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2 Dummies That Just Watch: A Sports Podcast Between Friends

39. New York's Walking Wounded

March 12, 2025 • Will Hernandez and LeeJay Parrilla

The Knicks, Mets, and Yankees each are facing significant injuries to their respective squads, which has becoming a recurring theme in New York.

Jalen Brunson is out with a sprained ankle. Gerrit Cole will miss the year for the Yankees thanks to Tommy John surgery. He joins some key players already on the IL in The Bronx. Francisco Alvarez will miss the next 6-to-8 weeks for the Mets as he had surgery on his left hand to repair a broken bone. The 2 Dummies discuss all this to start the show.

For our halftime topic, the Dummies decide to play a game with baseball cards.

On the other side of the break, we spend a good amount of time discussing the NFL free agent frenzy as the Giants and Jets both make key signings. We end things with a bit about St. John's men's basketball.

And to top it off, we have some controversial takes for our Mt. Rushmore of overrated movies.

Please enjoy!

Timestamps
0:00: The Texas Tetas
15:24: The Knicks power on without their leader
31:44: Gerrit Cole will miss 2025
48:55: The Mets and "entertainment"
58:15: Halftime topic, fun with baseball cards
1:06:57: Giants and Jets make moves
1:41:36: St. John's and the Big East Tournament
1:46:55: Our Mt. Rushmore of overrated movies

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00:00:01.25
William Hernandez
Greetings and salutations, and welcome back to Two Dummies That Just Watched, a sports podcast between friends. This is episode number 39, the Edwin Diaz episode.

00:00:15.24
William Hernandez
i am one of your hosts, Will Hernandez, and I am here, as always, with my co-host, Edwin. Mr. Lee J. Perilla looking very green today. this because St. Patrick's Day is on Monday? Is that is that we're getting in the spirit already?

00:00:33.62
William Hernandez
No.

00:00:34.25
LJ
No. Everyone in these stupid holidays.

00:00:39.92
William Hernandez
Lee J. is wearing a a fresh Oaken A's hat. Sir, when you when you told me today that you got a new hat, thought you bought a a Texas Death House hat.

00:00:49.89
LJ
This is this is the thing that's been going around today between that and the and the Los Angeles anals.

00:00:58.44
William Hernandez
Dude, I can't believe. First of all, time out.

00:01:02.39
LJ
did we not do we know ah Do we not have a team to go over these things?

00:01:06.76
William Hernandez
Time out.

00:01:07.40
LJ
I'm pretty sure someone on the range of someone in Spanish that lose there's someone sp as that works in this organization.

00:01:15.21
William Hernandez
out Let's talk about that. Let's talk about that. For people who don't know what we're talking about, andlb MLB came out with this. First of all, the line of hats, they're fucking hideous.

00:01:25.89
William Hernandez
I'm sorry.

00:01:26.39
LJ
yeah the

00:01:28.25
William Hernandez
they're Basically what it is, it's like the team name is going across the the the hat.

00:01:28.35
LJ
yeah

00:01:34.17
William Hernandez
um What is it? from If you put the hat on, it would be from yeah from left to right. right or right Whatever. And the thing is, is that theyre like um like in the Texas case, the T is covering up the X on Texas or whatever.

00:01:50.56
William Hernandez
Or Ranger, whatever the fuck it is. First of all, the hats look terrible. that's That's the first thing. Second of all, some of these hats, the placement of the ah logo, the lettering is awful.

00:02:00.70
LJ
The lettering, that's what it is.

00:02:03.39
William Hernandez
So on the Texas Rangers thing, the T is in the middle. And for those who don't know, thatta that's a Spanish. i can't believe we're talking about this. A Spanish slang for tits.

00:02:15.46
William Hernandez
Okay. So I sent this to our friend, DeLora. Right. And she said the same thing. She's like, Do they not have anybody who's Hispanic that looked at this and said, this this is wrong? You know what I mean? It's crazy.

00:02:32.79
William Hernandez
That's

00:02:32.90
LJ
I'm going to watch the Rangers play this year in the great state of Tetas.

00:02:37.57
William Hernandez
crazy.

00:02:41.70
LJ
Then after that, I'm going to go west and go to the into the anals of Los Angeles.

00:02:49.82
William Hernandez
Well, some people think that that is el Los Angeles.

00:02:54.89
LJ
Christ almighty.

00:02:55.33
William Hernandez
Holy shit, man. I don't... ah Yeah, i hope I hope Major League Baseball learned the lesson here that maybe... It's called quality control.

00:03:05.73
William Hernandez
you remember the episode in the Office where the... The paper went out with the ink mark and it was like two cartoons fucking and cre and Creed was supposed to do that the quote.

00:03:10.45
LJ
Yeah. Yeah.

00:03:16.99
William Hernandez
That's what this is. Holy shit, man. What a shit show. just whatever. Just please. I know MLB every year comes up with these things like, you know, fashion. This is these things are terrible.

00:03:31.89
William Hernandez
They look so fucking bad. I just I don't know. But yes, that's what went through to my mind today. When you said that a new hat, I was like, oh, maybe he, by the way, think about, think about all those hats that are sitting in a warehouse right now.

00:03:39.82
LJ
Yeah, definitely not.

00:03:44.63
William Hernandez
Number one, number two, you know, somebody is going to somehow steal those things and they're to end up on eBay for like triple the price.

00:03:52.29
LJ
They get. They're going to they're going to they're going to wind up selling selling just for that reason.

00:03:58.93
William Hernandez
Well, that's what I was thinking, because why don't you just, you redesign the hat and then you just sell whatever you have and be like, listen,

00:04:06.62
LJ
They won't make any more, but the ones they made, I think they'll sell them all.

00:04:09.65
William Hernandez
Yeah, i think I think you're right. Just fucking sell them. Listen, we're we're all adults and it's funny looking at the comments of because, you know, people don't know what that means. A lot of people don't know what that means. So a lot of people are like, I don't see the problem.

00:04:22.12
William Hernandez
It's like, okay.

00:04:22.57
LJ
i mean it's it's I mean, you see it sometimes on Instagram or even walking in the street, you know, you got got people wearing shirts. They don't even know what they say.

00:04:30.47
William Hernandez
Yeah, exactly. Sir.

00:04:32.05
LJ
i love anal. it

00:04:35.90
William Hernandez
Sir.

00:04:35.87
LJ
It's a span. I don't know, span. They speak whatever language. They don't even know what it says on their shirt. You're like, yo bro, change your shirt. Yeah.

00:04:44.58
William Hernandez
Sir, there are people who have Japanese and Chinese characters tattooed on them that don't, and the characters don't mean what they think they mean.

00:04:52.12
LJ
I've always said, why would you do that for?

00:04:52.47
William Hernandez
Right?

00:04:53.52
LJ
How do you know that that's really what that means? or that what Or is that, that's what do you I should say.

00:04:56.99
William Hernandez
Oh my God.

00:04:58.81
LJ
What's that supposed to say?

00:05:00.18
William Hernandez
Yeah, exactly.

00:05:01.49
LJ
Meanwhile, they could have tattooed on you. I'm a jerk off in Japanese and you wouldn't even know.

00:05:07.42
William Hernandez
Holy shit. That's hilarious. Sir, how are you doing beside that?

00:05:13.26
LJ
um Besides finding out they're going to take one of my remote days until September, I'm good.

00:05:18.82
William Hernandez
Oh, shit. That sucks.

00:05:20.62
LJ
It's everybody. It's happening. It's stupid. Whatever.

00:05:23.36
William Hernandez
Oh. Is that the department or the city itself?

00:05:28.51
LJ
You're never going to get the real answer.

00:05:32.94
William Hernandez
That's not surprising.

00:05:33.45
LJ
So you just got to kind of read what you're being told and and read between the lines and go from there. Well, I know it's overall, no matter where it's coming from, it's stupid.

00:05:42.46
William Hernandez
Interesting. That sounds like fun.

00:05:44.16
LJ
So whatever. I don't really care anymore. There's bigger things to worry about, bad or good.

00:05:49.82
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:05:49.84
LJ
in my life than to worry about a day that you're taking from me because you're miserable. Yeah.

00:05:58.61
William Hernandez
ah Yeah, I can. ah I don't know. Again, I'm in. We're in a week six now of this unemployment thing. ah I don't know what I'm doing my myself every day. Every day.

00:06:10.50
William Hernandez
I can't wait to. um I'm going to talk about him next week. my half The halftime topic next week will be about my appointment with the but the career advisor for the State Department.

00:06:22.62
LJ
That definitely should be fun.

00:06:24.29
William Hernandez
By the way, you know, it's it's it's inside the um where I'm going tomorrow. It's inside the building where college is here. You know the community college?

00:06:31.53
LJ
Oh, yeah, yeah, kind of that that kind of makes sense.

00:06:32.59
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. That's where, that's where it is. It's like, are you, are you fucking, cause I look at it cause I want to see, Oh, it's a 17 minute walk. I'm just going walk cause it's on my way to the coffee shop. So what I'll just do is I'll go to the thing at nine 15 and then I'll just go to the coffee shop, um, afterwards and just chill out for a little bit.

00:06:49.66
William Hernandez
But yeah, it's so, it's so fucking dumb, but you know, things are happening behind the scenes that hopefully I might have some good news soon, but, uh, we shall We shall see.

00:07:02.86
William Hernandez
So before we we go on, I wanted to i wanted to um bring something up about ah ah about you fucking heathens out there.

00:07:08.57
LJ
so boy.

00:07:11.00
William Hernandez
Because I know a lot of y'all...

00:07:14.92
William Hernandez
How do I kind of say this in a nice way? Don't have any taste when it comes to food. At all. And on Sunday, i went down to Jersey to go see my niece in her dance competition.

00:07:30.44
William Hernandez
And I get there at about 1230. And i heard her I had already missed the morning. I knew going miss the morning because they they're there all day. She wasn't going to go on until like 330, like three hours.

00:07:43.81
LJ
Yeah, I'm good.

00:07:44.03
William Hernandez
So we got like three hours to kill.

00:07:44.25
LJ
I'm not sitting there the whole time.

00:07:46.00
William Hernandez
Yeah. So Anthony, my my brother-in-law, and my sister, Brenda, my mother and I were sitting in the auditorium seats. And they're like, ah hey, let's just go kill Simon. Let's go to Applebee's.

00:08:00.87
William Hernandez
I'm like, what? Applebee's? Like, yeah, we'll go grab some food and and a beer. And I'm like, okay, I mean, I'm not going to say no to a beer, right? So I'm thinking I'm not really going to eat.

00:08:14.54
William Hernandez
Because I wasn't really hungry because I just ate breakfast. The Applebee's a two-minute drive down the street. We go in there. Let me tell you something. I have not been to an Applebee's probably since 2018.

00:08:30.27
William Hernandez
when I went in there on a random one in Long Island because I was on a date. And we went there afterwards, after the date, to kill time to the train came.

00:08:42.07
William Hernandez
So we went in and I had a beer. So that was the last time I had been in there. You know, I order, they had Cold Snap, the the Sam Adams beer. Nice 20-ounce beer.

00:08:53.66
William Hernandez
And I did end up ordering food. And I got the um the chicken want...

00:08:56.90
LJ
The bonus wings.

00:08:58.46
William Hernandez
No, no, no, no. They have those. Fuck you. They have the chicken wonton tacos. I'm like, oh, but that sounds decent. And Anthony was like, oh, yeah, those are really good. Those are really good.

00:09:08.30
LJ
I've had those.

00:09:10.34
William Hernandez
They are not really good. I'm sorry. Anthony, if you're listening to this, you're probably not. That shit was terrible. And I'm sitting there and I'm eating this and I'm like, I have to eat this because, one, I'm not paying for it because I'm poor right now.

00:09:23.08
William Hernandez
And, two... I was drinking those 20-ounce beers, like the big ones that they have there. And I'm like, I'm probably going to have a couple of these. So I should probably eat these tacos.

00:09:35.14
William Hernandez
they just They just didn't have enough taste in them. And then, you know, Anthony ordered the sampler thing for the for the table.

00:09:43.76
LJ
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. hu

00:09:45.24
William Hernandez
And I'm like, I had a ah mozzarella stick and one of the quesadillas. And just like... Bro, the amount of fucking salt. And we talked about it last week, right? With the burgers.

00:09:57.60
William Hernandez
Bro, the amount of salt in these things, it's unreal. And I felt like the tacos just didn't taste good. And I know people love these chains. They love Applebee's.

00:10:10.45
William Hernandez
They love... Is TGIF still a thing? that still around?

00:10:16.07
William Hernandez
I don't even know.

00:10:16.56
LJ
i think the one um I think the one on 34th is closed, but I'm not sure.

00:10:17.35
William Hernandez
have to look.

00:10:19.52
LJ
I don't know. I haven't been there in a very long time.

00:10:20.11
William Hernandez
Let's see. But like, what's another thing that's like Applebee's? um

00:10:26.98
LJ
Chili's. My father loves that shit.

00:10:27.97
William Hernandez
Chili's. Yeah. Yeah.

00:10:30.04
LJ
I make fun of him all the time.

00:10:30.12
William Hernandez
Chili's. Oh, yeah. T.J.F.

00:10:31.80
LJ
um

00:10:32.31
William Hernandez
is. Oh, no, they're out of business. Oh, wait. Hold on. Yeah, they still have them. They're still around. Not one anywhere here. The one in Milltown is closed. But yeah, it's like that type of food.

00:10:42.81
LJ
There was one in Newburgh. I wonder if that one's still there. Right next to the Barnes and Nobles.

00:10:45.90
William Hernandez
Yeah, it is. That's right. It's right next to the Walmart. Yeah.

00:10:50.28
LJ
There's a Barnes and Nobles there. They put a TGI Fridays there.

00:10:51.83
William Hernandez
Yeah, yes.

00:10:52.80
LJ
It's like on top of the hill.

00:10:54.03
William Hernandez
Oh, no, it's not. thought you were talking about Applebee's. The Applebee's next to the...

00:10:58.07
LJ
No, TGI Fridays. TGI Fridays.

00:10:59.66
William Hernandez
No, no, that's not there anymore. That's definitely not there anymore. But it's just like, this food is just... It's just...

00:11:04.98
LJ
The last time I went was like eight years ago. When I first met Melissa, we went to the Target at like by Yankee Stadium.

00:11:08.04
William Hernandez
Ugh. Yeah.

00:11:12.11
LJ
After work, we wound up doing some shop, whatever the hell we were there for.

00:11:16.24
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:11:17.18
LJ
And we was like, that was the only thing to eat. I was like, whatever, let's just go.

00:11:21.78
William Hernandez
Yeah, right.

00:11:24.05
LJ
i don't even, I think I got a burger. don't remember what she got. And that was the last time I've been there. So like eight years ago.

00:11:31.47
William Hernandez
this shit was so fucking bad.

00:11:33.11
LJ
They definitely didn't have a cold snap. I think I was drinking Blue Moon because that's all they had.

00:11:37.43
William Hernandez
They had Blue Moon. That's what Anthony had. So you're in good company.

00:11:40.13
LJ
it was only only The only thing that was like, all right, if I'm going have a beer, I could have this one. the The beer options are terrible. They don't know how to mix drinks.

00:11:47.60
William Hernandez
They are.

00:11:49.59
LJ
I wasn't doing a mixed drink. Take a walk. And that was the last time I've been.

00:11:55.90
William Hernandez
Dude, they had no IPAs on tap. Nothing.

00:11:57.68
LJ
and there If you were looking for one, I could have told you that.

00:12:01.25
William Hernandez
Like, come on,

00:12:03.04
LJ
Nope. They're not doing that. You got to understand. this is me This may sound racist. I don't care. You got to...

00:12:10.46
William Hernandez
No, that's fine.

00:12:11.12
LJ
You gotta know who you're catering to.

00:12:15.81
William Hernandez
Are you telling me minorities don't like IPAs?

00:12:22.38
LJ
One of them we know.

00:12:25.91
LJ
Mr. Charlie Moran.

00:12:28.36
William Hernandez
Holy shit.

00:12:29.08
LJ
He said the IPs disgust him. I told him to take a walk.

00:12:32.85
William Hernandez
Well, I don't know. I should have.

00:12:36.81
LJ
And my brother's too bougie. He doesn't drink beer.

00:12:39.70
William Hernandez
Oh, God. Who does he drink?

00:12:42.05
LJ
every eighty Every liquor, ah but on the rocks.

00:12:42.33
William Hernandez
Just liquor?

00:12:44.58
LJ
He doesn't even mix it.

00:12:46.22
William Hernandez
ah God. I can't. I can't with that shit. I don't know how people. Whatever. I'm not going get into that conversation.

00:12:53.64
LJ
He'll hear this and he'll text me about you. He'll say something. so He'll have something nice to say about you.

00:12:58.37
William Hernandez
I just, like, can't. I tried it.

00:12:59.72
LJ
He'll have something nice to say about you.

00:12:59.99
William Hernandez
I just can't do it. if it

00:13:02.38
LJ
I can't wait.

00:13:02.53
William Hernandez
if it's If it's, like, a cocktail, yes, I can do that.

00:13:06.07
LJ
Yeah, I bet.

00:13:06.30
William Hernandez
But, like, shh.

00:13:06.55
LJ
A cocktail. cocktail.

00:13:08.70
William Hernandez
This fucking guy.

00:13:12.26
William Hernandez
if but if it's, like, a straight-up, like, whiskey, I just i can't do I've tried it so many times.

00:13:15.38
LJ
No, I could do this.

00:13:17.27
William Hernandez
Ugh.

00:13:17.32
LJ
I'm good.

00:13:18.57
William Hernandez
Disgusting.

00:13:19.61
LJ
Delicious.

00:13:19.91
William Hernandez
That's like drinking fucking gasoline. Anyway. This is a weekly sports podcast, and we come at you each and every week on the podcast platform of your choice.

00:13:33.37
William Hernandez
Don't forget that we are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and YouTube. Let me take quick minute to talk about YouTube, because I mentioned last week that I was going to do something different. So what I've been doing, and I haven't been doing it as much as I've wanted to, but there are two videos.

00:13:49.36
William Hernandez
Basically, what I'm doing is I'm taking the video from that we record every week and And I'm going to start slicing it up into different segments. So last week I posted the one about the Giants.

00:14:00.27
William Hernandez
And yesterday I posted the one about the about the Mets. And what I'll do is is try to get into a habit of posting maybe three a week. Maybe I'll do every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I'll try to post a new one. So, you know, this way...

00:14:19.50
William Hernandez
For people who have like YouTube... ah What the fuck? YouTube Premium. You can play the video without going to ads or you can have it in your background. Because if you have regular YouTube, you can't like um click out of it and listen to it in the background. The audio in the background. so If that's a different way you want to listen to the podcast, be my guest.

00:14:41.47
William Hernandez
As long as we get the views and the likes, I don't care. Anyway. ah Don't forget, you get you can email the show... There is that ability in the description of the podcast.

00:14:53.82
William Hernandez
And don't forget that we are on Instagram, Threads, X, and YouTube. Oh, I forgot to mention. I made a youtube ah Facebook page.

00:15:02.32
LJ
There you go.

00:15:02.43
William Hernandez
So we have one now. After Caesar was bitching about it. You hear me, Caesar? I made a Facebook page for you. You better go like it. Anyway, so yes. If you want to go follow the um the podcast on Facebook...

00:15:17.83
William Hernandez
We are now on Facebook as well. So, okay, we're going to start with the Knicks today. We have not done this in the short history of this podcast.

00:15:32.19
William Hernandez
And even with all the NFL shit that's been happening the past couple of days, I thought it would just be a good idea to start with the Knicks because... of what happened last week to Jalen Brunson.

00:15:47.03
William Hernandez
But before we get to that, well, let me go let me go through, because they won last night. We'll get to that. So as everybody knows, right now the Knicks are in the middle of this five-game West Coast road trip that got off to a terrible start on Thursday.

00:16:02.34
William Hernandez
They lost 113-109 to the Lakers OT. And that out came with the added slap in the face that they lost Jalen Brunson, ah who sprained his right ankle late in the game.

00:16:16.09
William Hernandez
And he's expected to miss two weeks. And I was at, haven't checked, but is that, has that changed at all with the time amount of time and he's, he's expected to miss?

00:16:23.03
LJ
I don't think so. Two weeks. i've heard two weeks. that I haven't heard anything more than that.

00:16:25.08
William Hernandez
It's supposed to be two weeks. Okay. Okay. Because I feel like the way, and don't know, just the little things that I've been reading here and there, it's feel, I felt like he was going be out longer, but. I haven't seen anything that suggests to be out to be out two weeks.

00:16:37.57
William Hernandez
Anyway, this is what Tom Thibodeau said after they lost, but before before the game against the Clippers that they lost on Friday, 105-95. He said, quote, you don't replace a guy like him individually.

00:16:51.97
William Hernandez
We're going to have to do it collectively. They did it collectively, i would say, last night. They beat the Kings 133-104. one thirty three to one ah four That ended a three-game losing streak.

00:17:07.00
William Hernandez
And heading into tonight, they're like a solid three seed right now. You know, they're, what are they, four, five and a half games behind, I think, the um Celtics.

00:17:17.63
LJ
Boston.

00:17:19.57
William Hernandez
And then they are, let's see, they're four and a half games up on the Bucs. So, you know,

00:17:31.15
William Hernandez
it's it's right you know there It's probably a but good bet they're going to stay on number three seed. Sir, you and I, well, at least I sat down and I watched the game last night. And I've got my thoughts.

00:17:42.99
William Hernandez
But it seems like there was a sense of urgency last night. I thought. They come out in the first quarter. They shoot 62% from the field.

00:17:57.46
William Hernandez
And basically the game was over after that, for the most part. So I don't know. I know you saw a little bit of the game. What were your but but your takeaways from...

00:18:04.45
LJ
I was working last night, but I had it on the radio.

00:18:07.07
William Hernandez
Okay. What were your takeaways listening and then watching the highlights today?

00:18:10.24
LJ
my I'm going to gloat a little bit here because that's just what I do.

00:18:16.80
William Hernandez
ahead.

00:18:17.81
LJ
Listen.

00:18:20.72
LJ
Whoever listens, you listen on the other end, you don't respond, whatever. yeah This guy's full of shit. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Everything they did yesterday was mentioned the week before moi.

00:18:29.44
William Hernandez
ah Here we go!

00:18:35.13
William Hernandez
Yep, go ahead and check the tape.

00:18:35.54
LJ
it's it's a it's a It's a fact. It's a fact.

00:18:37.94
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:18:40.69
LJ
I don't care who they played. It's irrelevant. You still have to play the game. Because if you just look at it in general, if they play basketball that way with Jalen Brunson, that's when I could say they could beat anyone.

00:18:44.46
William Hernandez
Right.

00:18:54.10
LJ
That's a fact. It's not a fact. It's my opinion. But have you if you say if I say that way, the way they played yesterday, it can turn into a fact.

00:19:02.74
William Hernandez
Right. Yes.

00:19:05.10
LJ
The ball movement, the cutting to the basket, taking the threes, not many, but hitting them so it was okay to to take them.

00:19:06.83
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:19:15.13
LJ
I think they shot 60-something percent from three-point, maybe 50-something percent. Everything was just working. Sometimes you got to have each other's back when the star is down, one of the stars.

00:19:28.22
LJ
That's what they did. I just want them to continue to do what they did with Bridges yesterday because he did a little bit. You know, and he always is always guarding the best man. So maybe sometimes that takes away from what he could do on offense.

00:19:42.43
William Hernandez
Yeah, that's usually what happens.

00:19:45.43
LJ
But he's he's he should never be the focal point of the offense.

00:19:49.46
William Hernandez
Right.

00:19:50.33
LJ
Get him in screens, like I've always said, 15 to 18 feet. That guy got a sweet mid range jumper. Forget about the three pointer. his His shot is ugly. So keep it close.

00:20:00.51
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:20:01.89
LJ
But here's what I'll say about this. This is an underrated... People may not see it this way. I see it this way. Do you know who P.J. Tucker is?

00:20:11.29
William Hernandez
Of course I do.

00:20:12.75
LJ
Journeyman.

00:20:13.89
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:20:13.85
LJ
Been around the league.

00:20:15.24
William Hernandez
Yep. Old school.

00:20:15.65
LJ
He's a dog. Old school. Dives, rebounds. Maybe he'll take a couple threes from here and there. He'll fight you. He defends his teammates. He's dog. Do you think the Knicks signed P.J. Tucker to a 10-day contract because he was going to get a line playing time and score a lot of points?

00:20:33.20
William Hernandez
Yeah. He didn't even play last night.

00:20:35.34
LJ
Bingo.

00:20:36.00
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:20:37.00
LJ
If I were to take a guess right now, if things go the way they went with him on the bench, they'll sign him for the rest of the year.

00:20:43.19
William Hernandez
Hmm.

00:20:43.35
LJ
And there's only one reason why. Because what he was doing yesterday from the bench,

00:20:47.63
William Hernandez
Yeah, I noticed that. I definitely noticed that.

00:20:50.25
LJ
everybody on the bench was involved, standing up, pointing at each other, having fun. Taking their mind off Brunson is not on the court and he will not be around for the next two weeks.

00:21:03.04
LJ
Because at the end of that clip again, when they went into, was did it go into overtime? It did, right? Or toward the end of the fourth quarter, the Lakers did.

00:21:07.57
William Hernandez
Oh, Lakers. Lakers went into overtime. Yeah.

00:21:09.64
LJ
But when Brunson got hurt and he couldn't run the show, they were lost.

00:21:16.48
LJ
You didn't see that yesterday. McBride, I told you, he did a lot better yesterday. Just the flow seemed better. Cappy, you know, with a few knucklehead three-pointers, whatever, he did what he had to do yesterday.

00:21:29.20
William Hernandez
I already told you what I think about that.

00:21:30.26
LJ
Josh Hart, another big game. um

00:21:35.57
William Hernandez
Well, yeah, let me.

00:21:36.12
LJ
That's what they signed for.

00:21:38.48
William Hernandez
Yeah, so all five starters scored in double figures and Shemit came off the bench to score 13. Kat led the way with 26 points. Three of them.

00:21:50.62
William Hernandez
Kat, OG, the Mets fan. We just learned that he's a Mets fan. And McBride, so OG had 24 points and McBride scored 21, 15 of which came in the first quarter. And like I said before, that pretty much set the tone.

00:22:07.04
William Hernandez
One thing going back to what you said about three point percentage, they shot 55% from three last night.

00:22:11.27
LJ
55%. That's to happen.

00:22:12.79
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. I thought at one point things got a little sloppy in the third quarter, I thought. And just from my untrained eye, my untrained Knicks eye, I was like, okay, this is kind of where they probably miss a guy like Brunson.

00:22:31.95
William Hernandez
But they were so far ahead in the game at that point, it didn't fucking matter.

00:22:34.47
LJ
That's going to happen.

00:22:35.68
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:22:35.74
LJ
that's that's goingnna happen

00:22:37.48
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:22:38.38
LJ
You get a little lackadaisical. Once you buckle down again, you're fine.

00:22:40.20
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:22:41.50
LJ
To be honest with you, I don't think he's going to do it. But 2-3-C, I think all that stuff, home field... ah Home field. Home court advantage.

00:22:50.80
William Hernandez
Home court.

00:22:51.13
LJ
i think that I think that shit's overrated.

00:22:51.20
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:22:52.97
LJ
i don't care about that anymore. I don't care they drop down to 5.

00:22:55.24
William Hernandez
Interesting. Okay.

00:22:56.56
LJ
I don't care.

00:22:57.68
William Hernandez
Why do you think that's overrated?

00:22:58.04
LJ
I just want him i just want them to come back healthy. And if it he has to wait and get a little extra rest too and come back for the playoffs, it's not... I even thought about this as ah as like going back even as a kid watching it. Maybe he had a little bit more.

00:23:13.90
LJ
I don't know. I just don't think.

00:23:17.50
LJ
Look at Boston. they have a better home they better they I believe they have a better road record than they do a home record. I'm not mistaken.

00:23:24.21
William Hernandez
And I see what you're saying, because the Knicks have played well on the road, so...

00:23:24.59
LJ
um um if Listen, if if you have good, great players, that shit doesn't matter. You're going to win anywhere.

00:23:32.37
William Hernandez
Okay, I see what you're saying.

00:23:32.84
LJ
You could win on the moon. It doesn't matter. If you play well together,

00:23:39.81
LJ
If you have the players, I don't care where you play. I don't care who you play. I've always believed in that. I've always told you that. I've always told you that.

00:23:46.94
William Hernandez
So... and the The Celtics are actually... A tad bit better on the road. They're 24-7 on the road and 23-11 at home.

00:23:55.03
LJ
Yeah, they're a little bit better on the road.

00:23:55.88
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. Knicks are about even.

00:23:56.23
LJ
Not much, but they're still better on the road.

00:23:56.92
William Hernandez
21-11 at home and 20-12 the

00:23:57.55
LJ
Sometimes doesn't work that

00:24:01.05
LJ
sometimes it doesn't work out that way

00:24:02.85
William Hernandez
road. So it's even. They're basically even.

00:24:06.85
William Hernandez
and twenty and twelve on the road so it's even they're basically even yeah

00:24:09.60
LJ
when it cut when it comes When it comes down to it, you're the three seed and somebody's the two seed. If you you want to be that team, you have you go to game seven, you have to win on the road. You have to be a good road team. You have to figure it out, whether you're 500 or a little bit above.

00:24:26.15
LJ
That's what I said. You got to block out all that noise and just play basketball. That's it. So the more rest he gets, the better. I just think him sitting down is bothering him and he's gonna he's going to come back

00:24:39.76
LJ
Whenever they say he's good to go, he's going to come back.

00:24:40.01
William Hernandez
so

00:24:41.40
LJ
I don't think they're to give him extra time off.

00:24:44.02
William Hernandez
Right.

00:24:45.03
LJ
Just so he could get acclimated and back into the flow, even though I wouldn't mind to see him come back for the playoffs and then

00:24:45.43
William Hernandez
and

00:24:47.90
William Hernandez
Right.

00:24:54.56
LJ
whatever happens, happens.

00:24:55.71
William Hernandez
Yeah, well, I think that was kind of, well, that's why I was asking you if you had heard otherwise, because i don't know, maybe again, no source on this. But I saw people chatterboxing on X about, well, maybe he might not come back until the playoffs.

00:25:14.66
William Hernandez
And you you would be okay with that, it seems.

00:25:16.64
LJ
Yeah, I'd be perfectly fine with that.

00:25:17.39
William Hernandez
and

00:25:17.80
LJ
I don't even care if they drop down to like the fifth seed. I don't really care.

00:25:21.56
William Hernandez
a

00:25:22.13
LJ
Even if you drop down to maybe the fifth seed, that may keep you out of the way of Boston in the second round, which everybody is so scared of.

00:25:22.32
William Hernandez
Interesting.

00:25:30.11
LJ
I'm not. Who cares?

00:25:30.79
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:25:30.95
LJ
You got to Everybody in the playoffs are good and anything can happen. You have to play them eventually if you if you want to go to where you where you think you want to go to.

00:25:40.34
William Hernandez
It's true.

00:25:40.64
LJ
I'm not sold on Cleveland. what What have they won? They're having a good year. What have they won? They haven't won anything. um I'm not sold on them yet. evan They have a good record. So what? Who cares?

00:25:52.55
LJ
The best record in the NBA. What does that get you? it doesn't always get you the best, the ring or whatever. So who cares? They haven't proven it. You got to beat the good team to get to where you want to go to. That's all I have to say.

00:26:03.63
LJ
So if they drop to five, who cares? Whatever. We move on. We play. See what happens.

00:26:10.18
William Hernandez
So one thing I had mentioned heading into today was asking, and, and you know, Thibodeau said it.

00:26:21.20
William Hernandez
It's got to be collective, but also in these situations, we know, we've we've been watching sports for a long time. Usually there's got to be like one or two guys that like steps up, right, in the absence of the superstar. And Jamal Crawford mentioned this a little bit yesterday too. And I was like, oh, fuck.

00:26:39.63
William Hernandez
It's kind of funny to talk about this when I want to talk to you about this. And McBride did that, right? At least at the beginning of the game. Came out, scores 15 points. We're shooting threes. You know, and again, they came out hot last night and at basically they were on the on the way to the races.

00:26:56.69
William Hernandez
So I ask you, who has to step up here? While he's out individuals, because, you know, the whole team has to step up. But is there somebody individually order or two people that you would like to see kind of.

00:27:11.22
LJ
Well, I already mentioned mcri brit McBride, so that was definitely one for me.

00:27:11.45
William Hernandez
OK, I'm going to step up here. Yeah.

00:27:16.01
LJ
And um Cat's going to do what he's going to do. I just don't want him hanging around the perimeter. and i and i And I think I mentioned it before, Mikel Bridges. This is opportunity to maybe get the little to get the ball a little bit more than he's used to when Brunson is on the court.

00:27:35.71
LJ
And I think that's what people don't understand.

00:27:36.05
William Hernandez
Yep.

00:27:37.07
LJ
Like, some... like when When the Nets traded for him, that's what I was trying to tell Danny. like They try to make him a superstar and try to make him build around him. i don't think that was the right thing for him. I don't think he's that type of player.

00:27:50.60
LJ
I also don't think he's the type of player that should be fourth or fifth option, which sometimes he falls into that role with the Knicks.

00:27:50.85
William Hernandez
and

00:27:58.45
LJ
But you got Brunson.

00:27:59.01
William Hernandez
yep He did that last thought little bit.

00:28:00.38
LJ
you got brunson You got Carl Anthony Towns. When Josh Hart is hitting his three-pointers, he's

00:28:09.83
LJ
See, Josh Hart, everybody should have a Josh Hart. When he's hitting threes, he's good, but if he's not shooting well, he still rebounds, he plays defense, he goes to the basket. His game does not change.

00:28:21.40
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:28:21.71
LJ
If he's having a bad game, his head is always up. Bridges, you can see, is off a little bit sometimes. I don't know if that's from not getting the ball. This is a different team for him. I think this is an opportunity for him to score a little bit more.

00:28:34.92
LJ
um Yeah, that's about it because the bench players are going stay the same. Mitchell Robinson will get some more burn. Hopefully my man Precious Achua with his stupid hamstring.

00:28:45.99
LJ
Get some minutes off the bench coming back. I just want to see that the offense. More McBride because he's go the one that's going running the offense at the beginning of the game.

00:28:55.80
William Hernandez
right

00:28:57.67
LJ
And then they just got to play defense together and pass the ball like they were doing yesterday. Move that ball. boom boom boom Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. No one can move faster than a ball. Nobody can move faster than a ball when the ball's being moved the right way.

00:29:09.20
LJ
and but And it's a beautiful thing to see, like they did yesterday. And they smacked the shit out of the Kings.

00:29:13.45
William Hernandez
So, one thing I will say about Bridges that i that i I was a little confused about watching him last night. Because when I watched that game a couple of weeks ago, what was it? if He scored like 15, 16 points in the first quarter.

00:29:27.12
LJ
What a Memphis game.

00:29:28.28
William Hernandez
Yeah, the Memphis game, right. But then last night, you know, he doesn't get, i don't think he scores until like almost halfway through the quarter. And he was like not aggressive at all.

00:29:41.66
LJ
and that was That was a testament to like what McBride was doing, and then it takes a little bit longer.

00:29:41.88
William Hernandez
And I'm not,

00:29:45.51
William Hernandez
yeah, sure. Well, that's what I mean. It's like, don't, I'm not saying you force anything, but it's also like, and I'll give you a perfect example because I wrote it down. There was one possession early on where he got to the right elbow.

00:29:59.28
William Hernandez
right he positioned him, you know, he he dribbled to the right elbow. And the defender was off of him just enough to shoot the J from there, right? But you know what he did ended up doing?

00:30:11.71
William Hernandez
He passed it to OG for a shitty fucking three-pointer. When you had the J right there, right then and there. So, I don't know. I would like to see him be a little bit more aggressive, like you said.

00:30:26.64
William Hernandez
But to your point, too, about um McBride, if he's playing well, picking up the slack, then I guess you don't have to worry about it. They did play defense last night, though.

00:30:38.68
William Hernandez
They held Celtics. They held the Kings to 41.9 from the field and 29.4 from three. I notice... and twenty nine point four from three so and i didn't know what Again, based off of stuff that you've said and what the commentators were saying last night, they were playing – it seemed like they were playing better defense and like team defense.

00:31:02.27
William Hernandez
So let's see if – who do they have next?

00:31:08.50
LJ
Portland tomorrow.

00:31:08.71
William Hernandez
I just have to schedule out. Portland's tomorrow. So, yeah, I mean –

00:31:15.31
LJ
they should beat They should win that game.

00:31:15.85
William Hernandez
what What did we say? Three and two, right? So, at least you said it.

00:31:20.37
LJ
If they win that game tomorrow,

00:31:21.37
William Hernandez
Three and two.

00:31:24.71
William Hernandez
No, it'd be two and two. Because they've already lost the first two. Because they lost against but both LA teams.

00:31:30.94
LJ
Oh, that Memphis game was here. I was thinking i was over there.

00:31:32.67
William Hernandez
Yeah, Memphis game was here. No, no, no, it was here. So, alright.

00:31:40.26
William Hernandez
Let's move on to some baseball. Because, spoil your boy boy, already know what I'm going to name this episode.

00:31:52.77
William Hernandez
Just as far as all the injuries that the New York teams are facing at the moment. So, we kind of discussed this a little bit last week, but things have gotten worse but for both the Mets and the Yankees.

00:32:07.80
William Hernandez
Especially the Yankees. Because... Garrett Cole, he is now officially going to miss the entire season to Tommy John surgery.

00:32:19.34
William Hernandez
He was out in LA yesterday getting a second opinion. And then the news came down. Shout out to Larry, who forwarded me the email, the official email from that. He was going out there to get a press release. I mean, to to get a second opinion.

00:32:33.12
William Hernandez
And then they said, nope, you're getting Tommy John surgery. So right now to start the season, The Yankees are without Cole. He's done.

00:32:44.29
William Hernandez
He gone. Stan, Gill, and LeMahieu.

00:32:50.17
LJ
Let me who don't count. He's been on a deal for the last three years.

00:32:52.77
William Hernandez
I know, I know, but, you know, he was supposed to be the starting third baseman, you know, the coming into this year. So now the question is, with Cole out, Yankees fans want to know what's going on.

00:33:08.30
William Hernandez
And guess whose fucking name keeps on coming up? This guy doesn't die. Trevor Bauer.

00:33:12.56
LJ
They need to stop already. Give it up.

00:33:15.39
William Hernandez
Like, this guy does not... This guy does not... This guy's name does not go away. Listen, guys, I don't think... And this goes for the Mets, too. Neither team is going to take a chance on a guy when those teams play in the number one fucking media market in the world.

00:33:33.18
William Hernandez
And this is what going to have to constantly, constantly be talking about What happened to Trevor Bauer past? Yes, i I understand everything was... Charters were dropped or whatever the fuck happened. I get that.

00:33:45.27
William Hernandez
But still, that that stuff but stuff never goes away.

00:33:48.28
LJ
he's the Colin Kaepernick of baseball enough.

00:33:48.51
William Hernandez
So... He's

00:33:50.60
LJ
It's over. He's not coming back.

00:33:55.39
William Hernandez
going to be stuck in the fucking Mexican League ah forever.

00:33:57.53
LJ
that's It's over. and That's it. You, you signed free. Do you still have this guy? I mean, you did sign him. So he has to pitch, um, the lefty, what the hell is his name? Uh, Rodan.

00:34:09.52
William Hernandez
Oh, that's right.

00:34:10.37
LJ
um,

00:34:10.58
William Hernandez
Right.

00:34:12.58
LJ
i don't think I don't think they should panic as much as they think they should, to be honest with you.

00:34:16.48
William Hernandez
Hmm. Interesting.

00:34:18.87
LJ
You signed Max Fried for a reason.

00:34:21.19
William Hernandez
Right.

00:34:23.25
LJ
And Rodon, if he could get his head out of his ass, I mean, as much as people don't like him, you still do have Schumann, which is why you didn't trade him. He he does eat innings, like it or not.

00:34:32.78
William Hernandez
Right. And now that's going to, yeah, he's going to be out there.

00:34:37.21
LJ
He's going to be out there.

00:34:37.54
William Hernandez
He's going to be out there.

00:34:38.72
LJ
You have a good you have ah a really good bullpen. um the sky isn't falling, Yankee fans. I'll i'll say that. I don't believe it is.

00:34:48.76
William Hernandez
Well, i don't i don't I don't think it is either. But there was a thing that came out today, and I should have taken a screenshot of it. But it basically, and and I get, and this I kind of understand.

00:35:02.44
William Hernandez
The Yankees made record um revenue last year, right? with With tickets, just with tickets alone. So you look at the story, and you look at the comments on Instagram, and And they're making this money just on on tickets alone.

00:35:21.06
William Hernandez
You're not even counting TV rights. You're not counting merchandise, concessions, bla blah, blah, blah. And then you have people in the comments saying, but, you know, they're crying poor.

00:35:33.67
William Hernandez
They don't want to go over and spend. And we talked about this. They don't want to go over and spend, for ah you know, luxury tax stuff. Meantime, the Dodgers and the yeah and the and the Mets are doing this.

00:35:47.16
William Hernandez
So, I mean, again, I don't think that the sky is falling, but you also have to wonder, you know, why don't they don't go out and spend the money to kind of mitigate to mitigate these issues?

00:36:01.72
William Hernandez
Second thing, too, the thing is now is that they could be in the market for one of these guys that the Mets are looking at, the Dylan Ceases of the world. So, the Mets didn't pull that trigger.

00:36:14.41
William Hernandez
And now the Yankees might have an opportunity to pull that trigger as well. So that's kind of like one thing that I was like, fuck. Because again, just like we talked about in the offseason, everybody was targeting the same fucking cut type of players. so So as far as the DH is concerned, it looks like Ben Rice is going to get the nod.

00:36:36.22
William Hernandez
Though I keep on seeing J.D. Martinez's name out there as an option.

00:36:39.32
LJ
That's enough, enough, enough, enough.

00:36:42.48
William Hernandez
um By the way, did you see who's hitting who's getting well from the Yankees doing spring training? Our old boy, Dominic Smith.

00:36:49.62
LJ
Oh yeah.

00:36:49.94
William Hernandez
So, he actually might. Katoon, he might.

00:36:52.03
LJ
He might, he might make the team.

00:36:54.27
William Hernandez
He might.

00:36:54.73
LJ
He might make the team.

00:36:55.30
William Hernandez
Good for him. i know he's, I never had a problem with him. You know, he just kind of, pete yeah, and P.

00:37:01.42
LJ
There was just no, there was no spot from here.

00:37:04.30
William Hernandez
Alonso's is better. um Like, not even close.

00:37:06.61
LJ
And you know, there was no spot when you're trying to put him in left field and he was awful.

00:37:10.83
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah.

00:37:12.37
LJ
Come on. Come on, guys.

00:37:13.36
William Hernandez
yeah

00:37:13.56
LJ
What are we doing here?

00:37:14.69
William Hernandez
ah Again, it it's it's the the Kyle Schwarber effect of putting it... like what he came up He came up as a catcher, and then they tried him in left field. And we saw what he looked like out there against the Mets in that NLCS. It was horrible.

00:37:30.14
William Hernandez
Terrible. All right. That's the Yankees.

00:37:35.67
William Hernandez
Now for the Mets.

00:37:37.72
LJ
Your mans.

00:37:39.42
William Hernandez
Francisco Alvarez is going to be out. For the next six to eight weeks, he got surgery yesterday to repair a fractured hammock bone.

00:37:51.72
William Hernandez
I probably said that wrong. In his left hand, hammock bone.

00:37:53.14
LJ
Hammond Boone.

00:37:54.78
William Hernandez
There you go. Wow, yeah you're correcting me for once.

00:37:58.08
LJ
You he-mate. You fucking he-mate.

00:38:01.83
LJ
Fucking guy.

00:38:02.42
William Hernandez
So, but before before we go on, hold on, hold on. About Alvarez. David Stern said on Sunday ah about a potential replacement.

00:38:13.74
William Hernandez
We'll see. i think we feel good about the guys we have in camp. Anytime you have an injury to a regular player, you're going to see what's out there. But we don't anticipate this being an extremely lengthy injury.

00:38:26.36
William Hernandez
But that's not the point. Because you said this guy is turning out to be injury prone so far. And it's a fucking problem.

00:38:33.97
LJ
And it's and it's I don't see why they don't see it this way. He's been injured for long periods of stretches every year he's been up. And granted, it hasn't been long. it have it doesn't matter.

00:38:45.73
LJ
when you be When you have that, when you have um the black heart hovering over you, that you're injury prone, it's just like, just to try to you know, say you something similar in a different sport.

00:39:01.72
LJ
Andrew Thomas, great left tackle, but he's always injured. But the Giants don't draft somebody that can play left backup left tackle.

00:39:04.52
William Hernandez
a

00:39:07.23
LJ
It's stupid.

00:39:08.22
William Hernandez
Yeah, right.

00:39:09.50
LJ
We got Terenz, and I saw something. on i think it was from John Heyman yesterday. I'm not 100% sure. Oh, keep an eye for maybe picking up Nito again.

00:39:20.69
LJ
Yo, I'm done with that guy too, man.

00:39:22.44
William Hernandez
You know, ah I was thinking about that.

00:39:22.53
LJ
Enough.

00:39:25.30
LJ
No, stop thinking about it. Everyone stop thinking about that. I'd rather rock with Torrens and this guy that hit a home run the other day. I can't remember his name. This catcher that they had playing the other I can't remember name.

00:39:37.20
William Hernandez
Oh, I don't know.

00:39:37.78
LJ
He hit a home run. um yeah enough of the Enough of these these retreads.

00:39:43.21
William Hernandez
Was it the guy with the Grand the other day?

00:39:43.37
LJ
Stop.

00:39:44.75
William Hernandez
okay. Okay.

00:39:45.44
LJ
I think he hit a so ah solo i think he had a so ah solo shot.

00:39:45.86
William Hernandez
other day oh okay

00:39:47.92
LJ
Maybe he hit a grand slam too. I don't know.

00:39:50.00
William Hernandez
okay

00:39:50.14
LJ
I think his one of his at-bats, he hit a solo. I can't remember um But he's in competition, apparently, for the the backup kind the backup role.

00:39:56.31
William Hernandez
Back up.

00:39:58.75
LJ
um

00:40:01.77
LJ
It's six to eight weeks.

00:40:04.87
LJ
Then you're not going to throw him right back into the fire.

00:40:07.64
William Hernandez
Right.

00:40:09.37
LJ
He's got to get acclimated to the game, as they say.

00:40:12.83
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:40:14.63
LJ
um i don't know, man. This guy's like one more, two more injuries waiting to say, yo, take a walk, go somewhere else.

00:40:22.52
William Hernandez
You could be looking at June and in a way.

00:40:25.89
LJ
If you do the, right, because if here we're here, we March, a month, four weeks takes you to April 11th.

00:40:26.19
William Hernandez
He might not be back until June.

00:40:33.86
LJ
Two weeks after that is six weeks. That's the end of April. Yeah. to you So you're talking about the middle of May.

00:40:40.41
William Hernandez
Maybe the middle of May. At the earliest.

00:40:41.46
LJ
And that middle, no, middle of May and then a couple like, maybe a couple of AAA games.

00:40:41.73
William Hernandez
cause Yeah.

00:40:47.88
William Hernandez
yeah

00:40:47.94
LJ
So like you said, maybe June 1st.

00:40:50.93
William Hernandez
That's a quarter of the season. It's gone. Already.

00:40:53.56
LJ
But, you know, what what like you said, what he said, we will see. We feel good about the guys we have in camp. This guy's becoming more and more annoying but as the days go on for me.

00:40:59.50
William Hernandez
Well,

00:41:03.69
William Hernandez
the one thing that kept on getting brought up in this whole thing was, don't forget, the Mets had a couple of guys that they drafted for catcher that have just not turned out well. And one of them is Kevin Parada, who has done shit, basically, so far.

00:41:21.28
William Hernandez
He's been hurt, but he's also, you know...

00:41:26.44
William Hernandez
His career minor league stats, he's hitting 233 with only 28 home runs.

00:41:29.90
LJ
Yes.

00:41:33.35
William Hernandez
He was in camp with the um but the Mets, but they reassigned him. yeah Listen, he's only 23 years old, but here's one are of these things where if this guy had panned out better...

00:41:48.42
LJ
You have the opportunity. Seize the opportunity. Seize the moment.

00:41:50.71
William Hernandez
Yeah, exactly. Right. And that hasn't happened. So... I think there was somebody...

00:41:55.63
LJ
I know it's easier said than done, but yo you're you're getting the opportunity. You see that and you're still not doing anything.

00:42:00.16
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

00:42:03.60
LJ
So we expect you to do better in the major league level?

00:42:04.25
William Hernandez
Well, I mean...

00:42:05.80
LJ
Probably not.

00:42:07.75
William Hernandez
Well, that's the thing. like You who didn't even... You didn't even do enough in spring training this year to stay in the Major League camp. Because they already reassigned everybody. I know we were talking about Brandon Sprout, that he's been reassigned. He's going to be starting the season in ale a Um, but Parada had a chance to do something and it wasn't enough to have him stay in major league camp to the end. So I don't know, man. I just, Sterns can't go out there and fucking sign Nito. That like, that's, that's just ridiculous.

00:42:43.89
William Hernandez
There was somebody that somebody brought up the other day. I think it was a Texas Rangers catcher that signed a very cheap deal heading into this year.

00:42:55.35
William Hernandez
And i somebody brought up his name and I can't fucking remember that he might be... um

00:43:03.57
William Hernandez
He might be a a good get for them. Let me see if his if it's the guy I thought it is. ah ah

00:43:18.34
William Hernandez
Professional podcast. Yeah, I think this is it. Kyle...

00:43:26.02
William Hernandez
Higa Shulka, who they signed, he's, yeah, yeah, that they signed as a backup, that he could be a potential, is that him?

00:43:34.38
LJ
The guy that used to play for the Yankees?

00:43:37.46
William Hernandez
Is that used to play for the Yankees?

00:43:38.28
LJ
but if I'm about to find out right now. Let me see.

00:43:43.13
LJ
Yeah, he's playing for ti he played for the Yankees.

00:43:44.45
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, because, well, he's having a good spring training right now. He's hitting 474, and he's 34 years old. So, perfect guy to bring in as a backup right now.

00:43:53.67
LJ
Yeah, he got Shioca. Kyle Higayashi. Shioca. kahiyas yoka

00:43:56.04
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, he got drafted by the Yankees. Yeah, there you go. two thousand and eight 2008. That was the name that came up. So, you know, and he can be half for cheap because I think he only signed the contract for a million dollars.

00:44:08.01
William Hernandez
I don't know. Met you look into it. His name did come up. Anyway, more injuries. Brandon Nimmo still has his knee soreness.

00:44:19.09
LJ
I'm done with him too.

00:44:21.57
William Hernandez
and We changed that with everybody.

00:44:23.54
LJ
I'm done with everybody. Fuck it. I don't care.

00:44:25.28
William Hernandez
he was He was supposed to play on Sunday, ah but that hasn't been the case as he gets these injections. And, dude, he's only had two at-bats this spring, which is not good.

00:44:35.78
William Hernandez
Well,

00:44:36.20
LJ
He's had more injections and in bat than at a bats. Not good. No matter how you look at the injections.

00:44:43.17
William Hernandez
I mean, the thing is, too, is it brings up the whole the whole thing. And it's funny because Eric texted me the other day about, this is before the Cole thing came out, but... you know What do you do about spring training?

00:44:55.31
William Hernandez
Again, here's my thing.

00:44:59.90
William Hernandez
And we'll see what happens with the next collective a bargaining agreement because apparently there's supposed to be a lockout after next season. We'll see.

00:45:08.02
William Hernandez
Why i think spring training is as long as it is is because the Players Association probably hasn't negotiated for a short time period or maybe they feel like they need it.

00:45:21.62
William Hernandez
They didn't need that long.

00:45:22.00
LJ
here's my But here's my thing. He's only had two at-bats. Where did this knee pain come from?

00:45:27.79
William Hernandez
it You know what it is? Because I tell you what it is. He's got the plantar fasciitis still. So he's probably compensating for it.

00:45:34.06
LJ
which is which

00:45:36.33
William Hernandez
That's what's happening.

00:45:36.53
LJ
okay but this was a problem last year. The problem didn didn't just flare her up, which is my point that I was asking last week.

00:45:41.74
William Hernandez
Right. Yes.

00:45:42.90
LJ
What are you doing up until you come to spring training that these things aren't better or you haven't taken care of them?

00:45:43.21
William Hernandez
Why? Yeah.

00:45:48.88
LJ
If that's the case, that's my point.

00:45:50.51
William Hernandez
I agree with that. No, I agree. I completely agree with that.

00:45:53.43
LJ
You had two at-bats and now you have a near flare-up. Now it's because you're trying to compensate for plantar fasciitis. That was last year. So what have you done?

00:46:01.22
William Hernandez
Well, they said that

00:46:01.20
LJ
i get it. You go out there. You toughen you You fight through it. But here we are. the The season's about to start and you've had two at-bats and you've had a million injections and you're supposed to play Sunday. You didn't play Sunday. You're supposed to play this day.

00:46:15.36
LJ
When is that narrative changing? And and they're going tell us for real, all right, this guy's going to be out. Because they don't want to tell us that.

00:46:20.17
William Hernandez
Oh, I'm waiting for it.

00:46:21.25
LJ
Yeah, I'm waiting for it too.

00:46:21.58
William Hernandez
yeah'll Yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm waiting for it.

00:46:23.96
LJ
Oh, six to eight weeks. He got ah whatever's wrong with his... He got fluid in his knee. Like, what? ah you guys What are you guys... What the fuck are you guys doing? I get it.

00:46:34.40
William Hernandez
the The one.

00:46:35.27
LJ
Baseball's a long season. They need a break. But there's got to be a point where you get to almost... And you got to start getting back into the swing of things.

00:46:44.31
William Hernandez
The one thing I don't understand, and they said this coming at the spring training, that he was not fully recovered from the plantar fasciitis.

00:46:51.56
LJ
but That's a problem. I'm sorry.

00:46:52.94
William Hernandez
That is a huge problem to me.

00:46:53.38
LJ
That's a problem. does It doesn't make sense to me.

00:46:55.00
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. He was not fully recovered.

00:46:57.08
LJ
That doesn't make sense.

00:46:59.10
William Hernandez
So I just sort' understand like i don't I don't know. It doesn't make any sense to me.

00:47:06.45
LJ
doesn't make any sense to me. i ah um And I'm not here to figure it out. I don't really care. But it's it's just, it's I don't know, man. um I want to know what these people are doing.

00:47:15.71
William Hernandez
yeah it there Well, the thing is, too, with Starling Marti, he finally started playing. And it's just like, how come he was coming into camp hurt?

00:47:27.08
William Hernandez
How come Senga wasn't ready to the full bore? That just started, really. I don't know. I i hu i have a feeling this first month of the season is not going to be pretty.

00:47:43.41
William Hernandez
That's like what my gut is saying.

00:47:45.05
LJ
If going to, like how to, like stuff like this, like at the end of the day, injections doesn't, doesn't make it better. This is why I think it's going to turn into something of where he is going to get need time off or something like that.

00:48:00.51
LJ
Injections are for the moment.

00:48:02.78
William Hernandez
Right.

00:48:03.70
LJ
Remember Anthony told you that about your foot too with the plantar fasciitis. He said, yeah, I could get you.

00:48:07.05
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:48:08.18
LJ
You can make an appointment with a doctor. They're going to give you an injection, but it's just for a short period of time to make you not feel it's going to come right back if you don't do the right thing to get it up to par.

00:48:13.78
William Hernandez
Right.

00:48:19.15
William Hernandez
Yeah, exactly.

00:48:21.30
LJ
I don't know, man. This is this. Be prepared. Just prepare yourself so you're not disappointed.

00:48:28.22
William Hernandez
going to have an empty city field in April.

00:48:31.21
LJ
And then they'll tell then they'll tell you, don't worry.

00:48:31.32
William Hernandez
That's not going to happen.

00:48:33.48
LJ
We'll feel comfortable where we're at and everything will be okay.

00:48:36.24
William Hernandez
By the way, you know what? Well, you know, one thing i I didn't put it on here that I wanted to talk about was... um Well, yes.

00:48:41.71
LJ
What, $5 Tuesdays?

00:48:44.15
William Hernandez
that let's Okay, let's time out. let's Let's talk about this a little bit. let me Let me make a separate thing here because I do want to talk about this. And i havet I have a theory. And I want to see if you if you um if you agree with this theory.

00:48:58.72
William Hernandez
So, for the Mets... seem to be doing a lot of things, fan-friendly things, that they have never done before. let's Let's be honest.

00:49:09.53
William Hernandez
The Wilpons did not do what the Coens are doing. So I will give Stevie, and I think it's the wife that's really driving a lot of this. and And I'll give you an example.

00:49:21.81
William Hernandez
union Union Square now, they've got this like Mets shop that's going to be there that you go there and it's like ah you know you can buy merch and they have the grand opening over the weekend and you can take pictures and shit. Mr. and Mrs. Met were there, blah, blah, blah, blah. blah I know you're making fun of the $5 Tuesdays, but they also have this thing now. I got the email.

00:49:45.42
William Hernandez
The Mets like go advisory fan thing where they'll send you surveys throughout the year. to get your opinions on different things, and maybe to implement that stuff at at the ballpark.

00:49:57.96
LJ
Thank you.

00:49:59.79
William Hernandez
We talked about this last week, or two weeks ago with the attendance, about the Yankees being a brand, right? I really think that all of this is to turn the Mets into like an entertainment brand in the city because look what you're competing against every single day.

00:50:21.84
William Hernandez
Broadway, right? Other sports teams, all these tourist attractions. there's ah There's plenty of stuff to do with New York City.

00:50:32.47
William Hernandez
And I think the Mets are trying to do everything that they're that they can to make Citi Field, A, a destination, and B, make it make a met being a Mets fan worth it at the end of the day.

00:50:47.07
William Hernandez
That's kind of my read on the whole situation. I don't know. Am I off base with with with what they're doing? Because I i like it. I think it makes sense.

00:50:56.75
LJ
I think it blows. I think it's stupid.

00:50:58.99
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:51:00.03
LJ
and i'll say And I'll say this. I could be biased because I still, whatever you want to say my opinions about them, I don't really care.

00:51:05.94
William Hernandez
yeah

00:51:07.76
LJ
And I get it. We're about the 80s and we're talking about 2025. Two different times. I get all of that. But what did the Mets do in the 80s? The whole decade of the 80s? Where nobody even thought about the Yankees.

00:51:20.01
William Hernandez
Right, they were winning.

00:51:21.07
LJ
They winning. They were winning.

00:51:24.64
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:51:26.04
LJ
They were, they were, where was Shea Stadium? Was it a different location from where Citi Field is? Shea Stadium was right in the same parking lot, same borough.

00:51:32.82
William Hernandez
Right.

00:51:33.63
LJ
It took you the same amount of time to get there from no matter what, which was one of my points now of why people don't want to go to games. Attendance was down last year, not because at the beginning the year, not because they didn't have $5 Tuesdays, it's because they sucked.

00:51:47.89
LJ
They weren't winning the beginning of last year. And what was it? Get rid of Lindor. You gave him all this money. He sucks. He's that. He's this. He's that. but but Not because I couldn't get a hot dog for $5 on a Tuesday.

00:52:00.80
LJ
Yes, I see what you're trying to do. You're trying to lower in a crowd. You're trying to do certain things to get opinions of the fans. I understand. I'm not taking that off the table.

00:52:12.93
LJ
But as a fan of the Knicks, the Mets, and the Jets, he has to understand that there's a stank still here.

00:52:15.66
William Hernandez
Thank you.

00:52:22.72
LJ
That takes a while to shake that off, no matter who the owner is. It doesn't say, I came in, I told you what I was going to do, I'm going to spend the money, i borrowed i put all the money into Juan Soto, now you guys got to come here. That was my point.

00:52:35.57
LJ
You have to win. You have to consistently win. You can't have a goodly yashier and then you know what's going to happen? Forget about all the all the shenanigans all this all this.

00:52:47.08
LJ
The Mets made it to the NLCS last year. You know what's going to happen if the Mets don't make the playoffs this year with or without Juan Soto? You know what's going to happen? Turmoil.

00:52:57.38
William Hernandez
Right.

00:52:58.94
LJ
You think the fans are not going to come now? this is these are you can't you can't take that off You can't take that off the table. No one can tell me that the Mets are not going to make the playoffs.

00:53:07.34
William Hernandez
Right.

00:53:08.99
LJ
You can't tell me that.

00:53:10.67
William Hernandez
Right.

00:53:10.83
LJ
There's injuries. There's this. There's that. There's the third. Just win. Stop trying to make things so complicated or overthinking things.

00:53:19.95
William Hernandez
Thank you.

00:53:20.84
LJ
Just win. People will show up if you win. If you have another slow start again, it's going to be the same shit. No one's going to show up. The weather still is not the best in April.

00:53:31.80
LJ
Kids are still in school. The same rigoromo. that's just That's just my opinion. That's just my opinion. Is it a good idea? Eventually, it may be a good idea.

00:53:42.48
LJ
But right now, they the fans just want to see winning baseball because they're tired of losing. They're tired of it.

00:53:51.44
William Hernandez
I'll push back on that. You can do both, though.

00:53:54.37
LJ
You can do both, but my point is if you're doing the entertainment and you're not winning, no one cares about the entertainment.

00:53:54.49
William Hernandez
You can do the entertainment and the winning.

00:54:00.84
William Hernandez
Right. No, I understand that. I get that.

00:54:02.70
LJ
So you take the entertainment off the table. All that matters is winning.

00:54:07.14
William Hernandez
No, I...

00:54:07.23
LJ
You bring the entertainment and then they go hand in hand. When you start winning, you're trying to bring me in.

00:54:11.90
William Hernandez
Right. No, I... Yes.

00:54:13.20
LJ
You're trying to bring me into the stadium now without the winning just for the entertainment. You get what I'm trying to say?

00:54:18.87
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:54:18.95
LJ
No winnings happening now, but you're trying to get me into the stadium because you want to see attendance up. So let me feed this poor spick a $5 hot dog. No, fuck you. I'm going to wait a little while and I want to see you win.

00:54:29.83
William Hernandez
but don

00:54:31.94
LJ
Just like you told going to put a winning product on the field.

00:54:32.34
William Hernandez
some

00:54:34.14
LJ
I want to see them win.

00:54:35.80
William Hernandez
right But to me, all the stuff that they're doing, they're trying to go after the more casual people, I think. This is not meant for me and you. This is meant for like the more casual audience to give them a reason.

00:54:46.09
LJ
Yeah, but we're turning into casual because we don't go to games, whether it be, I'm serious.

00:54:48.19
William Hernandez
ah

00:54:52.46
LJ
The better seat is your sofa.

00:54:52.59
William Hernandez
No, we don't. Right. Right.

00:54:54.83
LJ
All my points are the reasons why you and i don't go to games. It has to do with the location where you... what did it To me, it's not about the casual fan.

00:55:03.32
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:55:04.60
LJ
A casual fan could be walking in a street, which is a tourist, and just go to Citi Field to watch a game.

00:55:07.74
William Hernandez
yeah

00:55:09.47
LJ
How they going to get people from Newburgh to come to Citi Field on a regular basis without offering them a $5 hot dog and a $5 beer? That's what I'm saying.

00:55:18.99
William Hernandez
okay

00:55:19.18
LJ
A diehard fan that lives in Middletown, Newburgh, like yourself, Kingston, The outer boroughs, Bronx, Staten Island, even New Jersey. are you going to get the diehard fans that live there to come here and not and not go to and not stay on your sofa? That's my point.

00:55:36.28
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:55:36.39
LJ
So it's to us, too. But I'll give you the reasons why I'm not going. I said it last week. I'm saying it now. I'm not afraid to say that. And am I talking out of both sides of my mouth? You could probably say that because I did...

00:55:47.92
LJ
but you But you still have to sign players to win. Once you start winning, you can have Juan Soto and everybody suck ass and the Mets are 60 and whatever the hell the other numbers pan out to be. You get what I'm trying to say?

00:56:01.03
LJ
It doesn't matter.

00:56:01.10
William Hernandez
yes

00:56:02.94
LJ
The Mets have tried to sign big names throughout the years. And what have they done? They sucked. We've sucked. So you could talk all you want. It's just a matter of getting the players, like you say you're going to you're spending the money. I can't take that away from him.

00:56:18.62
LJ
And it's up to the players. I i don't, because I don't do that either to owners or other GMs or stuff. The players have to win. They know what's going on here. That's why sometimes I felt like

00:56:32.18
LJ
with the going back to Pete Alonzo, I felt like, so you know what? You don't usually pay for people what they did in the past, but I felt for him, you should have. Cause look at how many injuries the Mets have. You know what?

00:56:42.54
LJ
Pete Alonzo's not, he's not injury prone. He plays every game. He doesn't bitch. He doesn't moan. He's not a bad guy.

00:56:47.77
William Hernandez
It's true.

00:56:49.45
LJ
So you couldn't pay him a little extra just for what he's done in the previous years for the Mets.

00:56:55.76
LJ
I just want to see winning baseball, man. i just, that's all I want to see. That's all I want to see. trust Trust me, whether it be by myself, with you, your brother, Caesar, I would i mark i would go to more games.

00:57:09.87
LJ
I would go to more games. I promise you that.

00:57:12.45
William Hernandez
Caesar doesn't count, he's a Yankees fan.

00:57:14.39
LJ
But he shows up. Caesar shows up. He's the casual fan. He's the casual fan.

00:57:18.54
William Hernandez
and He went to more Mets games last year than I did.

00:57:21.21
LJ
He's went to more Metsk. That's what I'm trying to... that's there you Bingo! That's it!

00:57:26.05
William Hernandez
he does live in Queens, to be fair.

00:57:27.60
LJ
but I mean, to be fair, that is true.

00:57:28.02
William Hernandez
He's right there.

00:57:29.04
LJ
But to be fair, he was almost late... Or a flight to Milwaukee and he lives 20 minutes from the airport.

00:57:41.03
LJ
But that's just me. I'm just... Whatever. and then And the fight out the menu sucks too. Get out of here.

00:57:48.37
William Hernandez
Yeah, what's on the $5 menu?

00:57:50.20
LJ
Your favorite beer, a hot dog, a pretzel, and and and I think popcorn.

00:57:50.34
William Hernandez
We didn't even talk about this.

00:57:57.85
William Hernandez
I mean, I'm okay with the popcorn and the ah ah pretzel. Hot dog. Coors Light. Yeah, not a fan at all. You know how i feel about that.

00:58:08.70
LJ
excuse me

00:58:09.95
William Hernandez
Anyway. All right.

00:58:13.84
William Hernandez
It's halftime.

00:58:16.79
William Hernandez
You said... since we didn't really have a halftime topic this week, i to play a game. So, what do you have? Oh, shit!

00:58:30.04
William Hernandez
Here's the thing. Do you know what's funny about that box?

00:58:33.38
LJ
I bought this on Amazon last week.

00:58:35.81
William Hernandez
By the way, leege's holding for the audio listeners, LeeJay's holding up the complete top set 2024. twenty twenty four So that's last year. I noticed that on your desk.

00:58:46.69
LJ
and I'm surprised you didn't ask me when you were snooping around my fucking my bedroom you fucking you freaking weirdo

00:58:46.87
William Hernandez
Because I, I, I, no, it wasn't

00:58:55.23
William Hernandez
and the reason. I just happened notice it.

00:58:58.87
LJ
forgot to check my underwear drawer

00:58:59.21
William Hernandez
And I'm like, this fucking guy. I just saw it and I just, it was like, oh, I thought that, I thought maybe it was your sons. Because when was the last time you and I brought baseball cards?

00:59:11.11
William Hernandez
been a long fucking time.

00:59:12.00
LJ
I've been wanting to buy baseball cards for a long time. Target only had this little small pack for like four bucks.

00:59:20.39
William Hernandez
Okay.

00:59:20.45
LJ
But I said, I want more, which is probably what she said.

00:59:22.99
William Hernandez
you got the whole set.

00:59:26.23
LJ
So I said, F it. i wanted to I went on to Amazon. I think it i was like 30 bucks or something, 35 bucks. So I just bought it.

00:59:32.68
William Hernandez
That's not bad. Yeah, I've been... Well, once I get my job situation back under control, I kind of... There's a part, and Eric and I have talked about this. I know he's listening, obviously. He's occasionally, because him and I, I mean, I know he did, you did, ah lot of people we know.

00:59:46.09
LJ
hu We had the binders.

00:59:48.17
William Hernandez
Yes, the binders and all that shit, all that got destroyed in a flood recently, ah um unfortunately for me. um i There's a part of me that wants to get back into it, and I'm going start exploring it once I get my job situation figured out. Anyway, sir.

01:00:03.64
LJ
So I picked four cards here, as you can see.

01:00:04.09
William Hernandez
can Oh, shit, okay.

01:00:08.28
LJ
so I'm going to start reading the back.

01:00:10.24
William Hernandez
Okay, I like this game.

01:00:12.67
LJ
I guess I'm going to start with, ah maybe I'll start with where they were born. See how many hints it takes you before you want to figure out who this person is.

01:00:16.65
William Hernandez
Okay. Before I get it. Oh, you fucking piece of shit.

01:00:20.14
LJ
Simple, right?

01:00:21.27
William Hernandez
Yeah, simple but difficult.

01:00:23.36
LJ
All right.

01:00:24.21
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:00:24.82
LJ
I want to just pick the card right off the top.

01:00:26.89
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:00:27.07
LJ
And we're going to start with, this person was born on March 30th, 1989 in Lakeland, Florida. Does that help you? Okay.

01:00:37.44
William Hernandez
No, absolutely not.

01:00:42.06
LJ
I am a pitcher that throws left and bats left. That narrows it down, right?

01:00:48.92
William Hernandez
Wait a minute. He throws left and bats left.

01:00:51.58
LJ
Correct.

01:00:52.34
William Hernandez
Interesting. Throws left, bats left. Okay. Okay. Okay. 2010.

01:00:57.82
LJ
Oh, damn it.

01:00:57.91
William Hernandez
Scott Pottsednik.

01:00:58.58
LJ
I wish one of these things was on the back. Shit.

01:01:07.29
LJ
I was drafted by the White Sox on June 2010. two thousand and ten

01:01:14.77
William Hernandez
thousand and ten got pot said nick

01:01:18.82
LJ
No. he's a nice he's is he He's not a pitcher.

01:01:20.02
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:01:22.03
LJ
You sausage?

01:01:22.18
William Hernandez
Oh, but he's a picture. Okay.

01:01:23.35
LJ
No, yeah, he's a pitcher. He's a pitcher. though Sorry, I didn't say... Yeah, you're right. He's a pitcher. Throws left, bats left. Sorry.

01:01:28.31
William Hernandez
Oh, is it a Mark Burley?

01:01:31.46
LJ
No, not Mark Burley.

01:01:33.00
William Hernandez
He's probably too young to be Mark Burley. 89.

01:01:35.40
LJ
Let me see.

01:01:35.57
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:01:35.96
LJ
um I think this will give it away.

01:01:39.34
William Hernandez
Okay. Maybe. You don't know. I'm not that smart. Okay.

01:01:44.58
LJ
He was then acquired... Via trade with the Red Sox on 1230. 2020. Chris Sale.

01:01:50.11
William Hernandez
Oh, sale.

01:01:51.92
LJ
chris sal Bingo.

01:01:52.26
William Hernandez
It's for sale.

01:01:53.08
LJ
There you go.

01:01:54.01
William Hernandez
Yeah, but you see how long it took for me to get there?

01:01:54.08
LJ
Bang.

01:01:57.20
William Hernandez
It took the last thing.

01:01:57.60
LJ
ah Let me go to this guy right here.

01:01:58.64
William Hernandez
The last clue.

01:01:59.98
LJ
going go to this guy right here. I was born on ah October 15th, 1995 in Burbank, California.

01:02:05.70
William Hernandez
It's hilarious.

01:02:09.77
William Hernandez
So he's he's older than... no he's younger. but but Okay, continue.

01:02:15.79
LJ
I am a pitcher. I bat right and I throw right.

01:02:21.40
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:02:22.69
LJ
I was drafted by the Cardinals on June 2014. two thousand and fourteen

01:02:32.62
William Hernandez
So that's probably, he probably got to the majors not too long ago then.

01:02:38.33
William Hernandez
That's right, Burbank, California. and have It's obviously not Adam Rien, right? Because that's too, Adam Rien, right? It's much older.

01:02:48.75
William Hernandez
Ah, i don't know. Continue. you

01:02:52.79
LJ
The team, I just recently, I got it.

01:02:54.89
William Hernandez
Larry's probably screaming right now.

01:02:56.83
LJ
um

01:03:00.49
LJ
I played for the Baltimore Orioles in 2023.

01:03:03.11
William Hernandez
Oh, shit.

01:03:03.45
LJ
And, hold on, where's

01:03:08.26
LJ
the thing I was looking at here?

01:03:11.80
William Hernandez
What was his record? Can you tell me that?

01:03:16.58
LJ
Hold on. I got a better one here.

01:03:19.64
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:03:20.47
LJ
I am a two-time opening day starter with the Tigers.

01:03:24.41
William Hernandez
For who?

01:03:28.87
William Hernandez
Oh, shit. Two-time opening day.

01:03:32.12
LJ
This year will be my second go-round with the Tigers.

01:03:32.52
William Hernandez
Sorry.

01:03:40.93
William Hernandez
He's a pitcher. What is he? He's a righty?

01:03:43.66
LJ
Righty.

01:03:45.47
William Hernandez
Cardinals Tigers Baltimore.

01:03:51.05
William Hernandez
I have no fucking idea.

01:03:53.13
LJ
I won a World Series last year with the Dodgers.

01:04:01.81
William Hernandez
Oh, is it, um... Oh, this fucking guy with the... No, it's not. It's not. I give up. Tell me. Tell me who it is

01:04:10.40
LJ
Jack Flaherty.

01:04:11.81
William Hernandez
Oh, that's what I was thinking of! i was thinking of Flaherty. I just couldn't remember his name. Damn. Who the Mets should have signed, by the way, but I digress.

01:04:23.17
LJ
I was born on September 2nd, 1993 in Tyler, Texas.

01:04:28.84
William Hernandez
Tyler McGill.

01:04:28.88
LJ
I am a pitcher who throws left and bats left.

01:04:35.18
William Hernandez
Wait, what year was he born again?

01:04:37.30
LJ
1993.

01:04:37.42
LJ
I

01:04:38.76
William Hernandez
going to start writing some of this stuff down. 93. Yep.

01:04:42.92
LJ
i was drafted by the Braves. Number two.

01:04:48.78
William Hernandez
Really?

01:04:48.76
LJ
June 2015. Bingo.

01:04:51.46
William Hernandez
AJ Minter.

01:04:52.56
LJ
bingo

01:04:54.95
LJ
AJ Minter.

01:04:56.07
William Hernandez
Nice. Okay. Hey, um I'm glad I i was good.

01:04:59.64
LJ
My next guest, might I was going to be like, I now play for the Mets.

01:05:01.01
William Hernandez
and That's good.

01:05:03.21
LJ
That would have gave it away.

01:05:04.50
William Hernandez
Yeah, that one really would have gave it away.

01:05:06.19
LJ
I want to try to, I'm going to try to, I'm going to try to keep the hints for this one down because, because I think you could get it on the joke.

01:05:06.92
William Hernandez
Wow.

01:05:11.29
William Hernandez
But just good just to go back to Minter, the fact that he was he was drafted second overall. By the way, he's hurt. Just to let you guys know.

01:05:19.46
LJ
Yeah, he's hurt. Yeah, we don't want to talk about that.

01:05:20.54
William Hernandez
Yeah. He's got a hit.

01:05:22.20
LJ
Everything's going to be okay.

01:05:23.31
William Hernandez
Yeah. Anyway, go ahead.

01:05:27.97
LJ
This one's really going to help you. The first hint.

01:05:30.09
William Hernandez
Oh, boy.

01:05:30.35
LJ
I was born on October 24th, 1996 in the Dominican Republic. That helps you out, right?

01:05:39.62
William Hernandez
Yes, because there's so many fucking Dominicans. nineteen

01:05:43.84
LJ
I bat left and I throw right.

01:05:44.82
William Hernandez
1996.

01:05:47.64
William Hernandez
Hmm. Okay. It doesn't do what anything for me.

01:05:51.95
LJ
I am not a second baseman.

01:05:55.26
William Hernandez
Interesting. He's not a second baseman.

01:06:01.65
William Hernandez
Will endorse Puerto Rican. So that's that.

01:06:07.73
William Hernandez
I don't know. Continue.

01:06:08.79
LJ
ah okay um when you find out you're gonna be like oh yeah because he was the one that's saying that i'm not a second baseman there you go see that bang

01:06:11.08
William Hernandez
Like, I was supposed get a go-face off at that.

01:06:15.77
William Hernandez
Oh, shit.

01:06:19.40
William Hernandez
Oh, Devers.

01:06:25.89
William Hernandez
Ah, that's good. That's good.

01:06:31.16
William Hernandez
Did ever figure that whole situation out? Do you remember if they had...

01:06:33.52
LJ
no he's gonna play third base yeah i think he's gonna play third base

01:06:34.22
William Hernandez
He's gonna play third base? Okay. Jesus, what a shit show. I'll take him. um You could take him and and put a put i put um this guy as the DH.

01:06:41.86
LJ
More to follow.

01:06:49.44
William Hernandez
Vientos. There you go Solved. All right.

01:06:54.21
William Hernandez
That was pretty funny. I like that. Let's... some Boy. Let's get into some football. Jesus Christ. we can We're going to spend a lot of time on this.

01:07:05.02
William Hernandez
Because there has been... Everybody knows the free agent period started on Monday, and holy fucking shit, brother. Let me just tell you what happened on Sunday night.

01:07:15.40
William Hernandez
Because I sent you that picture, I think, right? Did I send you that screenshot? Yes. So this is everything that happened on... so We're going to get into everything This is everything that happened just on Sunday.

01:07:27.85
William Hernandez
The evening of Sunday. Okay? Jets re-signed Jamie and Sherwood. Rams signed Devontae Adams. Pat signed Harold Landry.

01:07:42.02
William Hernandez
Seahawks re-signed Ernest Jones. The Bills extended Josh Allen.

01:07:48.88
William Hernandez
The Broncos re-signed Jared Stedman, their backup quarterback. The Steelers traded four and extended DK Metcalf. Seahawks re re-signed Jaron Reed.

01:08:02.67
William Hernandez
Cowboys re-signed Marquise Bell. Bengals re-signed Cody Ford.

01:08:09.58
William Hernandez
Vikings re re-signed Aaron Jones, running back. I didn't put the positions here, but whatever. Falcons re-signed Jake Matthews. That all happened on Sunday night. Now, let's... some I mentioned Sherwood, so let's start with him.

01:08:26.88
William Hernandez
ah the The two key things that happened, two key judge signings, they re-signed middle linebacker Jamie and Sherwood, and obviously... We talked about it for weeks.

01:08:37.90
William Hernandez
Justin Fields is now a New York Jet. Let's go with Sherwood. Three years, $45 million, $30 million guaranteed. In 2024, he registered a team-high 154 tackles, tied for third in league.

01:08:55.74
William Hernandez
He also tallied 10 tackles for loss and two sacks, all while missing only 13 tackles per year. Next Gen Stats, sir.

01:09:06.61
William Hernandez
Let's pause there. I asked you when this news broke, was this a good thing or a bad thing? And you said it was a good thing. So tell me why.

01:09:15.10
LJ
Money. If you guys go back to one of the beginning episodes, I said it back then. CJ Mosley should not be playing for the Jets. He's slow. He's old. He's washed up.

01:09:23.28
William Hernandez
hmm.

01:09:24.97
LJ
Jamie Sherwood was the man. And he showed that when he got his opportunity this year when Mosley got hurt again. Listen, Mosley has been around the league for a long time. Good veteran. Good leader.

01:09:36.46
LJ
But sometimes you got to know when your time is done.

01:09:41.04
LJ
Sherwood, I like everything about this kid. He's fat he's a fast, he's a good tackler, as the numbers show here. the It's not an expensive contract.

01:09:55.40
LJ
There's nothing else for me to say. This is...

01:09:57.03
William Hernandez
He's only 25 too.

01:09:58.16
LJ
eat he's bang.

01:09:59.19
William Hernandez
He's young.

01:10:00.88
LJ
Is he going to, if he continues to put this up, will his contract be bigger once he gets 28? Sure. Definitely. Will the Jets be the one to give it to him? I don't know that. I can't say that. But if he keeps, he's on the trajectory, he just keeps going up.

01:10:16.02
LJ
And this is for the most part, a pretty good contract.

01:10:19.21
William Hernandez
Hmm.

01:10:19.26
LJ
And I'm happy they jumped on it, gave it to him, gave him 30, most of it guaranteed. That's what these people, that's what these players want to see, the guaranteed money. I think it's, I think it's a home run.

01:10:32.66
William Hernandez
Okay. Justin Fields.

01:10:35.42
LJ
Oh yeah, baby. You're welcome, everyone.

01:10:37.94
William Hernandez
It's, it's, well, let me, let me get into the stats a little bit and the contract. because This has been the scuttlebutt around. This has been really interesting, I think. So Fields signs a two-year deal with the Jets worth up to $40 million. dollars And he's guaranteed 30 million.

01:10:57.02
William Hernandez
Don't forget Fields only played six games last year. Completed a career-high 65.8% of his passes for 1,106 yards, five touchdowns, and an interception while adding 289 yards and five touchdowns on six carries. So he accounted for, what, 10 touchdowns overall.

01:11:20.14
William Hernandez
Listen, we talked about we've been talking about fields for a while coming to the Jets. And if all the giants, yes, yes.

01:11:27.41
LJ
Or the Giants, to be fair. and They just didn't do it.

01:11:30.25
William Hernandez
Right. I mean, you must be happy about this because this is what you, this is what you wanted.

01:11:34.15
LJ
I'm happy i'm i'm um happy about it. this is he He's still 26 years old. Two-year contract, whatever. The money's the money, whatever it is. He does everything that you're looking for in a quarterback to do nowadays. He runs. can do the ah RPO stuff.

01:11:51.00
LJ
I would like to say one thing real quick you know with ding-dongs on the radio or whoever, say, in general.

01:11:54.67
William Hernandez
Yes, because please tell me because I want to hear it.

01:11:56.60
LJ
You know, it's not a thing to be mad because they didn't draft him back in 2000, whatever that was.

01:11:58.60
William Hernandez
Oh, boy.

01:12:02.37
LJ
and And then they took, oh, but they had their chance to take him. So why now? Guys, that's so stupid.

01:12:07.40
William Hernandez
That's so stupid.

01:12:09.89
LJ
yeah Like, i don't i don't even but I don't even know where to begin with even try to argue with people like that, think like that, because that's not a thing.

01:12:17.70
William Hernandez
That doesn't work that way. It doesn't work that way.

01:12:18.87
LJ
It doesn't work that way. If you knew that then, now He would have did it.

01:12:25.55
William Hernandez
There are a lot of things I wish I would have known then versus now. Trust me. Bitcoin being the top thing. Anyway, continue.

01:12:35.63
LJ
So can we stop saying that? so like

01:12:38.80
William Hernandez
I can't stand that.

01:12:41.41
LJ
And everybody keeps on saying it's so like it's um you mentioned it. We talked about this. it's it's ah It's such a downgrade from Aaron Rodgers. Look at Aaron Rodgers numbers.

01:12:51.94
LJ
First of all, Tomlin benched fields for whatever reason. All right. Who cares? That was his choice. Yo, a lot of those numbers from Rogers, man.

01:13:02.99
LJ
Come on, guys. That's just... If that was really what he did and you want to take it for as a team thing, the Jets would have made the playoffs. He did a lot of bad things.

01:13:13.67
LJ
Those were against a lot of bad teams as well. End the games. The game was over. All that stuff matters. He didn't just throw 30, whatever, 30-some touchdowns, 11 interceptions. that Numbers lie.

01:13:26.23
LJ
That's why they say it. the

01:13:29.46
William Hernandez
Right.

01:13:29.43
LJ
You know, they don't always tell the truth.

01:13:30.03
William Hernandez
Yeah. Numbers can lie. Yeah.

01:13:31.25
LJ
You have to watch.

01:13:31.68
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:13:33.23
LJ
You have to watch this shit. There was a lot of reasons why the Jets lost because of mistakes he made. If that was just a pure, clean 30-something touchdowns, 11-intercepts, whatever it was, Rodgers will probably be back here.

01:13:47.83
William Hernandez
v

01:13:48.07
LJ
But there's things that Fields does that Rodgers just... that he that that he doesn't do He can't even do it anymore.

01:13:54.04
William Hernandez
Yeah, he can't do it anymore. No, you're right.

01:13:55.56
LJ
You can't run the certain plays with him. Everybody was looking for a bridge quarterback. So why not try this kid who's still young, who does everything that you expect the quarterback of today that you want them to do?

01:14:08.54
LJ
It's only two years. 20 million guaranteed. Who cares? You can still draft a quarterback.

01:14:15.01
William Hernandez
Yep. That's the most important thing.

01:14:16.18
LJ
Maybe you you could wait a little later now. Second, third round. You may not get the guy that I want, but that's fine. Because now you got Fields, you got Tyrod, you draft another quarterback, and you go from there.

01:14:29.69
LJ
Who knows? to To rag on this, like, they're acting like they signed into, like, four years and gave him $180 million.

01:14:37.84
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. That's, yeah, that's kind of the, what I've, what I've seen here and there.

01:14:39.04
LJ
That's how they're acting.

01:14:43.44
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:14:44.10
LJ
i don't see what the downfall in this. If multiple teams were looking for bridge quarterbacks, he happened to be one of them.

01:14:50.90
William Hernandez
Yeah, I agree. Listen, I want, he would have been granted the Giants too. You know, I, I wanted him as well.

01:14:55.35
LJ
who maybe maybe Maybe there was more other teams offering more money. Maybe he won who who maybe there' ah it was an Aaron Glenn effect. I don't know. It's not a ah lot of money.

01:15:06.95
LJ
Yeah, me saying it's not a lot of money. You know what I mean.

01:15:09.28
William Hernandez
Yes. No, no, no. Yes. I know what you're talking about.

01:15:11.38
LJ
I mean, not to poke shots, the Giants have been in on everybody, but aren't in on anybody.

01:15:17.73
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah. We'll talk about that.

01:15:19.04
LJ
They're still looking for the bridge quarterback.

01:15:19.99
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, but are which worries the shit out of me.

01:15:21.88
LJ
Why waste time? You can't. this is This is like he comes here for two years. He starts for you. He doesn't pan out. You still drafted a kid and you move on. It didn't cost you anything.

01:15:33.98
LJ
It cost you 20 million guaranteed money. Everybody moves on. Only for two years.

01:15:37.30
William Hernandez
million. 30 million guaranteed.

01:15:39.52
LJ
That's it.

01:15:40.24
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:15:40.29
LJ
Who cares? Move on. So, I don't know. i don't I don't see what the problem. And he's young, which I like a lot.

01:15:49.47
William Hernandez
ats

01:15:49.43
LJ
He's young.

01:15:50.10
William Hernandez
I think that's the key there is that he's a young... i Listen, I think... and and And the other thing, too, he knows what's up, right? as Just as far as... Listen, things didn't work out in Chicago. We know that. We saw that crash and burn.

01:16:06.91
William Hernandez
And we knew what he was going to be in in Pittsburgh. And he knows what the situation is coming into the Jets. No egos aside. But then again, he's young enough to where if he plays well enough...

01:16:19.96
William Hernandez
He's going to get paid and a couple of years.

01:16:23.99
LJ
If he comes out here says... Listen.

01:16:27.90
LJ
Donald got his shot. one They went 15-2. Who cares about him shitting the bed for three days, for three games? He got $110 million or whatever the hell it was.

01:16:35.58
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:16:38.17
LJ
So, what are we talking about here? That's not the money he got. I don't understand why we just can't be...

01:16:43.30
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:16:45.08
LJ
See what happens. Everyone's acting like the Jets are going to the Super Bowl next year. They're not.

01:16:49.53
William Hernandez
No, they're not. Come on, guys.

01:16:51.39
LJ
So, why don't we just... try this with a young athletic kid still maybe he just needs the right shoe to kick him in the ass

01:17:00.49
William Hernandez
Yeah. Well, I mean, listen, if if anybody's going to do it, it's going be Glenn. So, yeah.

01:17:07.03
LJ
or maybe he just needs somebody to believe in him i don't know i know it sounds cliche and all this kind i don't i don't know i don't know what happened i didn't play for the bears i wasn't in the bears locker room i wasn't in pittsburgh locker room

01:17:09.77
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:17:19.39
LJ
You know, that as good as what goes on in Pittsburgh, they always win. It didn't end well over there this year with Russell Wilson.

01:17:27.03
William Hernandez
It's true. That's very true.

01:17:29.27
LJ
So i don't i don't I don't see how this is a bad thing, especially the years and the money. And he's still young. I don't know.

01:17:38.30
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:17:38.32
LJ
But please stop telling me about the Zach Wilson thing.

01:17:38.54
William Hernandez
No, I...

01:17:40.56
LJ
It's stupid.

01:17:43.10
William Hernandez
Oh, wait, because they were in the same draft class, Wilson.

01:17:45.95
LJ
Yeah, they went in the same draft class.

01:17:46.37
William Hernandez
Is that... Okay, that's why.

01:17:47.19
LJ
Yes.

01:17:47.93
William Hernandez
Okay, now now I get it.

01:17:48.41
LJ
That's still not a thing.

01:17:50.53
William Hernandez
Now I understand.

01:17:51.79
LJ
No, it's not a thing.

01:17:51.88
William Hernandez
but Yeah, that's stupid. That's stupid. By the way, so the other two, because I was just, NFL.com's got like the list of the signing. I just want to make sure. I want to go check to make sure.

01:18:02.90
William Hernandez
And there's a lot of stuff from the Giants that going to talk about quickly. So they also, ah quarter this is for the Jets, they signed ah Brandon Stevens to a three-year, $36 million dollars contract, right?

01:18:17.49
William Hernandez
He he was with, who was he with last year, at the Ravens last year.

01:18:22.74
LJ
Ravens.

01:18:25.48
William Hernandez
And then they signed, hold on, because I went i went ahead here, ah safety Andre Sisco to one year deal.

01:18:33.10
LJ
Yeah, Andre Sisco from the Jaguars. 10 million.

01:18:37.98
William Hernandez
you know for He's a New York guy. you know Went to Syracuse. yeah He's from Valley Stream. so He's only 24. He's fucking crazy. um So yeah. All right.

01:18:50.82
William Hernandez
Giants.

01:18:51.63
LJ
Real quick, I want to make with Brandon Stevens.

01:18:51.85
William Hernandez
Boy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sir.

01:18:54.39
LJ
I'm not on i'm not too familiar with him, but Jets fans, you guys got to stop.

01:18:56.57
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:18:58.27
LJ
It goes on the other end, too.

01:18:59.97
William Hernandez
Oh, boy.

01:19:00.00
LJ
You go on Twitter, X, whatever you want to call it, and they're just showing clips of Brandon Stevens shutting down Jamar Chase, the one game. That's it. What happened to us?

01:19:10.16
LJ
You don't have to know ah any. I want to be fair. I want to see all his clips.

01:19:12.56
William Hernandez
No, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course. Yeah.

01:19:15.52
LJ
Anyway, every you know, it's stupid.

01:19:16.59
William Hernandez
No, well, it's the same thing. No, it's the same thing that people were doing with with them but this guy at the Giants side, with Parson Adebo.

01:19:25.91
LJ
Oh, yeah.

01:19:26.51
William Hernandez
and All these sizzle reels. Oh, okay. But when it why don't you show him getting burned?

01:19:32.69
LJ
yeah I want to see it. I want to see it all because it it it matters.

01:19:36.42
William Hernandez
Yes, it does. Okay, so Giants... Giants made a bunch of fucking moves. And we're not counting fucking... um this guy signing.

01:19:48.07
William Hernandez
Cutlets. Fuck him. Fuck him and fuck off.

01:19:51.78
LJ
and got I got something to say about that.

01:19:53.60
William Hernandez
No, you um you're not saying anything about it.

01:19:54.30
LJ
Reminded me.

01:19:55.93
William Hernandez
I'm done. So...

01:19:58.30
LJ
You just reminded me.

01:20:00.00
William Hernandez
Well, I got something to say about the Arius Lane, but we'll get to that. And you know what I'm going to say about it. Because people were making a comparison today. Anyway. So... Let's see. One.

01:20:10.56
William Hernandez
I'm going to count the veto. So I'm going count. So one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11. The Giants signed 11 guys. and Okay.

01:20:21.80
William Hernandez
We're not going to go over every single one. Well, maybe we will. We're not in depth anyway. The biggest thing i just mentioned, they signed Paulson Adebo. Three-year deals. Quarterback up to $54 million. $36 million dollars guaranteed.

01:20:37.74
William Hernandez
The contract is coming in just behind ah Carlton Davis and the Pats, who signed a three-year, $60 million dollars deal with the Patriots. And listen, the Giants needed a lockdown quarter.

01:20:49.44
William Hernandez
Like, we know that. This was something that they fucking needed. The one thing I do like that I didn't mention, don't know if you saw, they're They're almost their entire secondaries in like their early to mid-20s.

01:21:00.96
William Hernandez
Between like 23 and like 26. So this is good. These guys are going to be around for a little little while. Adivo's 25. Spent his first four seasons with the Saints. ah And yes, so that was like, okay, other stats.

01:21:18.02
William Hernandez
He's played in 51, started in 51 and 52 career games that he's appeared in. 10 career interceptions. He did have an injury last year. He broke his leg in week seven.

01:21:31.16
William Hernandez
So that's one thing. Other big thing, more secondary stuff that happened. I think this is today, right? The Javon Holland.

01:21:39.83
LJ
Holland, the safety for Miami.

01:21:40.59
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. Three years, 45.3 worth 30.3 in guarantees. Yeah. but thirty point three in guarantees In four years with the Dolphins, he had five interceptions, five sacks, and 301 total tackles. So basically, the Giants went out and basically revamped the secondary.

01:22:02.82
William Hernandez
Which, you know what? When going be going up against Jalen Hurts and fucking um Daniels for the next however many years, probably a good thing to do.

01:22:14.17
William Hernandez
Other big need on defense. They signed veteran defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris to a reported two-year deal worth $10 million. He played in 11 games with the Seattle Seahawks last year, 13 tackles, one tackle for a loss, and a quarterback hit.

01:22:31.13
William Hernandez
This was more seen as like a depth move than anything else. Let me pause there because I have something to say about Darius Slayton. Who? The Giants re re-signed three-year deal worth $36 million.

01:22:45.40
William Hernandez
So do you remember how much the Giants were were offered Barkley or how much he signed for last year? Okay. So

01:23:02.61
William Hernandez
the Giants gave Darius Slayton money that could have went Saquon Barkley last year. I repeat. The Giants gave Darius Slayton money this year that could have gone to Saquon Barkley last year.

01:23:19.10
William Hernandez
I just thought I throw that out there. What are we doing here? here Can you could you you tell me what we're doing here?

01:23:24.15
LJ
I don't know.

01:23:26.74
LJ
I don't know.

01:23:28.17
William Hernandez
So the other thing, too, that was like um floating around out there, that Amani Tumor apparently said that he had heard that free agents were actively avoiding the Giants because of Shane.

01:23:46.68
William Hernandez
I mean, I'm looking at this list. Yes. Not all these guys here are world beaters, right? Casey Kreider.

01:23:53.79
LJ
i think that's I think that's probably more what he was trying to say, even though he, i don't know if he said it.

01:23:54.70
William Hernandez
You know, like... Okay.

01:23:57.83
LJ
I think that's i think that's what he was, I think that's and think that's more what he was trying to say.

01:23:58.50
William Hernandez
Is that interesting?

01:24:04.75
LJ
That's just me personally.

01:24:04.83
William Hernandez
that they That they weren't attracting, like,

01:24:06.29
LJ
Like the big du the not yeah the the big, yeah, the high level free agents and all of that.

01:24:08.75
William Hernandez
Okay, the high level. a Interesting. I mean, that considering what we saw for hard knocks last year and the fact that they couldn't get a single NFL team to do the offseason hard knocks and now we're going to get fucking Bill Pelichick with the Tar Heels.

01:24:31.89
William Hernandez
I think that that... whole thing last year, damage to giants in and many ways. Anyway, what did you want to say about the veto or anything else here for the, for the giant, for the giants?

01:24:43.96
LJ
we've we The funny thing with the Giants is we've heard everything and anything about them getting a bridge quarterback way before the the the legal tampering process started, right?

01:24:54.59
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:24:55.13
LJ
Once the legal tampering process started, I'm not hearing anything, which sounds weird to me.

01:24:59.15
William Hernandez
and It's weird.

01:25:01.08
LJ
You had more talk at the beginning or not even when it started as opposed to when it started, right?

01:25:06.01
William Hernandez
Right.

01:25:06.33
LJ
Then you signed Danny DeVito to, Danny DeVito, Tommy DeVito to a one-year contract.

01:25:09.28
William Hernandez
You're giving me shit about Eric Barkley.

01:25:10.77
LJ
Then,

01:25:12.08
William Hernandez
Okay. did.

01:25:12.54
LJ
First of all, that's the first time I said Danny DeVito. You just said Eric Barkley again. I left you alone. You see, you can't you can't be throwing stones. I let you be. And you want to do that?

01:25:23.64
LJ
I'm going come at because you just said Eric Barkley again like this nigga sleeps in your bed. Excuse me for the language. Or you got a little bobblehead on your little nightstand and all that. You hit his head before you go to bed.

01:25:34.20
LJ
You better cut that out. Tommy DeVito. And they signed him.

01:25:38.93
William Hernandez
Holy shit.

01:25:40.47
LJ
Is maybe their plan to draft a quarterback? Maybe let Tommy play four or five games and then bring in the rookie?

01:25:45.61
William Hernandez
Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

01:25:49.15
LJ
Because they're not finding this bridge that they want?

01:25:50.32
William Hernandez
ah God, that would be fucking awful, dude. I hope but that's not the... No, stop.

01:25:54.77
LJ
Bro, follow the follow the bouncing ball.

01:25:56.03
William Hernandez
No, no. No, fuck your bouncing ball. No, I'm not doing that today.

01:26:00.26
LJ
Follow the bouncing ball. Okay, don't follow it when it.

01:26:01.54
William Hernandez
No.

01:26:02.42
LJ
When you don't follow it and it smacks you right in the fucking nose, don't say I didn't warn you.

01:26:02.56
William Hernandez
I'm not. I'm not. I'm not doing that today.

01:26:08.72
LJ
Okay, don't do it today. Maybe do it another day. The ball's on and still hit you right in the face.

01:26:15.71
William Hernandez
Oh my God. That is, um i didn't even think about that, to be quite honest with you.

01:26:22.12
LJ
Obviously.

01:26:23.08
William Hernandez
i fuck you. No, I think you're right. Like you had, because listen, we know based off of hard knocks last year, these guys are talking for weeks beforehand, right?

01:26:37.89
William Hernandez
And once the free agent thing is official, then all these announcements come out. But you're right. Bridge quarterback, bridge quarterback, bridge quarterback. what What is happening here?

01:26:49.32
LJ
It's like they went in on Stafford. That was true. They offered him everything he wanted. The picks, everything was aligned. He went back to the Rams and the Giants went to bed.

01:27:01.91
LJ
It seems like they were that's who they were in on.

01:27:02.09
William Hernandez
yeah

01:27:04.88
LJ
Because let's let's say even the the they're still saying they're in on the Rodgers, if that's the case, how come?

01:27:08.98
William Hernandez
Yes, I'm hearing that too, right?

01:27:10.95
LJ
But we've been hearing that. So why is he not signed?

01:27:13.59
William Hernandez
Right. Well, apparently the Steelers are are trying to get him.

01:27:15.13
LJ
i get em I get all of that.

01:27:15.99
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yes.

01:27:17.05
LJ
um All these teams know what the next person's offering. They have agents, so they're going to they offer me this, what you're going to do about it?

01:27:24.23
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:27:25.34
LJ
is He's the only one that's... Everyone else is signed.

01:27:31.81
LJ
Everyone else is signed.

01:27:32.04
William Hernandez
It's weird. It's weird.

01:27:35.82
LJ
i don't know what's happening over there.

01:27:36.06
William Hernandez
It's weird.

01:27:40.92
William Hernandez
That's a putting it lightly.

01:27:41.98
LJ
and i don't i don't know why And I don't know why i feel this way. I'm like maybe 60-40 in favor of it happening. But the 40% to me in my mind, in my opinion, is high enough.

01:27:56.22
LJ
I don't know why I'm thinking this. i I don't know if the Giants going to draft the quarterback.

01:28:02.55
William Hernandez
that's the other thing, too. That's not coming out. I i don't know, man.

01:28:05.97
LJ
That can't happen.

01:28:07.21
William Hernandez
No, it can't.

01:28:08.70
LJ
You got to find somebody.

01:28:08.95
William Hernandez
No.

01:28:09.62
LJ
Even if it's in the second or third round, you have to find somebody.

01:28:10.19
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:28:13.92
William Hernandez
You've got to listen. Listen, your three options right now. Are. Sanders. Cam Ward and Jackson Dart, though, I saw some people suggesting.

01:28:28.09
William Hernandez
and don't know if you saw this as well. You signed Rogers, right? You draft Travis Hunter in the first round, and then you draft the the Alabama quarterback in the second round.

01:28:39.71
LJ
Oh, I see. I saw that.

01:28:41.13
William Hernandez
Yeah. I don't know how i feel about that.

01:28:44.37
LJ
I never liked Jalen, uh, Milrow.

01:28:46.51
William Hernandez
i And I don't think we keep on talking about this. Jackson darts not last into the second round. That's not fucking happening.

01:28:52.63
LJ
I think, I think if he drops it, I want to say it's 21.

01:28:52.92
William Hernandez
Now.

01:28:58.97
LJ
If he drops that far down, that's the way I think he'll go. And that's the Pittsburgh Steelers.

01:29:03.74
William Hernandez
Who's at 20? Pittsburgh Steelers. Interesting.

01:29:06.22
LJ
What?

01:29:08.17
William Hernandez
Yeah, I think we talked about that.

01:29:09.53
LJ
They'll pick, they'll pick, they'll they'll draft him.

01:29:10.77
William Hernandez
Yeah, I think we talked about that a couple of weeks ago because we were looking to see where he would he would drop to. um other Other thing, too, that Eric alerted me earlier today, that the...

01:29:20.41
LJ
Eric Barkley?

01:29:21.51
William Hernandez
No.

01:29:25.30
William Hernandez
Shit. That the Giants got a compensation compensation pick for the third round. So now they got two third round picks because what was the reasoning?

01:29:36.15
William Hernandez
He said what the reasoning was because um McKinney, they lost McKinney to free agency last year. So they've got the 99th overall ah pick, bro. You got it.

01:29:48.98
William Hernandez
That's the your perfect situation to trade that pick for some, for somebody in a, in a package for something.

01:29:54.92
LJ
I heard that Syracuse that syracuse quarterback is getting some high praise.

01:29:55.10
William Hernandez
And if that's,

01:29:59.97
LJ
I think it's Syracuse. He plays for Syracuse. I'm not 100% sure.

01:30:03.09
William Hernandez
Do you know what the name is?

01:30:04.34
LJ
Nah. If I see it, let me Google it. If I see his name, it'll probably ring a bell.

01:30:12.36
William Hernandez
He was a quarterback in 2024.

01:30:14.37
LJ
I believe so. I think it's Syracuse.

01:30:15.71
William Hernandez
Kyle McCord.

01:30:16.96
LJ
Kamakord. That's it.

01:30:18.84
William Hernandez
Yeah. Well, used to play for Ohio State as well. Apparently.

01:30:21.43
LJ
Kamakord.

01:30:21.66
William Hernandez
I think. Interesting. He's from Philly. We don't want that. Go away. He played a year for the Buckeyes in 2021.

01:30:32.24
William Hernandez
And then he played for Syracuse last year. Interesting.

01:30:40.29
LJ
So i've heard his name but I've heard his name quite often.

01:30:43.91
William Hernandez
Hmm. 6'3", 220.

01:30:46.78
William Hernandez
Hmm.

01:30:51.31
William Hernandez
I mean, don't know, man. Syracuse. Can we not draft the ACC quarterback again, please?

01:30:59.64
LJ
Who's the last QB that was worth a damn that came out of Syracuse?

01:31:04.22
William Hernandez
Donovan McNabb.

01:31:05.35
LJ
Bingo.

01:31:08.01
William Hernandez
That's the last one.

01:31:09.18
LJ
And we move on.

01:31:13.38
William Hernandez
Okay. um We're not going to get into all this shit, but I mean, obviously a lot happened over the weekend and heading into yesterday.

01:31:24.70
William Hernandez
Josh Allen, he gets a $330 million dollars contract that includes a record $250 guaranteed. So he's now, Josh Allen is now the highest paid player in the league. What do you what do you think about that?

01:31:40.32
LJ
Just to lose to Patrick Mahomes.

01:31:43.81
William Hernandez
um What a of shit.

01:31:46.39
LJ
That's what I think about it.

01:31:47.38
William Hernandez
That's not, that is really not nice.

01:31:48.93
LJ
I don't care. ah

01:31:51.75
LJ
You think I give a shit? I don't care it at all. That god awful place where he lives to get out of here.

01:31:59.23
William Hernandez
What, Buffalo?

01:32:00.30
LJ
Yeah.

01:32:01.09
William Hernandez
oh boy.

01:32:02.20
LJ
I mean, listen, this is this is what this is what happens. this is the going rate.

01:32:08.66
William Hernandez
It's crazy.

01:32:09.36
LJ
it a havenvin out Like I've always said, I never know how one person that doesn't like really play sports gets paid this much money. But okay, i whatever. and don't know. You have to win, man.

01:32:22.82
LJ
You have to win. They still have to put the team around him. They've had good teams. now they have to now they have Now he has to win.

01:32:31.53
William Hernandez
Well, I mean, they they signed ah they they signed ah Shakir to a four-year extension, right? So he's going be around for a while. They signed Josh Palmer, another wide receiver, to three years, 36 million.

01:32:45.10
William Hernandez
He was with the Chargers last year.

01:32:47.19
LJ
Chargers. Could he have gotten $40 million, but he can't because he got $250.

01:32:48.23
William Hernandez
So...

01:32:52.22
LJ
Josh Allen took all the money.

01:32:53.93
William Hernandez
and So, I mean, you know, they're they're surrounding him with the weapons at the end of the day. So, you know. Okay. Your favorite... I'm not going to say it.

01:33:09.15
William Hernandez
Your favorite man, Gino. Your favorite man named Gino. There you go. Got traded to the fucking Raiders, bro.

01:33:17.51
LJ
for a third round pick. Good God. This is why the Raiders will continue to be a shit organization.

01:33:22.56
William Hernandez
Brady, baby.

01:33:24.44
LJ
And that's coming from a Jets fan.

01:33:24.53
William Hernandez
Brady. Brady. brady

01:33:29.00
LJ
I guess it's the Pete Carroll, Geno Smith. It was also, apparently he was asking for a lot of money from the Seahawks.

01:33:32.24
William Hernandez
Yes. Yes. Yeah. Well, I mean, it's funny because.

01:33:37.48
LJ
And they weren't with it.

01:33:39.28
William Hernandez
Right. Well, the thing is, is that he he gets traded. Right. So this whole this whole fucking um domino effect happens. Right. Smith gets traded to the fucking to the Raiders.

01:33:50.37
William Hernandez
The Seahawks turn around and they sign Darno three years, 100 million. Are you surprised that he ends up in Seattle?

01:33:59.97
LJ
Nah, because the rumor was he they were thinking about he was going to stay. Then Pittsburgh came into a little bit. I'm not surprised he ended up in Seattle. Three years, $100 million.

01:34:12.77
LJ
I don't think they're going any good.

01:34:14.65
William Hernandez
Well, that's the problem. You traded DK Metcalf.

01:34:16.80
LJ
you got You cut Tyler Lockett, another good receiver.

01:34:18.84
William Hernandez
um And Tyler liked it. Right, right.

01:34:21.50
LJ
You got Njigmas Smith over there. you got i mean, i don't know if they're going to be any good. so Maybe they're just in a full rebuild with Sam Darnot and they draft another quarterback and they go from there after his three years are up.

01:34:37.05
William Hernandez
Hmm. I really hope the Giants go after Lockett because Jalen Hyatt is shit. And I would like to see if you're going to start Neighbors and Slayton, and Lockett's the number three guy anyway, right?

01:34:54.19
LJ
um Well, he he was a couple...

01:34:55.60
William Hernandez
Right? I mean, am I getting that wrong?

01:34:58.25
LJ
he's I'm not mistaken. He was couple years. He was a two, maybe even the one with Seattle.

01:35:02.39
William Hernandez
He was. he was. he was ah Yes, you're right. But I don't think at his age...

01:35:06.20
LJ
He's on a smaller run. He could be a slot guy.

01:35:08.36
William Hernandez
Yeah, at 32 years old, he's you're not going to be a and a number one or two.

01:35:11.04
LJ
He he still got gas in the tank.

01:35:12.99
William Hernandez
Yeah, well, that's what I mean. If you sign him for like a, a I don't know, i don't know, a cheap deal i don't know what the going rate is for somebody like him. You know, when the Seahawks let him go, I was like, oh, you know what? i'd like I would like to see the Giants go after him.

01:35:26.77
LJ
Give him one year for like $14 million.

01:35:27.03
William Hernandez
I really would. Yeah.

01:35:28.92
LJ
I don't know. Something like that.

01:35:30.26
William Hernandez
Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

01:35:32.98
LJ
He's done enough in the league to say, you know what, he might me might be worth a shot.

01:35:36.66
William Hernandez
Yes. Zach Wilson goes to the Dolphins. um'm go I'm just going through some of the stuff that that stood out to me.

01:35:43.63
LJ
I hope Tua gets hurt and he shoves a football right up the Jets' ass.

01:35:51.40
William Hernandez
Joshua Dobbs is now the backup quarterback. in I can't believe this guy sticks around the way he does.

01:35:57.22
LJ
Because he's smart.

01:35:59.15
William Hernandez
That's exactly it.

01:36:00.51
LJ
Come on, man. The guy stinks. Stop it.

01:36:02.88
William Hernandez
Uh... DeAndre Hopkins one-year deal, $6 million with the Ravens, the, you know,

01:36:06.67
LJ
With the Ravens.

01:36:12.71
LJ
See, if the Ravens giving him one one for six, you give Lockett something like that, too.

01:36:15.62
William Hernandez
yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. No, I agree. Miles Garrett, okay, let's talk about this for a second.

01:36:23.82
LJ
Let's not. What a fucking hypocrite.

01:36:24.79
William Hernandez
No, we should. that's what I mean.

01:36:26.17
LJ
I want to win. excuse

01:36:27.84
William Hernandez
That's what I mean.

01:36:29.16
LJ
Miles, can I have a union agent come to my office? What do you think about this number? Oh, yeah, definitely. We're all about winning here in Cleveland. I'm back, fans. We're all about winning. Yeah, okay. Fuck off, dude.

01:36:39.91
William Hernandez
Bro, two weeks ago, you were talking about getting, you wanted to fucking trade.

01:36:39.86
LJ
You

01:36:46.40
William Hernandez
When that came across, I was like, wait a minute, what the fuck happened? I was very confused by that.

01:36:50.28
LJ
want me to tell you what happened? 160 million happened.

01:36:56.76
William Hernandez
It's 123. Oh, no. No, no, no. You're right.

01:36:57.93
LJ
Oh, shit.

01:36:58.30
William Hernandez
No. It's 123 million guaranteed. That's insane. That's insane to me. Right.

01:37:03.52
LJ
Yeah, it could be up to one.

01:37:03.85
William Hernandez
that's and

01:37:04.78
LJ
He's going to get the whole 160. He'll get the whole 160.

01:37:07.30
William Hernandez
that's insane that's insane to me

01:37:10.40
LJ
Because it went right right overnight. It went from them. I went out here. So, yep, they're going to win a championship. Sure. Come on, dude. Just say it's about the money and move on. Not everybody's about winning like the next man is. is Unfortunately, that's just the way it is.

01:37:23.74
William Hernandez
right ah Daniel Jones. I can't believe. Listen, I texted this sort of group text today. Only in football and sports can you be a millionaire and be completely fucking subpar at the thing that you do.

01:37:44.53
LJ
Enjoy Indianapolis. They're also trying to trade Anthony and Richardson. Do you want him on the Giants? Apparently they've been trying to move him.

01:37:55.38
LJ
um that i would never I definitely would not be in on that kid.

01:37:59.05
William Hernandez
I think there's too much damage done to him, to be quite honest with you, with the starting and, you know, benching and he doesn't have enough experience and blah, blah, blah.

01:38:10.85
William Hernandez
ah You know what the thing is, though?

01:38:12.12
LJ
taking him out of himself Taking himself out of a game when he's tired.

01:38:12.36
William Hernandez
Someone's going

01:38:14.82
William Hernandez
Right. But you know what the thing is? Somebody's going to take a chance on him because they're going to think they can fix him.

01:38:18.38
LJ
and If they make the trade, somebody or ah apparently they haven't had any takers.

01:38:20.03
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:38:23.41
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:38:25.57
LJ
So I think that's the reason why he Daniel Jones went over there, because they can he's going a chance to start.

01:38:33.11
LJ
And I'm not mistaken. I think their O-line is pretty even though they lost a big piece of their O-line today. i don't I forget where he went. But he signed a big contract. I want to say that. Oh, my God. The Bears. I'm not 100% sure.

01:38:45.46
LJ
But. um

01:38:46.59
William Hernandez
Wait, who was this?

01:38:48.13
LJ
um

01:38:50.00
William Hernandez
Somebody from the O-line? He signed with the...

01:38:51.46
LJ
From the Colts. Free. I don't know. spell his name fries, but I don't know if that's how you say it.

01:38:59.76
William Hernandez
ah He didn't sign with the Bears, because I'm looking at the list now.

01:39:03.08
LJ
William. William kind of fries. Sure.

01:39:05.45
William Hernandez
Oh. He signed with the Vikings.

01:39:09.52
LJ
There you go. He's from Staten Island, New York. He's only 26. He's five years, 88 million.

01:39:13.15
William Hernandez
Five-year deal, $88 million. Yeah.

01:39:15.75
LJ
Yep.

01:39:16.51
William Hernandez
Interesting.

01:39:18.41
LJ
See yeah

01:39:22.63
William Hernandez
Andy Dalton...

01:39:22.87
LJ
ya. They should take the money they gave to Spider-Man and give it to him. And then put him on the Giants. But it's too late now.

01:39:31.16
William Hernandez
Well, yes. Well, and look, Andy Dalton we resigned with the Panthers. Like, why did the Giants try to go after him? be a bridge.

01:39:37.59
LJ
The Red Rocket.

01:39:39.66
William Hernandez
Oh, stop. Don't say that. that That means something else.

01:39:46.67
William Hernandez
ah Godwin re-signed with the Buccaneers. Hassan Reddick signs a one-year deal with the Bucs of $14 million.

01:39:54.23
LJ
Good for him. Good for him. Loser.

01:40:00.72
William Hernandez
Jacoby Briskets a fucking roach and signs with the Brissette, whatever.

01:40:03.05
LJ
Brisskin, what are you, hungry? Brissette.

01:40:06.67
William Hernandez
I read that wrong.

01:40:06.81
LJ
Jesus.

01:40:09.70
William Hernandez
Garoppolo's back for a year, which is fucking... Another one. That's another one. Another one. Why didn't the Giants try to go after him? I'll take him for a year.

01:40:20.41
William Hernandez
Fuck it. Why not?

01:40:22.15
LJ
So you didnt you didn't do your do je due diligence to call the Giants and say, yo, I got a couple names for you. Who else is out there that they can sign besides Rogers?

01:40:29.21
William Hernandez
Devontae

01:40:31.50
LJ
Everybody else is gone. Everyone else is gone.

01:40:33.66
William Hernandez
Russell Wilson or you trade for Kirk Cousins? I don't know. I don't know.

01:40:41.64
LJ
worse.

01:40:44.67
LJ
yeah

01:40:45.67
William Hernandez
I know.

01:40:45.70
LJ
I guess. Why should you have to trade anything for Kirk Cousins?

01:40:47.54
William Hernandez
oh

01:40:49.10
LJ
He's not good anymore. They should just give them to you.

01:40:51.46
William Hernandez
Sir, out I don't know. I don't know. i'm um I'm tired. I'm tired of the Giants right now. i don't I don't understand.

01:41:02.34
William Hernandez
ah God, this seems like such a bad plan to have. fuck I really hope this whole thing with Cutler, Cutler, Cutlets, Idiot,

01:41:13.41
William Hernandez
To start the season and then bring in the whoever you whoever you draft halfway through the year? Please don't do that. Guys, don't please don't do that.

01:41:25.09
William Hernandez
Fuck me. That'd be awful. All right, enough football shit.

01:41:30.35
William Hernandez
That didn't go as long as I thought it was going go. All right, one more one more thing before we get into our Mount Rushmore. St. John's, baby! We are on the cusp. of the Big East tournament, which starts on ah Wednesday.

01:41:45.52
William Hernandez
But the Johnnies have a first round bye, so they're not playing until Thursday at noon. There's a benefit to being unemployed right now for this. So St.

01:41:53.64
LJ
i'll be working from I'll be working from home that day because the one day don't kick into April 1st.

01:41:53.99
William Hernandez
John's...

01:41:58.19
William Hernandez
Oh, there you go. Well, they're on Peacock. They're on the cock. Can we talk about that first?

01:42:01.87
LJ
No. No, we can't.

01:42:03.68
William Hernandez
this i I hate this shit, bro.

01:42:04.99
LJ
everyone everyone Everyone that hates it, like you just mentioned, and people that want to complain, guess what you're going to do?

01:42:07.77
William Hernandez
No, it's...

01:42:12.28
William Hernandez
it's so It's not necessarily... It's just that wide dilute why dilute it? Why not just have everything on FS1 and Fox?

01:42:19.66
LJ
The problem is everybody wants a piece of the pie, and when you order... When you're in bed with everyone and whoever gives you the highest bid, that's who that's who you're going to give it to.

01:42:31.84
LJ
That's just the way that's the way of the world. Money makes the world go round.

01:42:34.21
William Hernandez
I hate it.

01:42:35.38
LJ
And that's what's happening here.

01:42:37.05
William Hernandez
Yeah, I don't like it. Anyway...

01:42:39.82
LJ
They don't give a shit about you.

01:42:41.94
William Hernandez
I see that.

01:42:45.17
William Hernandez
So St. John's beat Marquette Saturday in overtime. 86 to 84 as Zuby Edge of four hits a shot at the buzzer that gives St. John's the win. They finished a regular season 27 and four overall and 18 and two in the conference. Like I mentioned, we don't know who they're going to play yet on Wednesday.

01:43:09.43
William Hernandez
um I forget who plays, who they could play between. um RJ Lewis makes the first team Big East. We won't know about who wins play of the year until tomorrow. That's when they announce it.

01:43:24.24
William Hernandez
So we're not going to have that information in time. But it's a pretty good bet that he is going to play. He's going win the Big East play of the year. What do you think? Do you think he should leave?

01:43:34.26
William Hernandez
That he should go on to the NBA?

01:43:35.29
LJ
I already told you, he'll be ah if he's not happy with what I think he'll be drafted, he comes back.

01:43:35.86
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:43:39.45
LJ
But he'll be at least a top 15 to 20 pick at the least.

01:43:44.87
William Hernandez
yeah Yeah, there's been a lot of... Because him and Ejiofor are both juniors. And Ejiofor won the most improved player of the year. That came out the other day. Thank you, Larry, for sending that my way, the press release.

01:44:02.23
William Hernandez
um

01:44:04.93
William Hernandez
They asked Lewis. I forget what they said. That he went through the motions for senior day or he didn't. I can't remember what it was. um even though he's a junior.

01:44:16.60
William Hernandez
So we'll see. We'll see if he if he um if he comes back. Selfishly, I would like to see him come back, but if the money's there, take the fucking money and run. ah get it. Especially if he go deep in the tournament this year.

01:44:30.92
William Hernandez
So right now, one thing that I did see, they're projected as a number two seed, but in the West, which kind of sucks. I was kind of hoping in the East... Because maybe i would dish out and go to that if they made it to the Sweet 16 and go to Newark and and get shot.

01:44:50.44
LJ
Yeah, ah I don't want no part of Newark.

01:44:50.55
William Hernandez
But... um

01:44:52.00
LJ
I'm out.

01:44:55.22
William Hernandez
We'll see. So Selection Sunday. By the time we talk you guys again, we will um know where they're going.

01:45:03.17
LJ
And we'll have our brackets filled out.

01:45:03.47
William Hernandez
and And we're going to have a bracket filled out. So stay tuned for that. I am...

01:45:07.25
LJ
And watch it explode in a second round.

01:45:07.43
William Hernandez
i am Yeah... ah yeah looking forward. so we're going to have to make a bet here. I have to figure out something just between me and you. We're not going to a contest because it's too complicated.

01:45:17.58
LJ
No, we're doing it. got something. off the i got something but could do There could be several stipulations here, but just we'll think about it more, but a quick rundown.

01:45:21.39
William Hernandez
Okay. What do you

01:45:29.27
LJ
ah I guess the the most correct... the correct the most the most correct

01:45:33.69
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yes.

01:45:38.33
LJ
If you get the least amount correct, but you get the exact final four correct, that trumps that.

01:45:44.27
William Hernandez
Interesting.

01:45:47.13
LJ
get what I'm saying?

01:45:47.53
William Hernandez
Gotcha. Yes, I do.

01:45:49.78
LJ
Then if you actually pick the winner,

01:45:54.17
LJ
whenever we go on out wellever we go out again, lose the loser gets the, you have to pay the full tab.

01:45:56.99
William Hernandez
That person gets the... Yeah. Has to pay the...

01:45:59.53
LJ
When I talk about one beer, two beers, you got to pay the full tab.

01:46:00.59
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:46:01.97
LJ
Food, beer, everything included.

01:46:02.25
William Hernandez
Yeah. Well, I mean, the fact that we go to Jake's and it's cheap, i don't have a problem with that.

01:46:07.34
LJ
Which is, we always looking for the budget. So we usually end up in the cheap spots anyway.

01:46:12.22
William Hernandez
Exactly. Exactly. I have a problem with that. Okay, i liked I like that idea.

01:46:16.89
LJ
we We'll toss around some more ideas at each other during the week, but that's kind of like a rough thing of what I was thinking of.

01:46:20.27
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:46:25.21
William Hernandez
Listen, at at some point, hopefully next year at this time, we will we will have more listeners and we will do a proper like you know ESPN and or Yahoo thing that we all log in pick our shit, you know,

01:46:39.28
William Hernandez
that system figures it out and, you know, that whenever we're going prize or something, I would love to do that, but we don't have enough people to do that. And I'm not doing that. It's, it's already too late to do that for this year.

01:46:49.15
LJ
ah Yeah, we're not doing that now.

01:46:49.88
William Hernandez
So we will do it for next year. So, all right.

01:46:55.84
William Hernandez
It's Mount Rushmore time, baby.

01:46:58.59
LJ
I want to preface the Mount Rushmore real quick once you state what it's about.

01:47:02.10
William Hernandez
but Okay. It is the Mount Rushmore of what we believe are,

01:47:06.33
LJ
There you go. I don't have to say anything. You said it already.

01:47:07.78
William Hernandez
Yes. Overrated movies. This is our...

01:47:09.85
LJ
Before people think that, it's it's yes, it's ours. It's not what we Googled and said.

01:47:12.65
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:47:13.45
LJ
these are the No, it's our, which is probably why I'm going to take a lot of shit, which I don't give a shit.

01:47:15.82
William Hernandez
Yes. oh Oh, I'm going to take shit too for what I have. Yeah, I definitely will.

01:47:20.68
LJ
My brother's going throw so many flames at me because I think there's two movies. I think three movies on here he loves. And guess what? I don't care.

01:47:28.61
William Hernandez
ah Yeah, they're going to be... i have... I think one of them you and I going to share. I have a feeling. um Out of the four. I think i know where you're going with it. Anyway.

01:47:40.08
William Hernandez
um Sir, oh how do you want to do this? You want me to go first? You go first.

01:47:43.38
LJ
Yeah, you can go first.

01:47:45.31
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:47:45.51
LJ
I numbered them two in order, so.

01:47:48.03
William Hernandez
I have them in order as well. This one might get...

01:47:52.96
LJ
Number 4.

01:47:54.26
William Hernandez
Yeah, this might get me in trouble. And I'm going to tell you why I feel this way. The hangover.

01:48:04.64
William Hernandez
And I'm going to tell you why. Let me tell you guys something. When I first saw The Hangover, I laughed my ass off. Okay?

01:48:15.30
William Hernandez
Here's the thing. When I watched that movie again and a couple of more times after it, I didn't find it as funny. I just didn't.

01:48:26.47
William Hernandez
You know what movie I watch that is like The Hangover that I always laugh my ass off over and over again? Bridesmaids. I think Bridesmaids is funnier than the first hangover.

01:48:38.86
William Hernandez
I really do. Because I feel like to me personally, if I'm watching a comedy two or three times and I'm still laughing at the same jokes two or three times, to me that makes it a better movie in my opinion.

01:48:57.39
William Hernandez
So that's why I have the hangover as number four.

01:49:03.46
William Hernandez
Number three. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

01:49:09.35
LJ
And then I didn't put them on list because I already ragged them earlier in the year.

01:49:11.93
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yes. Yes, I know.

01:49:14.44
LJ
But yes, that movie's trash.

01:49:16.04
William Hernandez
i I just don't... We talked about this already.

01:49:19.51
LJ
I don't get it.

01:49:20.46
William Hernandez
I don't get it. I've never gotten it with these movies. What is it? It's in Christmas Vacation? What's the other one? it's so It's the whole series, really.

01:49:30.63
William Hernandez
I mean, honestly, it's the whole series.

01:49:30.71
LJ
Who cares? Who cares?

01:49:32.64
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so that's my number three. Number two, Avatar.

01:49:41.82
LJ
Yeah, that's not on my list.

01:49:43.39
William Hernandez
Completely overrated. I mean, too long.

01:49:44.86
LJ
Too fucking long.

01:49:46.84
William Hernandez
It just, it's... And the fact...

01:49:48.64
LJ
I can see why it's on your list. Not on mine, but I can see why.

01:49:51.00
William Hernandez
Yeah. I mean, the fact that it took so long for them to come out with fucking, like, a sequel, and now they're gonna still come out with, like... I never saw... Did you ever see the sequel?

01:49:59.57
LJ
No.

01:50:00.25
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:50:00.51
LJ
The Body of Water, whatever hell it's called.

01:50:02.17
William Hernandez
Yeah. No, no i

01:50:04.43
LJ
But apparently these movies are already written.

01:50:06.57
William Hernandez
Right. Yes. Yes. Right.

01:50:08.93
LJ
Yeah, I'm not interested.

01:50:09.06
William Hernandez
You're right. and And the funny thing is too with Avatar 2 is that I made all this money and I don't know one person who saw it. Like personally.

01:50:17.75
LJ
yeah don't i think it's on hbo max but i'm not even sure if it's still on there oh boy

01:50:18.70
William Hernandez
I don't know anybody who saw Avatar 2 despite it making all this money. Yeah. Yeah. My number one. That's a classic.

01:50:31.29
William Hernandez
Casablanca.

01:50:33.19
LJ
the

01:50:34.44
William Hernandez
That movie fucking sucks.

01:50:40.68
LJ
long

01:50:41.32
William Hernandez
Yes. Because, that is thought of like a...

01:50:45.57
LJ
Did we ask you to do this or your mom?

01:50:47.95
William Hernandez
No, don't know. You know why? yeah i'll tell you why. I've seen that movie three times.

01:50:53.52
LJ
Jesus Christ.

01:50:55.63
William Hernandez
Two times for school, right? Because I had to. For two different classes, by the way. And then one time I felt like, oh, let me watch it again without the pressure of I'm going to get tested on this. Because I, you know what I mean?

01:51:12.12
William Hernandez
i watched it a third time when I was much older. So you're talking about watching this in school like 20 something years ago.

01:51:20.38
William Hernandez
It's fucking so boring.

01:51:24.81
William Hernandez
It's so fucking boring. And you know, what like let's see.

01:51:27.78
LJ
Yo, I can't believe he said Cosablock.

01:51:28.96
William Hernandez
I just want to see. let me.

01:51:34.74
LJ
i definitely wasn't expecting that.

01:51:35.66
William Hernandez
Dude, it's a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes.

01:51:38.78
LJ
ah Yeah, ya

01:51:40.24
William Hernandez
And you and I had this conversation about Rotten Tomatoes, right?

01:51:42.44
LJ
we're trying to figure that out. out

01:51:44.00
William Hernandez
Because we're Money Train.

01:51:45.00
LJ
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:51:46.17
William Hernandez
Bro, and this movie is universally loved. Humphrey Bogart, right?

01:51:53.71
LJ
He.

01:51:54.80
William Hernandez
He did. He been dead. Bro, this is a movie for a different time. You watch it now, it's awful. Anyway, I'm going to catch some flack for that, but that's okay.

01:52:08.07
William Hernandez
Casablanca, baby. 1942. I took it way back. Way fucking back. Go ahead, sir.

01:52:16.15
LJ
Are you ready? Because I took some shit on Friday for this, but guess what? I don't care. h Number four. And I hate this dude.

01:52:28.58
LJ
i am legend. I fucking hated that fucking movie with a passion.

01:52:35.13
William Hernandez
I didn't mind it.

01:52:36.73
LJ
It wasn't like any of these other movies that are with that same concept.

01:52:40.82
William Hernandez
Yeah. Post-apocalyptic.

01:52:43.30
LJ
Granted, maybe I shouldn't have compared it.

01:52:47.05
LJ
Oh my God, a movie we just... And I just hate Will Smith.

01:52:50.69
William Hernandez
I think that's what it is.

01:52:51.13
LJ
I only see him as Fresh Prince, which was one of my favorite sitcoms growing up, and I can't see past that. There's a few movies that he's in that I do like. any mean Enemy the State with Gene Hackman.

01:53:02.23
William Hernandez
Oh, yeah. Rest in peace.

01:53:04.55
LJ
um

01:53:04.74
William Hernandez
Gene Hackman.

01:53:06.12
LJ
I did like iRobot a bit, because it's kind of...

01:53:08.73
William Hernandez
Never saw that.

01:53:11.09
LJ
Anyway, AI shit, whatever.

01:53:12.84
William Hernandez
Yes, yes, yes.

01:53:13.35
LJ
um But all these other movies that he's made... um'm watching i don't I didn't like the Men in Black sucked. that's ah That was a runner-up. I hated that movie. I hated those movies.

01:53:22.59
William Hernandez
Bro. Dude, it that was on the other day and I watch watched the almost the whole thing. That movie sucks.

01:53:27.98
LJ
It was terrible. It sucks.

01:53:31.07
William Hernandez
It's not a good movie at all.

01:53:31.76
LJ
Thank you. It's not good. it's not They made three of them, I think.

01:53:34.04
William Hernandez
It is not good. Yes. It's not a good movie.

01:53:37.02
LJ
Right?

01:53:37.88
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:53:38.70
LJ
oh Crap. Number three, I see dead people.

01:53:42.48
William Hernandez
Oh, boy.

01:53:45.40
LJ
sixth sense, you guys need to stop with that shit already.

01:53:48.09
William Hernandez
You caught straight.

01:53:48.08
LJ
That movie is terrible. When I ask you, what's your favorite part of the movie?

01:53:49.89
William Hernandez
No, you're.

01:53:52.09
LJ
And everyone just tells me, I see dead people. Just take it off your list.

01:53:55.54
William Hernandez
No, you know what? Those people are not intelligent. That's the problem.

01:53:58.31
LJ
Just take it off your list.

01:53:59.17
William Hernandez
No, no. Those people are.

01:54:01.04
LJ
Even if I don't ask you, it's the only thing that's referenced, whether it be in music, whether it be here, whether it be there.

01:54:03.75
William Hernandez
and Well, right. And I'm telling you, those people have their head up their asses that say that.

01:54:10.68
LJ
just Just go watch it again and come back to me. And you're going to say, you know what? You're right. That movie sucks.

01:54:18.18
William Hernandez
No, it doesn't.

01:54:19.36
LJ
Take it off.

01:54:19.70
William Hernandez
You're wrong.

01:54:21.25
LJ
Number two, which I took a lot of shit for on Friday, but I don't care.

01:54:21.37
William Hernandez
Anyway.

01:54:25.15
LJ
Kill Bill.

01:54:28.47
LJ
That's number two.

01:54:29.61
William Hernandez
I'm not as insulted by that as as other people are.

01:54:33.09
LJ
my brother's insulted because I think that's like his favorite movie of all time. I don't care. It sucks. I try to watch it three times. he's gonna tell me I'm old and all of that All three times I fell asleep.

01:54:45.00
William Hernandez
Jesus Christ.

01:54:46.26
LJ
The whole looking at John Travolta with his stupid haircut. I just bothered me. And I was like, I can't do this. I'm out. The movie sucks. I'll never try to watch it again. I'm out.

01:54:56.67
William Hernandez
Wait, are we talking about ah haircut?

01:54:56.63
LJ
Don't convince me otherwise.

01:54:58.58
William Hernandez
it You sure we're getting that mix up with Pulp Fiction?

01:55:01.13
LJ
Oh, sorry. but No. Yeah. Yeah. Whatever it is, whatever it is. Um,

01:55:05.88
William Hernandez
Wait, so was it Kill Bill or Pulp Fiction?

01:55:08.24
LJ
no, it's kill bill, but I'm that's, I see him as that in that you get what I'm trying to say.

01:55:09.40
William Hernandez
Okay, okay. I see what you're saying. yes guest Yes, yes, yes, yes.

01:55:14.27
LJ
And it bothers me because it seems like it's all kind of related because it's, you know, you get what I'm saying.

01:55:16.19
William Hernandez
Okay. Well, it's, yeah, it's the same guy. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

01:55:20.53
LJ
There you go. So now you get what I'm saying. and Number one, which you hate, but I don't care. Life is like a box of chocolates. God, that movie was so bad.

01:55:31.93
LJ
so

01:55:32.31
William Hernandez
You're just kidding.

01:55:32.54
LJ
i want to say a lot of things, but I can't because the world that we live in today.

01:55:35.73
William Hernandez
Ha ha ha ha

01:55:38.69
LJ
so I'm going to keep all that stuff to myself. If we was in the bar, like I mentioned on Friday, we all laughed about it because I got to say it then because it was just our group.

01:55:46.40
William Hernandez
Holy shit.

01:55:47.11
LJ
I can't say that here. But that movie was so, so dumb.

01:55:53.99
William Hernandez
ha

01:55:54.00
LJ
So dumb.

01:55:55.13
William Hernandez
I mean, you're wrong, but whatever. i' um' ah We're not going to have this conversation again.

01:55:58.66
LJ
That movie made a lot of... i Listen, guys, if you can find a way to get your money back, I would say pick it now and try to get your money back.

01:56:06.01
William Hernandez
What? Are you fucking serious?

01:56:08.01
LJ
Because that was probably the worst at that time. What was the movie? Maybe $10. That was probably the worst $10 you ever spent in your whole entire life. That movie sucked. Tom Hanks' worst performance.

01:56:18.45
LJ
I don't care what he got awards for.

01:56:18.93
William Hernandez
What? That's like his best performance. Right?

01:56:20.78
LJ
Why? Because he acted like he was... a We all act like that on our normal days.

01:56:23.59
William Hernandez
Yes. Yes. No, not like that.

01:56:28.72
LJ
anybody it's it's being that is overrated as far as him acting his gimmick was the box of chocolates and he oh my braces broke off i could run now so fast get the out of here it's it's corny i'm not a racist i got my friend he's black so i'm good

01:56:36.33
William Hernandez
Come

01:56:45.30
William Hernandez
on. It's not meant to be real. It's fiction.

01:56:56.97
William Hernandez
Oh my fucking God.

01:56:58.63
LJ
Number one, one of the most overrated movie, in my opinion, ever, ever.

01:57:07.13
William Hernandez
Well, it's your, it's your opinion.

01:57:07.07
LJ
That movie sucks.

01:57:09.34
William Hernandez
So you can fuck off.

01:57:14.52
LJ
You let him pull on a your little your little ah cock string.

01:57:14.82
William Hernandez
Did you have,

01:57:17.47
LJ
You got to tee it up. Fuck out of here. Get me out of this movie theater. This movie sucks.

01:57:25.17
William Hernandez
Oh my god. Did you have runner-ups? and I didn't do a runner-up thing.

01:57:31.18
LJ
the one i and I just thought about it was the men in black talking about Will Smith. Um, I'm trying to think of anything off the top of my head right now.

01:57:37.61
William Hernandez
Yeah,

01:57:38.88
LJ
Men in black was just awful, man.

01:57:38.94
William Hernandez
Men in Black really is not good, bro.

01:57:41.05
LJ
right The ride in Florida sucks too. I don't even know if it's still around.

01:57:43.81
William Hernandez
Oh, yeah. i don't remember if it is or not.

01:57:48.41
LJ
Um,

01:57:49.52
William Hernandez
I mean, listen, and I'll be the first admit, there there are a few Star Wars movies that I think are overrated, you know, on on second.

01:57:54.80
LJ
Toy Story 4 was horrific. I didn't like that.

01:57:56.93
William Hernandez
Never saw it.

01:57:58.31
LJ
Terrible. Um,

01:58:00.54
William Hernandez
Never saw Toy Story before.

01:58:02.04
LJ
i'm trying to i'm trying to i'm trying to I'm trying to think of off the top of my head because I didn't do any runner-ups.

01:58:07.79
William Hernandez
By the way, we talked about the Da Vinci Code. The reason why it's not on there, it it it got bad reviews, so it wasn't it's not overrated.

01:58:11.09
LJ
That one too.

01:58:15.53
William Hernandez
It sucked. It sucked.

01:58:17.26
LJ
But people liked it.

01:58:18.98
William Hernandez
I thought it was terrible.

01:58:20.02
LJ
But people liked it.

01:58:20.25
William Hernandez
I almost walked out of the theater. No, I know. I know. I almost walked out of the theater. um I'm trying to think. like there There are some movies I feel like that I've seen a second or third time.

01:58:32.84
William Hernandez
And I think Men in Black is like the prime example of that. Because that movie is awful, bro.

01:58:35.32
LJ
Ugh.

01:58:38.29
William Hernandez
There were some moments. But overall, that movie sucks. It is not good.

01:58:42.04
LJ
Ugh. I'm good. Terrible.

01:58:46.68
William Hernandez
boy Anyway, do we have anything more to say about this?

01:58:50.97
LJ
No, I'm i'm good.

01:58:54.02
William Hernandez
Before we get castrated in the comments.

01:58:56.80
LJ
I gotta to go finish season eight of Love is Blind.

01:58:59.79
William Hernandez
Oh my fucking God. Is that what you're doing for the rest of your night?

01:59:05.89
William Hernandez
I'm...

01:59:06.13
LJ
I got some ideas for to make a real love is blind, but we talk about that next time.

01:59:09.71
William Hernandez
Oh my God.

01:59:13.39
William Hernandez
um'm I'm debating whether I'm going to get a... I really want... There are some times when I just get like a hankering for alcohol and beer, and I have that right now. So while this is processing, I think I'm going to go to the little store here and get a couple of the big cans.

01:59:30.53
William Hernandez
like kind of

01:59:30.74
LJ
It's not like it's not like you have to wake up to go to work in the morning.

01:59:33.26
William Hernandez
Well, no, but I got that appointment in the morning, so I got to make sure that I'm – no, no, This is the thing with the state, the career ah career advisor thing.

01:59:36.00
LJ
thought you were say that. Poor man. I thought the the interview was at four and half to noon.

01:59:41.08
LJ
Oh, God. Yeah, show with alcohol on your breath. That'll be cool.

01:59:45.19
William Hernandez
i don't I don't give a shit. I'll get up at 7 and I'll be fine. 7.30, I'm good. Take a shower quick and 9.15.

01:59:49.70
LJ
What time you got to be there?

01:59:50.40
William Hernandez
Dude, it's a fucking three-minute drive from here if I drive.

01:59:52.32
LJ
Oh, that's not bad. Don't

01:59:54.95
William Hernandez
If I drive.

01:59:56.09
LJ
drive you lazy. You lazy bastard. Just walk over there.

01:59:59.49
William Hernandez
No, it depends because I might go out for breakfast ah in New Paul's afterwards. So I might i might drive down there. Because I haven't – we've had this lovely weather here in the northeast and I have not – gone hiking the way I wanted to. So I think tomorrow, after I go do what I got to do in the morning, I might drive to New Paul's, have breakfast, and then go for the hike. Because there's like some nice hiking trails up um up in that area. So I think I might do that in the morning.

02:00:27.12
William Hernandez
Oh, by the way, we're going to be recording again ah next Monday on St.

02:00:30.94
LJ
Monday. Later.

02:00:32.52
William Hernandez
Patrick's Day if we're not blitzed. And then we'll come to your ear holes again next Tuesday. So That's going to do it for us. Episode number 39. i am Will Hernandez here for Mr. Lee J. Perilla, and we will see you next week.

02:00:48.81
William Hernandez
Peace out.

02:00:50.03
LJ
later