be able to play.

He should not have been able to get a red card.

I get it.

[laughs]

Yeah.

So I, I would say don't get caught up in, into that.

Just look at it and say, "Okay, you know, right now, realistically, what kind of team do we have?" Garrett Crochet is not even throwing a baseball right now.

You know, you're, you're gonna look at it and say, "Can we get in the back door and, and make it in the playoffs, or can we really try to reset and build and great, get great value for Sonny Gray and, and make any other moves?" So I think three weeks i- is legit.

August 3rd is the deadline this year, so you got some time.

Yeah.

Like, as we saw in the walk-off.

They- it was loud there last night.

Were you surprised the fans in New York got on Wyndham Clark as much as they did yesterday with the boos?

After we saw Ryder Cup, and, you know, w- we've seen on Long Island in the past, you know, they, the New Yorkers, the, the obnoxious New York fans lean into the, "This is what we do." Not everybody, but enough.

Yesterday was...

I, I thought that was, like, over the top.

You know, like, Wyndham Clark does not have a lot of fans.

You know, he, he, he bashed up the locker room in Pennsylvania last year.

He bashed up a tee sign.

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It sounds

like Giannis is forcing his way out of Milwaukee.

I get it.

It sounds like there's just a... a couple of teams that he's wanting to push himself to.

So I don't know.

The one thing I do know is the Celtics and, and Brad Stevens, Danny Ainge was like this before Stevens, they won't overpay for someone.

They won't make a bad deal.

What do you got on the Sox? What's going on on the Sox?

The nachos! How does

she do it? Layer, cheese, and then maybe shredded chicken, then another layer of chips with, again, another layer of cheese.

Is the chicken on top of the cheese? Well, a layer of it.

Yeah, a couple,

See, I disagree

with you.

Nachos are good.

Some people like them burned.

What band did you find out about too late?

Well, I didn't find out about them, but the Talking Heads, you know, growing up, I knew the hits, but I'd never really taken a deep dive into their catalog, and it's a pretty amazing catalog.

Yeah.

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Yeah.

There we

go.

I can picture...

I don't know if this is the right scene, but it's a guy in his underwear and he comes out and he's playing something, right? Yeah,

Okay.

Okay.

Which of these is not a reality dating show? Love Overboard, Too Hot to Handle, Worth the Risk.

And they

just lost yesterday.

I think everything that we've talked about in the days leading up to the start of the season, the offseason, we knew they didn't have a good lineup.

We knew they didn't go out and spend on a lineup.

They big swing and miss.

I don't know how big of a swing they took or how fair a swing to them.

to get guys like Pete Alonzo or get Bregman to stay.

Would you trade Brown for Giannis Antetokounmpo?

No.

I don't think so.

You know, so you're gonna be in on Buffalo.

I find it hard to root for the Knicks.

You know, that's a team that Celtics have recent playoff history with, that didn't go very well.

Um, I'm not gonna say the Sixers are likable, but they are playing well.

Uh, and you just hope, like if they play at that level that they did against the Celtics in the last three games, all right, th- that should be a good series with the Knicks.

Mm-hmm

... once it started rolling

... middle of the third period, the Bruins are up 2-0.

Buffalo's power play has been anemic, it continues to be anemic.

I think they're 0 for their last 25 or something.

And the, not everybody, 'cause it was 15 years between Stanley Cup playoff games for the Buffalo Sabres, not everybody was booing, but there were a lot of boos in the building.

The, the Buffalo fans were quiet, the team was quiet, and I think what happened is the Bruins took their foot off the gas.

The Bruins settled back a little bit.

Oh

He got home at, like, 1:00 AM.

Oh, yeah.

Kelly, I watched every...

Like, so I was broadcasting a softball game in Alabama.

I drove to Georgia to...

That's the airport, the closest airport is Atlanta.

I'm listening on the Masters radio which is, again, a, a crazy tease.

Looks like maybe Sabres, maybe Hurricanes, but obviously goal scoring has been a problem here.

Yeah

...

I, you know, well, and it's...

Uh, uh, he had a chance to make it right at the end of the game saying, "Y- you know what? I said something in-game.

I'm gonna apologize for it now." No, he doubled down.

Then, Greg, from the end of the game to the time he sat in front of the microphone, I, I, I didn't go back and look.

It had to have been 30, 35 minutes.

[laughs]

UConn, both men and women are in the Final Four.

Yesterday was a great sports day.

Yeah.

So, you know, we were flying back, but I'm watching basketball starting at 1 o'clock.

You know, obviously, I watch the women.

I'm watching the men.

I think Kelly had mentioned it.

That's fine.

What's your take?

building up his minutes right i think he had some tatum at 32 minutes last game i think they've done a real conservative cautious build where they're not counting on him to go out and try to score 30 or 40 points he's doing all the things that a great teammate trying to work his way back into shape remember this is his preseason and it's happening in march so he needs to right get the time that kind of that runway to to get where he needs to go but i you know it's still he's he And we shouldn't be surprised.

You know, he he doesn't strike me as a guy who's going to come in.

It's like, all right, I'm the alpha.

Feed me the ball.

I've got to score.

He's come in and I truly believe in him.

It was fantastic.