41. St. John's’ Sour 2025 Ending

The St. John's men's basketball team had an historical 2024-2025 season after 25 years of false starts and missed potential. But the Red Storm's magical ride came to an abrupt halt Saturday afternoon and they lost in the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament. And it wasn't pretty. The 2 Dummies break it all down. 

Jameis Winston is now with the New York Giants, but he might not even be the starter as whispers of Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson are still making the rounds. 

Our halftime topic has to do with our athletic abilities in our prime compared to now.

On the other side of the break, it's all baseball and the Dummies chat about the upcoming season, which kicks off Thursday.

Timestamps
6:42: St. John's is not so Sweet
24:30: NCAA Tournament musings
35:16: Is Jameis Winston QB1 for the Giants?
46:06: Halftime, Our current athletic abilities
1:02:56: 2025 New York baseball preview
 1:21:01: Let's play a game, baseball edition

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Transcript

00:00:01.11
William Hernandez
Greetings and salutations and welcome back to Two Dummies That Just Watch, a sports podcast between friends. This is episode number 41.

00:00:12.81
William Hernandez
i am one of your hosts, as always, Will Hernandez, and I am joined by my co-host, Rockin' the Cleveland Indians Hat, Mr. Lee J. Perilla.

00:00:25.30
William Hernandez
Lee J., how are you today?

00:00:28.12
LJ
Yee-haw!

00:00:32.08
William Hernandez
You've got an Indians hat on. I actually bought a fucking Rays hat um this past week when I was down in the city searching high and high and low for a fucking St. John's hat.

00:00:46.96
LJ
don't gotta worry about that anymore.

00:00:49.24
William Hernandez
Well, I have it now. Let me tell you something, man. Going to the fucking city is just so exhausting for me from up here. And then to go off to St. John's In Jamaica, Queens, from up here, was quite it was quite the track.

00:01:07.95
William Hernandez
But being on that campus, dude, everybody looked like a kid. It's fucking insane, dude. When you're...

00:01:16.02
LJ
you just You're just the grandfather, you fuck.

00:01:16.32
William Hernandez
When you're going to...

00:01:19.20
LJ
Get off my campus, you bitch.

00:01:22.01
William Hernandez
Dude, I still cannot get over that you could just walk onto the campus. Nobody asks any questions. No identification. Nobody's asking you where you're going.

00:01:33.35
William Hernandez
I walk into the cafeteria like nothing. Walked into three buildings like nothing. It's kind of scary.

00:01:38.16
LJ
They probably thought you were probably the janitor. Who do they care? He's Spanish. He's a janitor. Fuck it. Fuck it.

00:01:48.40
William Hernandez
Dude, it's fucking scary, dude. I don't know if you remember. You probably don't remember this, but I think it was Danny's freshman or sophomore year there. and there was a They jumped the gun on like an active shooter ah thing. Do you remember this at all?

00:02:08.41
William Hernandez
And they found out that the person had like a um an antique gun. So it wasn't even something that was working. that was working And I think he did it as like a gag, but um I'm kind of surprised that after that, that they did not lock that campus down more, but it's interesting.

00:02:28.19
William Hernandez
interesting It's interesting to me because when I went to the bookstore, because obviously it was going there to buy a bunch of stuff again,

00:02:35.51
LJ
Gotta go got to go over the fucking bookstore, you fucking freak nerd.

00:02:39.20
William Hernandez
Well, bro, that's where the stuff is. All the stuff is in the bookstore. That's what I'm saying. All the merchandise is in the bookstore. So I go into the bookstore and as I was there, I noticed it was getting more crowded. And you can tell that people who were walking in, they were not clearly not students. They were there to buy like whatever gear that they had, um, that they had on hand. But, um,

00:03:03.65
William Hernandez
Yeah, it was interesting. It was interesting going out there and making my way out there and remembering exactly how to get out there without even like thinking about it. So, um anyway, have you been?

00:03:19.88
LJ
I'm good. I'm alive. I'm winning.

00:03:24.51
William Hernandez
Jesus Christ. Yeah, it's um now that we have no more basketball. Well, we do have basketball, but. It's not like the craziness that was on Thursday and Friday.

00:03:35.86
William Hernandez
I'm just sitting around and waiting until la until Thursday now. By the way, the brewery is doing something. So if you want to you know you want to bring your laptop up here and work from the brewery.

00:03:47.34
William Hernandez
Yeah,

00:03:48.39
LJ
Tick tock, tick tock.

00:03:52.94
William Hernandez
yeah they post.

00:03:53.05
LJ
I gotta be back. I got, I gotta be back by Friday anyway, cause we gotta go to that party.

00:03:57.16
William Hernandez
Oh, are you do you work Thursday night or no? You're off Thursday night.

00:04:01.76
LJ
No, I'm off Thursday and Friday.

00:04:03.43
William Hernandez
Oh, gotcha. Yeah, have fun at that party.

00:04:06.94
LJ
I'm off Thursday and Friday. I finally bought an outfit yesterday. found something.

00:04:10.15
William Hernandez
Oh, shit.

00:04:11.92
LJ
No, very simple.

00:04:12.34
William Hernandez
Okay, take a picture.

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LJ
Black slacks, a simple black shirt.

00:04:14.82
William Hernandez
so then we Okay,

00:04:17.18
LJ
I'm good. I got shoes here.

00:04:19.39
William Hernandez
take a picture so we can post it on ah social media.

00:04:19.75
LJ
We're good.

00:04:23.84
LJ
I'm not going to do that. So you guys, guys don't hold your breath. If you hold your breath, you might drop dead.

00:04:31.11
William Hernandez
Jesus Christ. Oh, boy. All right. let's let's some Let me do my little spiel here. Obviously, Weekly Sports Podcast. Coming to you each and every week in the podcast platform of your choice.

00:04:45.36
William Hernandez
Obviously, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. And shout out to everybody this last week because i was telling Luigi before that It's been slow.

00:04:56.55
William Hernandez
This is just a slow time of the year for sports. But I think, as I predicted with the NCAA tournament happening and having that in the title last week...

00:05:08.06
William Hernandez
We definitely had the most downloads in a while. Not a while, but in a few episodes. I would say since the Super Bowl. So this last episode was um was the most downloaded since the Super Bowl episode. So thank you guys for coming out from the dead.

00:05:24.63
William Hernandez
We got a download from France. So shout out to French.

00:05:28.28
LJ
Oui, oui.

00:05:28.36
William Hernandez
um France, yeah. Pardonnez-vous, Francais. That's all I know.

00:05:35.99
William Hernandez
The one thing that I have not been doing more often is posting on YouTube, and I need to be better about that. But I finally figured out another software I can use.

00:05:47.30
William Hernandez
So I'm going to start, hopefully, tonight, when we when we're done here, start making clips of smaller segments of the show. So, again, i keep on reading that you have to post as much as you can on YouTube for the algorithm that the algorithm to pick it up. So I really need to start so's start doing that.

00:06:05.92
William Hernandez
But yes, please please um follow us on YouTube if you're not doing that already. And obviously we are on Instagram, ThreadsX, and now we do have a Facebook page.

00:06:17.89
William Hernandez
So if you want to do that, just do a search for Two Dummies That Just Watch on all those platforms. All right. Now, I was...

00:06:31.65
William Hernandez
Going back and forth about what was going to be the lead story. Well, you know what i mean. The lead segment for this week. But I figure, you know what? Let's just get the St. John stuff out of the way first and kind of go from there because got to say, for people already know this by now, obviously, but they lost. They were eliminated from the tournament over the weekend. They lost to The number 10 seed Arkansas, 75 to 76.

00:07:03.42
William Hernandez
And I said a couple of weeks ago, I think it was last week, that I felt like they had to get out of the first weekend. And that didn't happen. They beat Omaha Thursday night, 83 to 53.

00:07:15.98
William Hernandez
But the thing was, it's like even even though they won that game by 30 points, something seemed off with them, I thought. And the bad shooting came back to bite them in the ass on Saturday because, my God, that loss on Saturday was fucking dreadful.

00:07:36.15
William Hernandez
And let's just go over the stats quick before we get into it.

00:07:39.38
LJ
Oh yeah, I got them right here.

00:07:41.95
William Hernandez
They shot just 28% from the field on of of 22 from beyond arc.

00:07:49.41
William Hernandez
they were just two of twenty two from the beyond the arc As a dreadful, that comes out to 9.1%. Yeah.

00:07:57.65
LJ
9.1 i

00:07:59.96
William Hernandez
And here's here's what I think is the kicker.

00:08:03.64
LJ
i think i could shoot better from 3.9 if i was drunk

00:08:07.22
William Hernandez
Probably. Here's the kicker. Because I felt like much as they were struggling from the field, here's what they got their asses handed to them. They were only 8 of 25 on layups.

00:08:20.80
William Hernandez
To me, if you make the majority of those, let's say you make 14 of those layups, you win the game. That's it. You would have won the game. Despite all the other issues that they faced during that game. And that game was ugly.

00:08:35.10
William Hernandez
Because it's not like Arkansas was was shooting the ball but shooting the ball well. That game was fucking ugly. And it just so happened that Ugly won at the end of the day. And, um you know, they just...

00:08:49.81
William Hernandez
yeah I was disappointed. I mean, i I was thinking to myself today, like, I was more disappointed about St. John's losing Saturday than I was about the Mets losing in the Dodgers and the NLCS.

00:09:02.29
William Hernandez
Because I've been waiting for this for so fucking long. And then you have, like, ah this great season, and you completely shit the bed in the worst possible way. oh So, your your thoughts on the game itself, and then we can get in talking about some of the other Stuff that came out of it, especially with the whole thing with RJ Lewis.

00:09:22.22
LJ
The second half, i don't know if you guys noticed, you guys were texting rapid fire. And guess who wasn't responding? Me. Why?

00:09:31.88
William Hernandez
You knew it was over.

00:09:33.26
LJ
I fell asleep.

00:09:34.55
William Hernandez
oh didn't realize that.

00:09:37.26
LJ
They put me to bed.

00:09:37.47
William Hernandez
Okay.

00:09:38.88
LJ
They put, they both both teams put me to sleep.

00:09:41.11
William Hernandez
Yeah, it was tough. That was a tough game to watch.

00:09:44.46
LJ
But what did I tell you? I learned this a long time ago and it sounds really simple, but it's very true. And I learned this when you try to do these, not even fancy layers, but when you don't use a certain part of the whole rim, everything that's part of the basket, the basket, the backboard, that square is there for reason.

00:09:59.25
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah. Use the backboard. Yeah.

00:10:05.63
LJ
Use it. We've seen it from the likes of Patrick Ewing trying to finger roll, hitting the back of the rim. It comes out.

00:10:10.93
William Hernandez
Oh, yeah.

00:10:11.00
LJ
Use the backboard. Yes, that was a finger roll, different shot. But you know what I'm trying to say? Like I was told as a little kid, use the backboard to lay the ball.

00:10:16.95
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:10:19.81
LJ
It's there. You will probably miss 0% of your shots if you did an easy layup, put it right in the middle of the square, and it goes right in.

00:10:26.51
William Hernandez
Yeah. Right. Yeah.

00:10:29.16
LJ
You know what another number? that I couldn't believe this. Throughout a whole college basketball game, I don't know why I found this fascinating. I mean, both teams, but Arkansas wasn't any better. They just doubled their the St. John's number.

00:10:43.91
William Hernandez
Right.

00:10:44.04
LJ
St. John's only had five assists.

00:10:46.57
William Hernandez
Yes, I saw that. I forgot to write that down. Right. Yeah.

00:10:50.10
LJ
Is that possible?

00:10:53.28
William Hernandez
I mean, when you look at when you look at how many...

00:10:55.59
LJ
Throughout a whole game?

00:10:56.53
William Hernandez
ah Yeah. Well, that was one of the things that they brought up in the first half of Patino when they came back from halftime. And I think at the half, they only had three assists, if I'm not mistaken.

00:11:05.49
LJ
Oh my, bro.

00:11:07.56
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:11:08.08
LJ
I was looking at this today. I was like, that can't be.

00:11:11.44
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, five assists. The problem was, and you saw it, they were not moving the ball like they usually do. And i think, it it again, it just bit them in the ass at the end of the day. They were rushing up shots.

00:11:26.17
William Hernandez
They weren't playing smart. They were shooting weight.

00:11:28.83
LJ
R.J. Lewis got into his own head because he disappeared. So he started getting, he started forced.

00:11:31.39
William Hernandez
Right. Right.

00:11:32.68
LJ
There was a point in time, I think St. John's cut it to two in the second half. There was like maybe five, three to five minutes left, somewhere around there.

00:11:39.51
William Hernandez
yeah

00:11:40.96
LJ
And he did some, he started at the three point line, did like a spin move. They cut him off. And then he just like threw the ball to the basket because he thought he was going to get fat. I'm just like, dude, what are you doing?

00:11:51.93
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah. they I mean, they had a – listen, this is an interesting thing. Like Danny said, I want to go back and look at the at the chain. They were down 62-60 with eight minutes left, and they only scored six points the rest of the way.

00:12:07.30
LJ
That might have been the point. It was a little bit more than five minutes. So the 60, when they were down by two, yeah. My man, my man, Zuby didn't touch the ball enough down the stretch.

00:12:15.11
William Hernandez
Nope, absolutely not.

00:12:16.96
LJ
My only problem with him is he's he's like the NBA players today. You looking for the foul. Stop, dude. Just play basketball.

00:12:22.04
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:12:23.40
LJ
He complains too much.

00:12:26.80
LJ
That guy that was on him, I don't know. i don't know if that's coaching. You're not making the right call. The guy that was initially guarding him had four fouls.

00:12:35.52
William Hernandez
think And it didn't go after him.

00:12:35.81
LJ
Now it's time to get busy.

00:12:37.04
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah

00:12:38.71
LJ
I don't care what you do.

00:12:38.80
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:12:41.09
LJ
Make the guy flop. make them Make the referee call a flop, a block. Go up. He's not going to defend you.

00:12:48.83
William Hernandez
Yeah. he was Yeah, you're right.

00:12:49.79
LJ
A pump fake, something. you didn't he got he never I don't remember him touching the ball like those last three minutes.

00:12:51.78
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:12:56.61
LJ
That maybe one offensive rebound he got and then he dunked it. I don't remember him touching the ball. That was poor. Part of his coaching, you got to admit that.

00:13:04.86
William Hernandez
Oh yeah, of course. Yeah.

00:13:05.76
LJ
Part

00:13:06.10
William Hernandez
i

00:13:07.34
LJ
I understand also why he benched this guy. I get it. I also think it probably had to do with like, he had his head down and stuff like that. You remember, you heard that speech on on social media, you know.

00:13:17.19
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:13:17.84
LJ
Part of it was like, who gives a shit if you miss shots? Pitino when he was, you know, that spiel that he had with them. This was a few games ago. Who gives a shit if you miss shots?

00:13:24.24
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:13:26.21
LJ
No one gives a shit a about your missed shots. Go back and play defense. Blah, blah, blah, blah, bla blah. blah bla blah I think he got down on himself. Me personally...

00:13:39.11
LJ
I get why you did it, but who else did you go to?

00:13:42.23
William Hernandez
well that Well, that was the thing. So here's the thing. just Just let's back up just a little bit with that, with the Lewis thing. So he's three 17, right? Yeah. right Um, scores only nine points.

00:13:55.85
William Hernandez
And we saw the post game where, uh, Roger Rubin from the news day. i i was going to say daily news as he used to be on daily news. Uh, he asked Patino about why he benched Lewis with about five minutes, I think left in the game.

00:14:10.07
William Hernandez
And i will give credit where credit is due that Patino did not want to throw him under the bus, but we knew why he wasn't out there.

00:14:17.17
LJ
But you just got to read it. ah When I sent you that, I knew exactly what he said.

00:14:21.23
William Hernandez
Yeah, right between the lines.

00:14:21.59
LJ
i didn't I didn't need to see any more context.

00:14:22.23
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:14:23.08
LJ
i That's what I got from it.

00:14:25.15
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:14:25.21
LJ
He sucked. You know why he's sitting on the bench, but I ain't telling you that because I can't, I'm not going to say that.

00:14:30.79
William Hernandez
So there was a... Going back to what you're saying about him putting his his his head down.

00:14:37.51
William Hernandez
I think he shut down.

00:14:37.75
LJ
The body language guy. Yeah, the body language.

00:14:38.86
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah. He shut down. And there was a...

00:14:41.46
LJ
And then from that point in time, he took him out. I just don't, I don't know if that's the perfect time to teach a lesson that you're trying to teach.

00:14:47.48
William Hernandez
I don't, yeah, I thought the same thing. I was thinking the same fucking thing because Carl and I were going back and forth. and And Carl's like, why is he on the bench? He's like, is he hurt? And I told Carl, was like, bro, I don't think he's hurt.

00:15:00.66
William Hernandez
Like, i just I think that Patino's teaching him a lesson. And it's just the fun. Here's the one thing that I noticed. Right before he got benched, there was one sequence, and I made sure to write it down, where he was like on the left side.

00:15:15.84
William Hernandez
ah just outside the arc, and he was just standing there. He wasn't moving around. he He wasn't demanding the ball. He was just, like, standing there. And then he looked lackadaisical when he was getting back on defense. And somebody made a comment on social media, and I i was going to go back and watch the condensed game, but i I just didn't have the time to do it. But there was a point where i think Arkansas was coming back down the court, and Lewis was ah was a defender, and he basically just olayed it.

00:15:45.69
William Hernandez
And let the guy just like go by him. So you combine that lackathysical effort and the fact that he just wasn't looking like himself. I can understand why Patino benched him.

00:15:58.55
William Hernandez
But I think in your sense, I'm two minds of it. Yeah. on one hand, he's fucking killing you. Right? But on the other hand, is he not the best chance to give you a win?

00:16:10.80
William Hernandez
Right? Right?

00:16:11.91
LJ
he he did it he did He did a John Starks against the Rockets.

00:16:15.37
William Hernandez
That's exactly what fucking Carl said.

00:16:16.68
LJ
But Riley never benched him.

00:16:18.60
William Hernandez
That's exactly what Carl said.

00:16:18.62
LJ
Riley never benched him.

00:16:19.88
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:16:20.75
LJ
And John Starks looked down on himself.

00:16:20.99
William Hernandez
ah Eric, I should say. Eric said that too. Yeah.

00:16:25.01
LJ
But Riley's mentality at that point was like, these are the guys that got me here.

00:16:29.80
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah.

00:16:31.01
LJ
going to win by them. I'm going to die by them.

00:16:33.18
William Hernandez
Right. And I, and I feel like Patino should have kept Luke. I think at the end of the day, i lean towards, you should have kept Lewis on the floor. It's funny.

00:16:42.87
LJ
Just because i always, not to interrupt you, but I just look at it this way.

00:16:42.93
William Hernandez
Like Steve, No, no, no. Yeah.

00:16:46.01
LJ
yeah Your best player, yes, he's having a bad game. He's still your best player. yeah And he still has the greater probability probability of hitting that shot that you need.

00:16:56.16
William Hernandez
Right. That's what I mean. Yeah. Because out of everybody on that court, he's the one that's going to hit that three-point when you need it.

00:17:02.62
LJ
Remember, what the heck's his name? He fouled out.

00:17:07.72
William Hernandez
um ah

00:17:08.01
LJ
So he's...

00:17:08.86
William Hernandez
Qadari. Yeah.

00:17:09.67
LJ
Yeah, Kadar Richmond.

00:17:09.82
William Hernandez
Richmond. Yeah.

00:17:11.12
LJ
So, you know, you lost that penetration there, which, by the way, listen, you guys know I don't have a dog in this fight?

00:17:13.41
William Hernandez
Right.

00:17:17.21
LJ
That was a fucking bullshit call. That wasn't a foul on him.

00:17:20.08
William Hernandez
there were some bad calls There were some bad calls in that game.

00:17:21.98
LJ
That was a lot of bad calls, but that call wasn't bad.

00:17:23.46
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:17:23.71
LJ
He he went straight up.

00:17:25.21
William Hernandez
Yeah. Oh, yeah.

00:17:25.78
LJ
There was no call there.

00:17:26.59
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, that was bad.

00:17:28.74
LJ
I just, I don't know. I see both sides of it, but I just don't know if that's, the like, the time to do it. Yeah.

00:17:36.57
William Hernandez
Yeah, like, why do you why would you teach a lesson in the NCAA tournament? I just don't i don't get it.

00:17:43.43
LJ
cause I'm thinking back, that was it that wasn't the only game he's played like that this year.

00:17:48.33
William Hernandez
Right. Yes, you're right. You're right. It's just, it's crazy to me what a weak difference is because last Saturday, you know, they were at the garden. This guy's getting, ah you know, Big East player of the year.

00:18:02.83
William Hernandez
they They won the tournament. They're riding a high. And seven days later, you could not have ended the season and a worse and in a worse way. I don't think it,

00:18:15.06
William Hernandez
think it downplays what they did during the regular season, but man, you had to fucking at least get out of the fucking first round. Now, here's the thing.

00:18:24.43
LJ
I think it's disappointing. I'm not a St. John's fan.

00:18:26.86
William Hernandez
Oh, no, it is disappointing, but it's also like, goddamn, man, you had this fucking great year, you couldn't even make it to the Sweet 16. That's what I kept on telling you. I said, you gotta at least make it to the Sweet 16.

00:18:38.28
William Hernandez
At least to the Sweet 16. So the question is now, what happens next? Okay? The first thing's going to be RJ Lewis. Guess what? I looked at some mock drafts today.

00:18:49.20
William Hernandez
He's nowhere in the tra first two rounds. And I think he played himself out of the first two rounds.

00:18:53.62
LJ
Yeah, don I don't, I don't, I don't, um'm I'm not looking into that. I still think he's, like I said, top 15. I don't take that one game and now this is who the kid is.

00:19:04.17
LJ
He had a bad game. He's had a couple of bad games. I don't look at it that way. I definitely don't look at it that way. I saw where ah they don't even have him in the draft at all because it could have been because they he's going to go to the portal.

00:19:16.37
William Hernandez
Well, that was the other thing I was thinking too, because does Lewis be like, fuck this place? i don't like what Patino did here. I'm going to transfer.

00:19:25.26
LJ
He's from Florida, I think. I think he's from Florida.

00:19:28.45
William Hernandez
Yeah, i think so. But I mean, nobody's gotten to the portal yet for St. John's as I did check today just to make sure, but no one's, no one's gotten to portal yet. So, I mean, that's going to be like, that's going to be the first thing it's going to be. Okay. What is he going to do?

00:19:44.77
William Hernandez
So that's like number one. Number two, you got to fucking find some scores, man. You got to have – you got to fucking find people that can hit a jumper coming off a screen and maybe take take like a step back three-pointer because right now they don't have any of that.

00:20:03.51
William Hernandez
I know this guy Dunlap has hurt this season, and he's supposed to be that guy in a sense, but I feel like you need more than that. And the thing is too is that when you look at the core, if nobody leaves – They've got a pretty good amount of people coming back for next year. Because Zuby's going be back.

00:20:22.81
William Hernandez
You're obviously going to lose Richmond.

00:20:23.24
LJ
Yeah, he's going to come back.

00:20:24.54
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, Zuby's going to be back.

00:20:25.39
LJ
Yep.

00:20:26.87
William Hernandez
um You know, I like what Prey did in his tournament. they he you know He played well for what he was supposed to do. um Wiltshire is probably going to come back as well.

00:20:39.20
William Hernandez
So, like, the core is there. But you've got to add... You got to fucking add some shooters on this team, man. You can't be. i don't know. It's like ah it's a different game. I feel like once you get once you get outside of the Big East, I think that defensive physical play works during a conference season.

00:20:56.60
William Hernandez
But you also be able you also need to be able to have shooters at some point. And they need that. Hey, hey, ah Mr. Under Armour, dude, ah and which are four million dollars. um Let's fucking go.

00:21:10.52
LJ
Is it under armor? I thought it was body armor. That drink.

00:21:12.91
William Hernandez
No, it's the arm no it nots under the armor. I'm pretty sure it's on the armor.

00:21:15.09
LJ
Let's check that out. I thought it was the drink.

00:21:20.05
William Hernandez
On the armor...

00:21:20.65
LJ
Or whatever that drink is called. I don't know the exact what it's called.

00:21:23.81
William Hernandez
CEO. Oh, no, you're right. It is the body armor guy.

00:21:30.05
LJ
Yeah, it's the drink.

00:21:32.65
William Hernandez
Body armor CEO. Are you

00:21:36.79
William Hernandez
Are you sure?

00:21:38.28
LJ
I think so. that's what i thought that I remember that's what I read. I'm not sure. That's what I'm asking.

00:21:41.54
William Hernandez
Let me see. St. John's nil four million.

00:21:48.78
LJ
St. John's has a connection to the sports drink brand Body Armor, founded by Mike Rapol, a St.

00:21:53.33
William Hernandez
Repult. That's right. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. yeah

00:21:55.64
LJ
John's um alumni who also founded Vitamin Water and Smart Water.

00:21:57.23
William Hernandez
Yeah. Right. Yeah, because don't forget.

00:22:00.14
LJ
Rapol is a significant benefactor and has been instrumental in the university's recent success.

00:22:05.13
William Hernandez
Don't forget. He I think he either bought. or started vitamin water with 50 cent, if you remember that.

00:22:11.84
LJ
Yeah, and I think he's one of his first big sign of the body armor was I think Kobe Bryant.

00:22:16.87
William Hernandez
Oh, interesting.

00:22:17.77
LJ
I think.

00:22:18.15
William Hernandez
Huh. I mean, listen, they, this guy said he's going to keep on donating the money to make sure that they, that they get the players. So, you know, we'll see what happens, uh, for next season, but yeah, I'll be, I'll be curious to see how the, uh,

00:22:36.36
William Hernandez
The portal stuff. Because, bro, this is the thing. i don't know if you saw this, but apparently the portal opened on Monday. The Monday before.

00:22:45.87
LJ
The portal opened. I can think of it Doctor Strange.

00:22:47.49
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:22:51.45
LJ
Get the fuck yeah

00:22:53.88
William Hernandez
The transfer portal opened up before the NCAA tournament started. Or I think on either today or...

00:23:01.65
LJ
out of here.

00:23:03.51
William Hernandez
last Monday, don't know if you saw JJ Watt was criticizing that because you had guys that were entering the portal and they weren't even went through with the NCAA tournament yet.

00:23:14.72
William Hernandez
So just like, come on, man.

00:23:16.38
LJ
Well, technically, if you want to save it for that coach, he left and the and they his team was still in McNeese State.

00:23:16.50
William Hernandez
NCAA is good.

00:23:20.91
William Hernandez
Yes. Right. Yeah. Right. And his his, um, you know, the guy who was getting all the, uh, what the hell his name?

00:23:25.55
LJ
And he's going to NC State.

00:23:30.34
LJ
Whatever his name, who cares?

00:23:31.87
William Hernandez
Amir, Amir, dude. Listen, I will...

00:23:34.04
LJ
leave it leave it up leave it up Leave it up to Danny to start trolling and say what St. John's needs.

00:23:38.75
William Hernandez
i Yeah, shut up, Danny. I will say one thing about that dude. like I know he was getting a lot of shit online this past weekend, but you know what?

00:23:49.36
William Hernandez
I do the same fucking thing. If you're going to pay me money, sponsorship money like that, I'm taking that shit.

00:23:56.34
LJ
You know the people that comment and say stuff like that negativity negatively? ah The people that are hating, that wish they were him.

00:24:01.64
William Hernandez
No, of course. Yes, exactly.

00:24:03.82
LJ
Because what does it have to do with you one way or another?

00:24:04.18
William Hernandez
That they...

00:24:06.54
LJ
Because if you had that opportunity, guess what you would be doing?

00:24:06.65
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:24:09.92
LJ
Get those knee pads ready because you'd be doing the same thing.

00:24:10.28
William Hernandez
Right.

00:24:14.17
William Hernandez
Jesus Christ. Oh, my God. All right. Well, that's going to be it for St. John's until, you know, next season. So we can put a bow on those guys for now. Let's see if anything happens during the ah the offseason. So, all right, sir.

00:24:34.21
LJ
I forgot my paper at the job, so I don't have it.

00:24:36.98
William Hernandez
Oh, my God. So let me tell you where I am right now. Because I just did it before we hopped on. got 44 points.

00:24:47.91
William Hernandez
i got forty four points So 24 in the first round of 64 and 20 32. Don't forget that.

00:24:59.55
William Hernandez
We were doing one point a win in the first round and then two points. But, I mean, let's see. How many games are there? One, two, three. Oh, yeah. twenty So I got 24 of the games right. How many games are there overall in the first round?

00:25:12.34
LJ
Excuse me, Jesus.

00:25:14.21
William Hernandez
Let me see.

00:25:14.23
LJ
um

00:25:19.15
William Hernandez
one three six nine twelve

00:25:24.78
William Hernandez
So out of the 32 games, I got 24 them right. That's not fucking bad. But we'll have to see next week where you stand um with this.

00:25:41.29
William Hernandez
So how much shit how much did you watch of this tournament, like these first two rounds?

00:25:46.78
LJ
as much as i could As much as I could until I had to go to work. Because I worked Saturday and Sunday night.

00:25:50.87
William Hernandez
Was there...

00:25:52.89
LJ
so

00:25:53.43
William Hernandez
Yeah. Was there a particular game that stood out to you from the from the first from this first weekend?

00:26:00.45
LJ
I'll tell you what.

00:26:00.53
William Hernandez
I got all the games up right now.

00:26:01.81
LJ
Besides... I can't believe i'm about to say this, but I hate this. And it and it reminded me because...

00:26:06.01
William Hernandez
oh boy.

00:26:07.78
LJ
you know and at thought You know, I haven't met Eric yet until I saw him, po and you know, obviously we would know the story with that, but then I saw him post a story to him. I got a little, I said, come on, Eric, he's a Duke fan.

00:26:18.65
William Hernandez
um yeah he's a big Duke fan.

00:26:19.88
LJ
ah

00:26:21.91
William Hernandez
ah He's a huge Duke fan.

00:26:23.80
LJ
i got take like I gotta take like, I gotta take 10 points from him.

00:26:23.89
William Hernandez
He's been a huge Duke fan forever.

00:26:29.24
William Hernandez
He's a huge Duke fan.

00:26:30.27
LJ
Yuck. My fingers couldn't even type anything to comment anything on his story. i said, I'm getting out of here. This is terrible.

00:26:38.34
William Hernandez
He's a huge Duke fan.

00:26:39.62
LJ
ah

00:26:40.16
William Hernandez
I used to be as big of a Duke fan, but then I just, I made a, I made turn right and just stuck with St.

00:26:47.37
LJ
Good.

00:26:47.95
William Hernandez
John's.

00:26:48.23
LJ
Luckily, good. and

00:26:51.38
LJ
I'll say this about them. They look dominating.

00:26:54.08
William Hernandez
Yeah, they did.

00:26:55.44
LJ
only problem

00:26:55.58
William Hernandez
They definitely did.

00:26:56.43
LJ
the One of the problems I see with them, and they're and they're lucky they have these... he He's lucky he has these big guys behind him.

00:27:04.48
LJ
Knipple. Knipple.

00:27:06.59
William Hernandez
i hate that fucking name.

00:27:09.50
LJ
his um it It reminds me of the cable guy. Porno password is nipple.

00:27:19.00
William Hernandez
right. I forgot about portal password. Holy shit.

00:27:21.75
LJ
um His defense is not good.

00:27:22.42
William Hernandez
That's awesome, dude. No, it's not.

00:27:24.96
LJ
A lot of his guys getting to the basket, but that guy had his back. can never remember his name, but he's he blocked shots. He's he's really good.

00:27:30.63
William Hernandez
Yes, yes. i know what you're talking about. Yeah.

00:27:32.09
LJ
They got a couple big dudes. and Flag had a good game, I thought, against Baylor. They blew him out. Um, besides that, I don't really see like any, like, you know, these 12, five matchups, six, 11, you know, those the matches that really sometimes, you know, you find the upset.

00:27:53.98
William Hernandez
Well, that that was the thing that people were – I'm a little –

00:27:59.03
LJ
because at the end of the day, yes, do you like to see chaos meet personally, but not really in the tournament?

00:28:03.52
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:28:04.03
LJ
Because think about it. Do you really want to see a 15-bito-1? Because it probably the next quote the next game is going to end.

00:28:07.92
William Hernandez
No. Yeah. Yes, that's exactly. I saw so many people complaining about this online. Oh, they weren't upset.

00:28:15.23
LJ
No, it's stupid. No, that's not what you really want.

00:28:19.11
William Hernandez
It's so fucking stupid.

00:28:19.34
LJ
i don't I don't like this. Like, how much how ah you know, this is... We'll talk about, let's say we'll go by point system. is

00:28:27.57
William Hernandez
yeah

00:28:27.62
LJ
These teams are like 7, 10, 8, 9. They're just marginally maybe better because of something, but they're all kind of the same. So whoever wins, wins.

00:28:35.98
William Hernandez
Right.

00:28:36.16
LJ
You don't want to see a 15 beat a 1.

00:28:36.38
William Hernandez
Exactly.

00:28:37.72
LJ
You don't want to see that. Come on, guys.

00:28:39.19
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:28:40.78
LJ
you really You really want their Omaha to beat St. John's? Where do you think Omaha was going to go? ah

00:28:44.50
William Hernandez
they There were so many people complaining online about that. um And here's the thing, guys. This is going to be the norm now because of the whole now there's like discrepancy.

00:28:58.27
William Hernandez
between the major programs and the mid-majors because of nil. I think they were saying this was the first time in like four or five years that you didn't have, ah you know, 16-beat-a-1, 15-beat-a-2, you know, somebody 14-beat-a-3, and so on.

00:29:13.51
LJ
Mm-hmm.

00:29:18.08
William Hernandez
This is going to be the norm now. So fucking get used to it because now some of these mid-majors – Like BYU, they're making moves, and they're actually spending nil money.

00:29:31.09
William Hernandez
Okay? Because they made it past. They're in the Sweet 16. So you're going to have your BYUs probably happen. And i know Drake, even though they lost to Texas Tech in the second round, they're another team that is making moves. But get used to this, guys, because this is the way it's going to be from now on.

00:29:49.65
William Hernandez
ah Until these mid-majors figure out a way to compete on nil money, You're not going to see upsets in the NCAA tournament. So, I don't know.

00:30:00.74
William Hernandez
By the way, mr Dan Hurley, you are a fucking bitch. I cannot stand that guy, bro.

00:30:07.41
LJ
Jesus.

00:30:10.31
William Hernandez
I...

00:30:10.41
LJ
Jesus.

00:30:11.56
William Hernandez
It's...

00:30:11.68
LJ
that's not that's not That's not nice to talk about your fellow Big East people.

00:30:16.55
William Hernandez
No, fuck that guy. Did you hear...

00:30:18.65
LJ
Mm.

00:30:19.47
William Hernandez
Did you hear... And the thing the story that came out today, because we saw the video. For those people who don't no know, I didn't watch the game. So let me say that first. I didn't watch the game. I saw what happened. I read about it afterwards.

00:30:32.49
William Hernandez
He's walking through the hallway. You've seen the video, right? And he's saying, i hope they don't fuck you like they fucked us.

00:30:35.82
LJ
Mm-hmm. na that Yeah, yeah.

00:30:39.62
William Hernandez
And apparently some reporter from that covers UConn was the one that posted this video. So the story came out today That the sports information director at UConn was threatening the reporter, I'll bury you for for you know for posting that video.

00:31:02.36
William Hernandez
How about this? How about Hurley should know that you're being recorded all the time and not say shit like that? Because he came off with like ah as a fucking sore loser.

00:31:12.30
LJ
I'll bury you. What are you The Undertaker? Shut up.

00:31:14.13
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:31:17.07
LJ
Shout out to Undertaker. He turned 60 today.

00:31:19.42
William Hernandez
60. shit, bro. Damn.

00:31:24.34
LJ
These are the things he's going to say. You lost. That's what you felt you had to say. He said it. Move on. Don't hide behind or double down now. You said it. That's it. Who cares?

00:31:32.73
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah.

00:31:33.56
LJ
The reporter's doing his job. and Out of what happened there, I'm not moving on. That was the hottest take he got from that whole game.

00:31:40.38
William Hernandez
Right. Exactly.

00:31:41.93
LJ
What, him crying was trying to double down?

00:31:42.24
William Hernandez
Got him.

00:31:44.75
LJ
And his next, you know, when he was on the podium crying and we rubbing tears? Come on, dude, stop it. You look foolish.

00:31:50.47
William Hernandez
yeah I wish I would have seen that. Oh my God. yeah And apparently somebody said he took a shot at St. John's too. I didn't see that.

00:31:59.66
LJ
No, I didn't see that anywhere.

00:32:00.80
William Hernandez
Yeah. Somebody said that he took a shot at John's. It was like a jab. He didn't say it directly, but it was a jab at St. John's. Um,

00:32:07.41
LJ
Those are even worse when you can't even be direct. i don't want i don't want I don't want to figure out your fucking ah your wizardry of words. Who cares? Your fucking riddles. You're dope.

00:32:20.50
William Hernandez
Wizardry of words. That's freaking good.

00:32:23.63
LJ
Who cares? You come off like a sore loser.

00:32:24.67
William Hernandez
ah He does. He definitely does.

00:32:27.06
LJ
Bro, you won back-to-back championships. Your team wasn't wasn't good. not i I'm not going to say that. just wasn't up to snuff.

00:32:35.20
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:32:35.17
LJ
That's it. You lost.

00:32:36.14
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:32:36.47
LJ
That's it. Move on.

00:32:39.38
William Hernandez
I don't get it. I don't understand. i don't i'm As much as I would have, and I think you and I had this conversation when it was ah what he was available, as much as I would have liked him to beat a head coach for St. John's in that moment when he was available.

00:32:55.22
William Hernandez
I look back at it now and I'm glad he's not there because of the shit that he pulls. Cause he is so fucking full himself. It just makes me sick.

00:33:06.27
William Hernandez
I don't know. It's, i don't know if it's just the Jersey thing, maybe, you know,

00:33:09.84
LJ
I think it goes part to part of it when he was initially hired and people just shat on him. And he remembers that.

00:33:16.40
LJ
He's not going to make it here.

00:33:16.58
William Hernandez
yeah

00:33:17.24
LJ
He shouldn't have taken his job. it was a bad decision. Yada, yada, yada. He took a lot. I remember that shit. I'm not mistaken. I'm pretty sure. And he seems like a person that remembers shit and writes shit down and we won't forget.

00:33:28.06
LJ
that way you could throw right back in your face.

00:33:29.78
William Hernandez
He does seem like that type of person.

00:33:30.28
LJ
He seems like that guy.

00:33:32.38
William Hernandez
Oh, my God.

00:33:32.39
LJ
Listen, I can't blame him for that part, but he seems like that dude to me. And now this is his chance to take the shit that you put to his doorstep and bring it back to yours.

00:33:36.82
William Hernandez
its

00:33:40.96
William Hernandez
Right, but to me, it just comes off as as a sore loser, B, a maturity thing. Dude, you hear some of the shit that he says?

00:33:49.01
LJ
No, I know.

00:33:49.19
William Hernandez
He sounds like he's in high school sometimes. Yeah.

00:33:52.48
LJ
That's him. That's him. That's him. Tell it. That's him telling you F you. Remember what you said to me? i haven't forgotten. I'm I got a big grudge here. I'm holding and a chip on my shoulder.

00:34:03.88
William Hernandez
Dude, it's he's 52. You think he acts the opposite age, 25. Jersey City. Okay. That's where he's from, by the way.

00:34:15.29
William Hernandez
case you were wondering.

00:34:15.53
LJ
As far as far as famous basketball coach at St. Anthony's.

00:34:18.62
William Hernandez
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:34:20.94
LJ
His brother was good, great at Duke.

00:34:24.71
William Hernandez
Hey, i'm ah I don't take anything away from his him from his lineage.

00:34:24.82
LJ
But.

00:34:27.36
LJ
I think his brother still coaches Arizona State, if I'm not mis mistaken.

00:34:29.46
William Hernandez
Yeah, I think so. um' ah I'm not taking anything away from his his his lineage as far as the coaching is concerned, but bro, act like you've been there before. like Like you said, two back-to-back national championships, but yet he was on fucking 60 minutes complaining, I've got 50% of my roster is going to walk out on me next year because of nil.

00:34:49.12
William Hernandez
don't know what to tell you, bro.

00:34:50.47
LJ
so tellcon connectic so So tell Connecticut up it, puppet.

00:34:50.79
William Hernandez
That's the game now.

00:34:53.97
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:34:54.05
LJ
They got the bread.

00:34:55.67
William Hernandez
Exactly. Exactly.

00:34:56.51
LJ
They're offering $3 million, offer $3.5.

00:34:59.47
William Hernandez
Exactly.

00:35:00.94
LJ
and What you ought to do. It's all about money now, and all the big schools got the money. You're one of the big schools. You got the money.

00:35:07.42
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:35:08.67
LJ
This is what it's about now. That's what you guys made it to be. Here we are.

00:35:13.92
LJ
Here we are.

00:35:15.73
William Hernandez
All right. Speaking of money.

00:35:18.53
LJ
Oh, boy.

00:35:20.19
William Hernandez
ah

00:35:23.27
William Hernandez
Let me, let me, let me just set the table here. And then, cause I actually, have to sit back and like, collect my thoughts on this because I do have something to say about, but I'm go to, I want you to get your bars in first, but let me, let me, uh, because i don't know what the giants are doing.

00:35:41.01
LJ
That was just, that was going to be my only question.

00:35:43.03
William Hernandez
I don't know what the giants are doing. So here's, here's what happened over the weekend on Friday night. It came out that James Winston, yes, James fucking Winston is signing a two-year deal with the Giants worth $8 million. dollars Winston, who is 31 years old, has been in the league now for 10 years, which is hard to believe.

00:36:08.43
William Hernandez
The Bucs drafted him out of Florida State with the first pick in the 2015 draft. I think it's safe to say he never really reached that potential of being a first-round pick.

00:36:19.38
William Hernandez
So for his career, let's look at his numbers. 24,225 yards. With a 61% completion percentage. He has 154 touchdowns against 111 interceptions.

00:36:35.99
William Hernandez
He played in Tampa for five years, New Orleans for four years, and of course we know that he was with the Browns last year. But wait, there's more.

00:36:47.09
William Hernandez
Because despite all this... Despite having Jameis Winston signed to an $8 million dollars deal, despite having Tommy Cutlets as your supposed backup, apparently, supposedly, reportedly, the Giants are still speaking to Aaron Rodgers and waiting for Aaron Rodgers to make a decision.

00:37:11.27
William Hernandez
Sir, I ask you again, what the fuck is happening here with this team?

00:37:16.03
LJ
I also heard that Russell Wilson can still be a possibility today.

00:37:19.84
William Hernandez
Then he makes it even worse. didn't even hear that.

00:37:22.05
LJ
I heard that today. and't know how i don't know

00:37:24.61
William Hernandez
Okay.

00:37:25.03
LJ
I don't know how true that is, but I heard that today as well. I don't know what's happening here. This is the kind of things that my team, you do, and then they make fun of you.

00:37:35.72
LJ
This is the the kind of the joke. This is, i don't know what this, i don't know what's happening here. I'm trying to like, I don't want to, I don't want to be that guy because my team sucks. So coming from me, it doesn't even, it doesn't make any sense, but I don't know what's like, do they expect anything to change?

00:37:42.95
William Hernandez
No, you could be that guy.

00:37:51.59
LJ
And I keep hearing from fans. Well, at least he's fun. What does that mean?

00:37:57.72
William Hernandez
I've seen that too. Yeah, I've seen that too. That's stupid.

00:38:00.88
LJ
Do you want to win? or Do you want to have fun?

00:38:04.18
William Hernandez
I'm going to touch upon that, but continue.

00:38:07.99
LJ
um so I don't know what's happening here. Like, the whole idea is a bridge and then bring somebody in to teach. I don't know what to say here.

00:38:18.19
LJ
I don't know. I'm stumped. i don't know what um I don't know what to say.

00:38:21.31
William Hernandez
I think...

00:38:24.37
William Hernandez
let me Let me say what I got to say first about this whole thing. I actually i had to like write down some thoughts here. I don't think that the Giants are operating in a manner that is befitting of a historic franchise.

00:38:38.11
William Hernandez
So what do I mean by that? This is an original NFL team, right? They've been around for 100 years. They just celebrated their 100-year anniversary last year. And I hate to say it as a Mets fan, but the Giants are like the Yankees of the NFL.

00:38:54.91
William Hernandez
There's no, you can't, um don't think anybody can will dispute that. That's just the way it is. And again, it pains me to say that. But here's the thing. I feel like the expectations are not the same.

00:39:06.31
William Hernandez
Whereas at least with the Yankees, for the most part, they are doing things every offseason that tells me that they are serious about winning the World Series. Or at least making it to the World Series.

00:39:19.08
William Hernandez
When was the last time the Giants did something that told you that they were serious about making it to the Super Bowl? I can't remember. And it's been like this has been like the frustrating thing post-Tom Coughlin.

00:39:34.22
William Hernandez
Joe Shane and Brian Dable should have been fired after last season for multiple reasons. But with Mara keeping them, to me, you're accepting mediocrity, and that shouldn't be what the Giants should be doing.

00:39:48.21
William Hernandez
That should never be what the Giants should be doing. So, yeah, you saying that, oh, he's fun. Fuck that. I want to win. Get to the playoffs. Make the Super Bowl.

00:39:58.79
William Hernandez
But because these idiots put their faith in Daniel Jones and didn't draft the quarterback when they had the chance, it just looks like right now that they're throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks, and the giants of all franchises should not be doing that.

00:40:16.01
William Hernandez
Why would I...

00:40:16.28
LJ
I'll tell you what's going to stick one of one of his interceptions.

00:40:19.00
William Hernandez
Well, that's the thing. and it's just like, why would I... Every year for the past few years, I always think, oh, I want to go travel on on the road and see them for a couple of games. They're playing in Chicago.

00:40:28.28
LJ
Why?

00:40:29.52
William Hernandez
Well, that's the thing. They're playing in Chicago, right? And there's one other trip that I saw that that I that i would wouldn't mind making. I think it's in Vegas. Why would I travel go see them play on the road if this is what you're doing? This is the product you're giving me.

00:40:45.35
William Hernandez
So in that sense, yeah, I don't know what the fuck is happening here. To jump off of that, too. if They have to draft the quarterback. Now I feel like you have to draft one.

00:40:56.94
William Hernandez
You know what I mean? Like, this is just, this whole thing is just, it's just weird. I don't understand it at all. And again, i just going back.

00:41:04.61
LJ
mean We a math guy in here.

00:41:05.28
William Hernandez
I don't, how you can be like this. Somebody likes to call them a Tiffany franchise, like Tiffany to drew me. I don't understand how you can be that franchise and keep doing this shit. You look like an idiot. Anyway, go ahead.

00:41:16.28
William Hernandez
I went on long enough.

00:41:17.11
LJ
Danny, where are you? What is this? About every 1.5 or so touchdowns, he throws an interception?

00:41:24.67
William Hernandez
That's awful. Yeah, you're right. I'm looking at the number now. Yeah. Yeah.

00:41:31.57
LJ
Jesus, I don't even i don't even know. Like, what's going to change with this guy? All right, he has a great personality. He's fun, whatever. Let's say you take all that into consideration and you accept that. Okay, fine.

00:41:42.36
LJ
What's going to change about him and what he does? A quarterback whisperer for him is too late. He's 31 years old.

00:41:51.87
William Hernandez
Well, yeah. that Well, that's why I don't i don't think it's a...

00:41:53.44
LJ
Is he going to resurrect his career or something?

00:41:55.13
William Hernandez
Yeah, I don't think that's the point. I think it's it's, to me, what this move tells me, at least in theory, is that they're going to draft the quarterback in the draft. And that Winston...

00:42:04.84
LJ
My God, you better hope that

00:42:08.57
LJ
I hope they don't.

00:42:13.50
William Hernandez
This is why Eric wants us to live stream the draft.

00:42:16.44
LJ
This is why I don't. Oh, my God, bro. That's going to be so much. That would be so much fun. Yeah.

00:42:22.65
William Hernandez
Well, that's the thing.

00:42:23.30
LJ
No.

00:42:24.20
William Hernandez
To me, I feel like you – because Winston is not – he's not the answer long term. And then what do I keep on seeing?

00:42:32.34
LJ
no

00:42:33.88
William Hernandez
Archie Manning, Archie Manning, Archie Manning. Can we stop with this shit already with Archie Manning?

00:42:38.42
LJ
That means, guess what? That means you ain't going draft one this year and you're going to say, all right, Winston, he'll get us two or three wins. Archie, here he comes. Eff it. I seen a video of, um damn, what was his name?

00:42:52.49
LJ
I want to say David Deal, former offensive lineman for the Giants.

00:42:56.16
William Hernandez
yeah who

00:42:56.92
LJ
Oh, my God. they ah I'm not sure if it's him, but there's a former Giant offensive lineman. I think it's him, but I'm not 100% sure. They showed video of his eighth grade son. He was whipping that ball.

00:43:08.09
William Hernandez
Oh, really?

00:43:08.38
LJ
Eighth grade. Oh, he looked nice.

00:43:09.95
William Hernandez
Eighth grade. Eighth grade.

00:43:11.65
LJ
He looked nice.

00:43:13.45
William Hernandez
I mean, the way this...

00:43:13.97
LJ
And he already had videos. and I think he was in eighth grade. could be a little He could have been a little older. But I'm just saying he's a teenager.

00:43:20.10
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:43:21.34
LJ
He looked nice. it. Bring him in.

00:43:25.11
William Hernandez
I mean, the way this franchise is going at this point, they might fucking be, you know, drafting high in five or six years.

00:43:33.19
LJ
See what you meant? You you compared him to the Yankees. See the difference, I think, with the Yankees? When the Mets was hitting in the 80s, the Yankees sucked. I haven't seen that Yankees team ever since then.

00:43:41.35
William Hernandez
That's true. Yeah. Right. Well, the yeah, that's, well, that's what I mean. Like, even with the Giants sucking for as much as they have, I don't understand. If you're the owner, if you're Mara,

00:43:54.03
William Hernandez
what where's the edict from the top to be like, listen, guys, we need to turn this around because this is embarrassing. When you got at the end of the season, your stadium is overrun by fucking the team's other fans.

00:44:09.26
William Hernandez
the the I should say the fans of the other team. Like, what do we do? I just, I don't get it. But you're right about that.

00:44:14.13
LJ
but What did his exit when they when they interviewed him one last time after the season, I guess it was he was like, I don't want to feel this way this time next year.

00:44:15.29
William Hernandez
About that.

00:44:21.88
William Hernandez
Wow.

00:44:22.07
LJ
You have to but you you expect to feel any different way with James Winston as quarterback.

00:44:28.47
William Hernandez
But, sir, there's a plan in place, supposedly.

00:44:30.66
LJ
OK.

00:44:32.86
William Hernandez
I'm just saying. I'm being completely fucking sarcastic there.

00:44:34.89
LJ
Is a title of the plan called Sabotage?

00:44:42.00
William Hernandez
I would like the Giants fans out there because I know the majority – I think everybody that listens that I know is a Giants fan, right? Because Richie's one. Eric is one.

00:44:51.65
LJ
Charlie, Rob.

00:44:51.73
William Hernandez
Larry's a Giants fan.

00:44:53.86
LJ
I just told you, me and my brothers are Jets fans that I know of.

00:44:56.35
William Hernandez
Yeah, Danny's obviously a fucking Cowboys fan.

00:45:00.03
LJ
Well, Caesar, I don't know if he listens. Caesar's a Jets fan.

00:45:01.96
William Hernandez
He's a Jets fan. um i would like, and you guys know you can you could reach out to the show ill through the link in the description of the of each episode. I would love for one of you guys to reach out and tell me What you guys think is happening here. Because I don't i don't fucking know anymore.

00:45:18.75
William Hernandez
and just leave this It just looks stupid.

00:45:19.13
LJ
Fun.

00:45:21.20
William Hernandez
It looks unorganized. it looks Here, again, they look fucking desperate. And I hate the fact that... Again, this is giving me fucking Wilpon vibes.

00:45:32.18
William Hernandez
Where I felt like the Wilpons made signings to make it look like they were doing something. And then at the end of the day, guess what? The Mets fucking blew ass. So...

00:45:41.09
LJ
Blue ass, nice.

00:45:45.44
William Hernandez
i just want to I just want to make one more. i just want to look up quickly if it anything anything that's happened today. Because I didn't look up. Okay. Nothing.

00:45:56.75
William Hernandez
So, I don't know, man. I just don't i don't understand what the hell is happening here anymore. Somebody who's smarter than me can figure can can tell me, but I don't know. All right.

00:46:08.76
William Hernandez
It's halftime here on the show as we're zipping along. Thought of a lot of topics this week, but I think we are going do a little baseball preview after halftime.

00:46:22.68
William Hernandez
But um so I was telling Lee Jay that I had an idea for the halftime topic this week. And it had to do for people who were unaware.

00:46:36.25
William Hernandez
ah Mr. Journeyman and NBA player Brian Scalabrini. Was here in New York City last week. And he was taking a streetball challenge. ah This guy that plays on West 4th the Cage.

00:46:55.36
William Hernandez
Because this guy was talking all his shit that he can beat an NBA player. And ah apparently Scalabrini does this. Like he does this. He goes and he plays people who think that they can beat an NBA player.

00:47:07.20
William Hernandez
And I don't know Scalabrini is what now? he is 47 years old

00:47:10.80
LJ
He's about to say he's got to be like my age.

00:47:12.54
William Hernandez
Yeah, he's 47 years old. Completely out of shape, right? He's fat. listen Let's not...

00:47:18.07
LJ
Yeah, he's... I want to be fair, too.

00:47:19.33
William Hernandez
He's a big...

00:47:19.76
LJ
They were playing jailball, not streetball.

00:47:21.81
William Hernandez
they well done Well, that's the thing. Because this guy ah has a reputation for being for being that way.

00:47:25.92
LJ
Yeah.

00:47:28.11
William Hernandez
That was jailball. and and the

00:47:29.80
LJ
That was jailball, 100%.

00:47:31.01
William Hernandez
Yeah. and And despite all that, Scalabrini won the game and the guy... What the fuck's the guy's name? I forget what the guy...

00:47:39.01
LJ
I don't remember his name. means nothing to Yes.

00:47:40.06
William Hernandez
i but But here's the funny thing.

00:47:42.53
LJ
yes

00:47:43.56
William Hernandez
Here's the funny thing. So, and I didn't put two and two together when this happened. When I went to the St. John's game last, the Big East tournament championship, Cesar and I are are in line.

00:47:55.88
William Hernandez
And I see this guy in front of me that was like, he had a backpack on. He clearly looked like he was, was like wearing a jogging suit. And he's like saying, oh, yeah, we had some fun today at at the cage. Yeah, we had a celebrity.

00:48:12.06
William Hernandez
We had a celebrity come out. And I'm just looking at this the fuck this guy's talking about. Lo and behold, I find out that was the dude that played Scalabrini. And he was at the St. John's game.

00:48:23.21
William Hernandez
yeah He went to the St. John's game ah that night after getting his ass, you know, handed to him doing his games. So I thought it'd be fun to think about this. When you were younger,

00:48:36.74
William Hernandez
and And folks, just so just ah just a ah little introduction here. as As kids, we thought Lee J could to do everything. No,

00:48:45.67
LJ
I appreciate that.

00:48:48.03
William Hernandez
seriously. When it came to like, you know, he was good at football.

00:48:49.13
LJ
yeah

00:48:52.29
William Hernandez
He was good at that. but I would say, I almost want to say basketball was probably your best sport. that That was my, but that was always my, yeah.

00:48:57.84
LJ
That was the question. i like um

00:49:00.68
William Hernandez
What do you think? Out of baseball, football, and basketball.

00:49:03.15
LJ
My first love is baseball, as everyone knows me.

00:49:04.88
William Hernandez
Yes. Yes.

00:49:06.07
LJ
My first love is baseball.

00:49:07.68
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:49:08.32
LJ
Baseball wasn't my best. but I was a great defensive player. I wasn't the greatest hitter. I could admit that.

00:49:14.41
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:49:16.11
LJ
This is tough for me, actually.

00:49:17.97
William Hernandez
Interesting. Okay. Let's talk about this.

00:49:20.26
LJ
Because if I was to ask, because I think I played most with Jonathan until he went until he left to Virginia, which was a very short period of time.

00:49:28.50
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:49:28.78
LJ
But obviously the the people I played most with were Richie, Walter, Charlie, and Rob.

00:49:34.23
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:49:35.49
LJ
If I was to ask them, I think they would say basketball.

00:49:41.17
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:49:41.36
LJ
But this may surprise you. I think if I was a little bit taller, let's say 6'2 or six three I would have played football.

00:49:49.30
William Hernandez
Interesting. What would you have played? Like, what position do you think?

00:49:53.42
LJ
Quarterback, quarterback, or cornerback?

00:49:57.01
William Hernandez
Quarterback or quarterback?

00:49:57.18
LJ
QB or CB?

00:49:58.16
William Hernandez
I can see that. I can see that. I definitely thought in the times that we played basketball,

00:50:07.89
William Hernandez
And obviously we play baseball together and football and all that stuff. um That basketball was your was your sport that you were probably the best at.

00:50:17.90
LJ
And I picked basketball very late in my life.

00:50:18.35
William Hernandez
um Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:50:20.82
LJ
I think I was 14, going on 15 maybe.

00:50:24.47
William Hernandez
Yeah, it's interesting.

00:50:24.92
LJ
And

00:50:27.47
LJ
i like i mean, you you got you already know. I mean, that is probably the popular sport that I played the most growing up, though, because we played all summer.

00:50:32.66
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

00:50:35.76
LJ
Just when it started to get a little bit warmer, even though it was a little bit cold, we still would play. um yeah had it was i i do i have one regret growing up i wish i would have fucking bought a camcorder because i would would have loved to see that shit today because

00:50:50.34
William Hernandez
That would be cool.

00:50:51.42
LJ
i do remember some of the games i actually do remember a lot of the games and a lot of the people we played and it was fun uh but guess what we can't turn back time i'm old now

00:50:55.27
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:51:01.89
William Hernandez
Well, that's the thing. I was going ask, well, that's the whole point of this conversation. Cause I mean, for you and I both, at what point do you think, let me back up.

00:51:14.41
William Hernandez
Do you think you would have, could have beaten this fucking scab from the West fourth at that back then?

00:51:19.11
LJ
ah

00:51:23.17
William Hernandez
not Not Brian Scalabrini. I'm not talking about him.

00:51:25.07
LJ
No, no, i know and i know I know you're not talking about it.

00:51:25.21
William Hernandez
I'm talking about, yeah, this this other idiot.

00:51:26.61
LJ
I know who you're talking. ah Oh, boy. Because i would i i I'd be a fool. i couldn't be Scalabrini. First all, he's 6'8".

00:51:35.95
William Hernandez
Yeah. Right.

00:51:36.57
LJ
So right then, even if I was 25, he's going to bust my ass.

00:51:37.10
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, exactly.

00:51:41.32
LJ
at for Even if he was 47.

00:51:43.26
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:51:43.57
LJ
ah This guy here... see because I just... I can't do the jail ball, man. um I get to um might want to punch him in his face.

00:51:49.65
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. You would have... I could see that happening.

00:51:53.55
LJ
If he wants to just play basketball, I'd probably say up to age... Because I know exactly when I stopped playing, so it would be right before that. I'd probably say around anywhere between 29 and 32.

00:52:09.23
William Hernandez
Interesting. So that's when you stop. When did you stop playing?

00:52:11.11
LJ
No, I stopped. I remember my last game and how old I was and everything.

00:52:15.67
William Hernandez
Really?

00:52:16.72
LJ
I swear to God, it was me, Rob, Charlie, Richie, and Walter. Because we know that's how we rolled. Whatever park we went to was us five and whoever was there.

00:52:23.36
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:52:25.88
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:52:26.55
LJ
We went to Brooklyn Bridge Park. I was 37 years old.

00:52:29.38
William Hernandez
I remember you telling me this story. Yes, yes, yes.

00:52:31.40
LJ
We played it against these kids that were in their, had to be 18, 19, 20.

00:52:31.46
William Hernandez
But go ahead.

00:52:36.82
LJ
We played a couple full court games. After that second game, Walter was looking at me. I was like, Walter, my knee shot. You got to bring the ball up.

00:52:46.15
LJ
After that second game ended, I went to the sideline. I took my shoes off. I said, guys, it's over.

00:52:51.36
William Hernandez
Ha ha ha!

00:52:52.65
LJ
I've never played a game again since then. It's been 10 years.

00:52:56.78
William Hernandez
That's insane. Holy shit. Wow. One thing you would think I...

00:53:01.36
LJ
those kids Those kids showed me what was happening. As as much as I would love to compete record late...

00:53:05.87
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:53:08.91
LJ
How the hell do you say the word? I'm having in trouble.

00:53:10.22
William Hernandez
Rec League. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:53:11.84
LJ
um

00:53:14.38
LJ
I just knew... Because even if you keep yourself in shape, it's still going to be tough to do.

00:53:19.41
William Hernandez
Yeah. So you don't think now...

00:53:20.44
LJ
I can't jump like I used to. i can't I can't do any of that stuff I used to. My my left knee is killing me. My back hurts.

00:53:28.49
William Hernandez
So you don't think now if you played a rec league with guys your age that you be able to hang?

00:53:35.76
LJ
I would i just i would have to get in some kind of semi-shape because i'm just gonna make my I don't want to look like a fool either.

00:53:40.43
William Hernandez
Yeah, that's a good point.

00:53:41.11
LJ
Because running up and down the court, I don't have the best diet. I'll be i'll be winded within... I look like a fool. i don't want to do that.

00:53:48.36
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:53:48.61
LJ
I still have a little bit of pride left.

00:53:54.67
William Hernandez
Well, how old do you think you were when the downside started happening where you were like, I, not because you said 37, but bro, you weren't, you were, you were, you were breaking down before that, before 37.

00:54:00.34
LJ
Oh, boy.

00:54:08.03
LJ
Mom. Yeah, i just I just think it was different because at 37, those kids were just 15 years younger me, so it's different.

00:54:17.16
William Hernandez
Yeah. Right.

00:54:17.78
LJ
If I was playing 37-year-olds like me, I probably have kept on playing because the reality would never hit me.

00:54:24.35
William Hernandez
Yeah. Interesting.

00:54:25.28
LJ
Because you got to think about it.

00:54:28.36
LJ
Before that, I was still playing flag football and I was good. I never... That didn't bother me.

00:54:34.95
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:54:36.44
LJ
I could still... I was still able to do that. I would still play quarterback. I still throw the ball. like I could still, the you know, play quarterback, cover receiver, whatever. Just the basketball was different. And it was... Those kids...

00:54:48.24
LJ
and they were doing shit, I was like, ah yeah, this is over.

00:54:54.50
William Hernandez
That's so interesting to me because I think like for.

00:54:55.92
LJ
So now now I just do, like my son's really interested in basketball and I've seen him from where he was and he's evolved and it makes me smile inside and outside too because you know you're not who you are i you you know during the masturbation process.

00:54:59.69
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:55:15.30
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:55:16.17
LJ
And he couldn't even reach the the ah the rim right close trying to shoot the ball at six, seven, eight years old.

00:55:21.28
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:55:22.01
LJ
Now he's 12. He's shooting three-pointers. So I'm like, oh, I've seen this. I can see it.

00:55:29.61
William Hernandez
Right. Exactly.

00:55:31.01
LJ
I can see his game evolve even though he's just a kid still.

00:55:33.78
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah.

00:55:34.38
LJ
But there's so much that goes into that besides just doing what we did.

00:55:39.24
William Hernandez
Right.

00:55:41.74
William Hernandez
Yeah. i I think for me, cause I was thinking about this this past weekend. Like I wish I would have known

00:55:50.66
William Hernandez
better back then than I do now playing baseball because you think you're good in a little league and then maybe a little bit in junior varsity. But then when I got to high school, you saw the difference.

00:56:02.49
LJ
You can see the difference.

00:56:03.69
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:56:04.11
LJ
hundred percent

00:56:04.36
William Hernandez
You saw the difference and you just think at the end of the day, Oh shit.

00:56:04.69
LJ
100%.

00:56:08.12
William Hernandez
I wasn't as good as I thought I was at the end of the day.

00:56:11.07
LJ
I'll tell you what.

00:56:11.33
William Hernandez
And I had a,

00:56:11.53
LJ
i There was this kid in Easton. His name was Belliard. He was good.

00:56:17.97
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:56:18.07
LJ
But in me personally, I still think I was better than him defensively.

00:56:22.15
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:56:22.26
LJ
But let me tell you something. This guy used to smoke the shit out of the ball. There was no way in God's green earth I would ever take the position from him because that dude could hit.

00:56:30.82
William Hernandez
Yeah. Because he hit. Yeah. What did he play?

00:56:34.47
LJ
So it didn't matter.

00:56:34.93
William Hernandez
Second? He played second base?

00:56:35.97
LJ
He played second base. It didn't. That guy smoked the ball. He smoked the ball. He was a hell of a hitter.

00:56:42.38
William Hernandez
Did he ever get drafted?

00:56:42.40
LJ
there was There was no...

00:56:43.96
William Hernandez
Did he ever get drafted?

00:56:44.07
LJ
No, not that I know of.

00:56:44.72
William Hernandez
Do you know?

00:56:45.65
LJ
Not that I know of. Not that I know. But he was a really, a really good fucking hitter.

00:56:47.74
William Hernandez
Interesting.

00:56:49.82
LJ
A really good fucking hitter. And I was like, nope, I'm going sit right on this bench.

00:56:55.63
LJ
And that's the first time where in my mind, there's a lot of other things that go into it personally that i don't really want to get into.

00:57:01.63
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:57:01.86
LJ
But that's where in my mind, i was like, yeah, I don't know if baseball, is this is probably not it. Because you also see the difference in pitching.

00:57:10.78
William Hernandez
Yep. I saw that.

00:57:11.34
LJ
You start to see that, you know, and literally in Greenpoint, literally where we played, it was essentially just fastballs.

00:57:17.62
William Hernandez
best but Yes, exactly. Yeah.

00:57:20.11
LJ
So you had a good enough eye, you would still be able to hit the ball.

00:57:23.09
William Hernandez
Right.

00:57:24.94
LJ
But when I got to high school, they started throwing curveballs. It was just different, as you mentioned before. It was just different. And, you know, I was fortunate. of you know All Little League teams won, but like you said, when you look back on it, he was like, that was just for that competition.

00:57:39.89
William Hernandez
Right. Exactly. Yeah.

00:57:42.03
LJ
Even though, I mean, it still was good, and like for yourself and how it felt. You know, I got to play with my cousin. I got to play with Jarrell. So it was different. And it was still fun. The dugout atmosphere. That doesn't change. That's still the same to me.

00:57:55.01
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:57:55.07
LJ
And you got to meet friends and blah, blah, blah. But like you said, once you got to high school or any kind of other league outside of Greenpoint Little League, different animal.

00:58:05.46
William Hernandez
yeah I remember trying to, uh, cause he, there used to be this league that played in McCarran park. Right. And I, it was just, it was right before I went to college.

00:58:20.79
William Hernandez
And it was after high school. And I kind of like went to go try out.

00:58:25.28
LJ
Not Bonnie's, right? Bonnie's?

00:58:27.88
William Hernandez
Was it Bonnie's? Were they all like like Hispanic guys?

00:58:30.26
LJ
It was like orange and black, the uniform. they were They were well known.

00:58:32.74
William Hernandez
No, i don't I don't think that was it.

00:58:35.32
LJ
Okay.

00:58:36.51
William Hernandez
But I just went and and, bro, I stepped in there. And this guy must have been throwing like 90. And I'm like, I can't hit this. And I was a teenager. happening I was what? No.

00:58:50.71
William Hernandez
but I was um was probably in my freshman or sophomore year in college. Because I thought, hey, I can still do this. No, bro, I couldn't. i The guy was probably throwing low 90s.

00:59:02.25
William Hernandez
That ball zipped by me, and I was late on every swing that I had. And I was like, all right, I'm done. This is done. And then the next time I picked up ah baseball ball,

00:59:13.08
William Hernandez
I actually played in a hardball league in Chicago, and I actually did decent enough, even though guys were throwing like in the 80s and like mid-80s, low to mid-80s.

00:59:25.65
William Hernandez
but But here's the thing, and I tell people this sometimes. I think my years covering baseball, like minor league baseball, helped me out later on playing in that hardball league.

00:59:38.51
William Hernandez
You know why? Because I guessed better what was coming. Based on the count. So when a guy threw an 0-2 curveball, I knew it was happening. And I was able to hit it the other way through the hole for a base hit.

00:59:50.89
William Hernandez
But the thing is, I wish in some ways I would have known that stuff. but I learned a lot. Don't get me wrong. When i covered minor league baseball, I learned a lot about baseball and like what it takes to play that game every single day.

01:00:04.24
William Hernandez
And I was able to take some of that stuff and translate it to playing in this hardball league. Even though I didn't have the talent, But I knew the game better, if that makes sense.

01:00:15.63
William Hernandez
So, but I think that was the last time I played hardball was in my late 20s. And then I just went to the, you know, the rec league softball. And I haven't even done that in like three or four years. So I don't know if I'm done with that.

01:00:30.29
William Hernandez
i don't want to be done with that. I want to keep playing.

01:00:31.63
LJ
Man, we all know what happened the last time I played softball.

01:00:32.09
William Hernandez
But exactly.

01:00:33.30
LJ
I broke my face.

01:00:35.27
William Hernandez
Exactly.

01:00:35.80
LJ
that's all That's over for me. I will say this in parting. I always gravitate to football and I think especially basketball because I feel like I could be like – I saw those games differently in my brain.

01:00:51.01
LJ
I can't explain to you guys what the hell I'm seeing.

01:00:51.19
William Hernandez
Interesting.

01:00:53.15
LJ
can't – i can't I just saw things differently. I saw things before they were going to happen. And it helped. Like I always tell you, you don't have the most talented people, but if you play together all the time, like when you were around, or, you know, like I said, me, Rob, Charlie, Richie, and Walter, we always played together.

01:01:09.34
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:01:11.32
LJ
I didn't have to say anything.

01:01:12.92
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:01:13.44
LJ
I could do something, make eye contact. They knew what to do.

01:01:17.02
William Hernandez
Yeah, exactly.

01:01:19.09
LJ
It was good playing. You could ask anybody. Rob is, you know... being the ass that he is. rob new hit Rob knew his job. He could barely jump off the ground, but the big motherfucker grabbed rebounds and shot three-pointers.

01:01:31.97
LJ
That was it.

01:01:32.28
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:01:33.15
LJ
He didn't do anything else. He didn't try to do anything else. You needed a three pointer. He'll get it. You know, Walter, Walter was good. Richie was good. Richie got a good shot. Walter had a good dribble, good shot.

01:01:44.13
LJ
Charlie got his big ass down low in the post. We just knew what to do. We worked well off each other, but I saw the game differently a lot. It was weird. Like, that's why I like when I see people pass, like that's why like Jason kid and natural passes. Cause I wonder to like what they're seeing before it even happens.

01:02:00.13
LJ
Cause kind of, saw that sometimes and it was cool.

01:02:00.27
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:02:02.86
LJ
But yeah, it was it was fun. I miss those days, but that shit's over. That shit's never coming back.

01:02:10.09
William Hernandez
Robin is fucking that motherfucker's got the ugliest fucking shot I've ever seen in my life.

01:02:14.82
LJ
Yo, Richie impersonates him the best. ah no actually, Richie and Charlie, they do. Oh, my God, bro.

01:02:25.98
William Hernandez
The awful shot.

01:02:26.53
LJ
Anyway, God.

01:02:27.45
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:02:29.76
LJ
That was cool. That was a little reminiscing.

01:02:31.09
William Hernandez
oh

01:02:31.47
LJ
That was cool.

01:02:32.56
William Hernandez
Yeah. That's why i mean know when I saw that, i was like, oh, we should talk about like, you know, then and now. Anyway, all right.

01:02:43.26
William Hernandez
So the baseball season starts on, well, let me take that back. I know the Cubs and the the, I was about to say the Japanese. I know the Cubs and the Dodgers, who, by the way, have like half the team's Japanese.

01:02:54.68
LJ
Oh boy.

01:02:57.43
William Hernandez
The Cubs and the Dodgers ah had their little two-game series in in Tokyo last week. But let's let's be honest, guys. The real deal happens starts happening on Thursday.

01:03:08.76
William Hernandez
So the Mets are in Houston playing the Astros, and the Yankees are home. Who are they playing? Yeah. They're playing the Marlins.

01:03:20.47
William Hernandez
Oh, my God. Really? That's awful. No, they're not. They are playing. i got that wrong. They're playing the Brewers. They start the season against the Brewers on Thursday.

01:03:28.90
LJ
Yeah, the Brewers, because I think Nesta Cortez is going to be the opening, they started for the Brewers, I think.

01:03:33.87
William Hernandez
Oh, that's funny. I love that.

01:03:36.14
LJ
I think.

01:03:36.46
William Hernandez
i

01:03:36.61
LJ
I'm not 100% sure.

01:03:37.90
William Hernandez
I'll get to watch an hour of that game because that that that game starts at three. And the Mets are at four. um So, you know, I thought it'd be a good idea. You know, we're not going to go like crazy like we did with NFL, what we did with an NFL preview. But, you know, I figured there are some things that I wanted to touch upon going into the season.

01:04:02.88
William Hernandez
And um I will get into it. And I'm sure conversations will develop as we go along here. Okay, first things first. What do you have?

01:04:15.68
William Hernandez
Here's how I'm going to do this. What do you have for... I don't know if you did a record. Did you do a record or no?

01:04:22.09
LJ
That did do a record for both teams.

01:04:23.15
William Hernandez
Okay, so did I. Okay, so let's do Mets first. Give me a record.

01:04:27.55
LJ
actually change I actually changed mine, so go first, and then I'll tell you mine.

01:04:28.24
William Hernandez
Okay. Okay, so my predicted record 90 and 72. Okay.

01:04:39.77
William Hernandez
you have the same thing?

01:04:39.94
LJ
That's what I had originally. changed it.

01:04:41.51
William Hernandez
Oh, you had originally?

01:04:41.82
LJ
I changed it.

01:04:42.47
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:04:42.65
LJ
i changed it

01:04:43.73
William Hernandez
So, but I don't think they're going to win the division. As a matter of fact, they're not going to win the division. I'm saying that right now. But I think that they will make the playoffs. I think they will be one of the wildcard teams.

01:04:55.32
William Hernandez
Sir, you, what do you have? I'm going to write this down.

01:04:57.38
LJ
two games less 88 and 74.

01:05:00.96
William Hernandez
Interesting, because I thought about that as well. So let me just make sure I have this right here. So what is your, let's let's talk through this a little bit. What is your rationale for... Now, do you have them making the playoffs?

01:05:14.26
LJ
I do.

01:05:15.27
William Hernandez
Okay, but you don't have them winning the division, obviously.

01:05:17.61
LJ
I do not know what that record. I don't think.

01:05:18.78
William Hernandez
Okay, yeah, okay, okay. So we both have them... and We both have them making the playoffs, at the very least. Why don't you have them winning the division, is my question.

01:05:29.49
LJ
My same question that I've had. The pitching.

01:05:32.16
William Hernandez
Yeah, the pitching, yeah.

01:05:34.36
LJ
um i'm not so i'm not I'm not sold.

01:05:34.56
William Hernandez
That's everything I keep on seeing.

01:05:37.30
LJ
I haven't been sold since day one. I'm still not sold two days away.

01:05:40.65
William Hernandez
Bro, I haven't been sold since the end of the last year. you know?

01:05:45.47
LJ
But here's my thing too. You hear people out here, these, again, ding-dongs. People on the radio today complaining about, oh, I'm looking at this pitching staff and it looks terrible on paper. But this is what you guys wanted David Stearns to do. You understood what he was doing. You can't complain about it now.

01:06:00.61
LJ
you can't You can't have one-year contracts and the guys that you're reading are Corbin corbin Burns. This guy, that guy, whoever you can think of that are aces, they're not going to do these one-year deals.

01:06:12.37
William Hernandez
Right.

01:06:13.28
LJ
So when you do one-year deal, guys, guess what, guys? That's what your pitching staff is going to look like.

01:06:18.96
William Hernandez
Right.

01:06:20.32
LJ
You can't have it both ways.

01:06:20.54
William Hernandez
yeah know You're not going to have the quality that you want from like a Max Fried or...

01:06:23.61
LJ
No, you're not. So you can't complain.

01:06:27.49
William Hernandez
yeah

01:06:27.49
LJ
You can't complain. Either you like what he's doing or you're annoyed at what the pitching staff looks like on paper today. It can be both. It's not both. Pick one and go with it.

01:06:37.70
William Hernandez
It almost it makes it seem to me that they're hoping that somebody, a pitcher or two in the minors, wakes up so they can be under control for like five, six years, and they don't have to worry about going out there and signing a guy long-term. But I don't think that strategy is going to work.

01:06:56.81
William Hernandez
Here's the thing at the end of the day. You're going to have you're gonna have to have enough pitching to beat the Dodgers, whose offense is just out of this world. Right now, the Mets don't have that. They didn't have it last year and they don't have it this year.

01:07:10.96
William Hernandez
So I don't, i don't know what, I don't know. I think it's going to be, I think they're going to be like mediocre for most of the year. And I think towards the end of the year, they they'll, they'll, you know, pedal to the metal and, and, and play better.

01:07:27.68
William Hernandez
And, and then

01:07:27.99
LJ
I've seen some place, I've seen some whatever on social media, 95, 94 wins. I don't see that.

01:07:34.02
William Hernandez
no, now

01:07:35.84
LJ
I don't see, with even with Juan Soto, I don't see that.

01:07:38.04
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. Bro, where's the pitch?

01:07:39.99
LJ
he's one He's one player.

01:07:40.24
William Hernandez
Again, where's the pitch? And he can't pitch. Like, where's the pitching?

01:07:43.42
LJ
don't see that. I definitely don't see that. i definitely don't see that

01:07:47.04
William Hernandez
No, I don't think no. I think that's just... Now, those fans saying that or are those, like, supposed experts that are saying that?

01:07:53.19
LJ
I don't I don't know. I should have took it down. But sometimes when when things like that, you know me, I just keep it moving. I can't look at that shit. That shit makes my brain hurt.

01:08:02.61
William Hernandez
Okay. Your Yankees prediction... For 2025. And tell me if you have them winning the division, making the playoffs, whatever. Go ahead.

01:08:13.17
LJ
I actually have them winning the division again 92 at 92 and 70.

01:08:15.41
William Hernandez
Really?

01:08:16.35
LJ
and ninety two and seventy

01:08:18.71
William Hernandez
Wow. Okay.

01:08:22.02
LJ
The Carrick-Cole thing right now doesn't bother me.

01:08:24.44
William Hernandez
Okay. Interesting.

01:08:27.31
LJ
Because as long as as much as he's been terrible since the met the Yankees have signed him, I think he'll have ah decent year, which is 13, 14 wins, and I actually think Max Fried going to have a good year.

01:08:27.61
William Hernandez
I'm.

01:08:35.82
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:08:40.14
LJ
And that'll be the replacement for Cole.

01:08:44.35
LJ
And they still got the same hitters. Yeah, i don't see I don't see them. Yeah, though one I think they're going to win it again.

01:08:51.20
William Hernandez
Interesting. Okay. See, I've got, this is where we're, where we're really, we're really far apart. Cause I have them at 88 and 74. I don't have them winning division. I don't have them making the playoffs this year.

01:09:03.60
LJ
Oh, they'll make the play.

01:09:04.07
William Hernandez
I just,

01:09:04.23
LJ
I don't see. I don't see. I don't see. ah Yeah, I don't see that. Just because I've seen the fall off from Baltimore. um don't even have Baltimore. I don't have Baltimore making the playoffs.

01:09:13.76
William Hernandez
I actually do have them making the playoffs.

01:09:15.31
LJ
Yeah, I knew i that. i knew that's why you I knew that's why you said that with the Yankees. So i figured that you had them making it. I don't have them making it.

01:09:20.93
William Hernandez
I've got the Red Sox and the Orioles making the playoffs.

01:09:23.90
LJ
I have the Red Sox.

01:09:24.01
William Hernandez
I think it's going to be two teams out of bay if out of the AL East. I just don't think I personally, personally oh God, personally, we'll get to that.

01:09:29.30
LJ
I got the three.

01:09:34.67
William Hernandez
um I just don't. I think the pitching is in a beat is going to bite them in the ass, even in ah in a worse way than the Mets for some reason.

01:09:45.60
William Hernandez
That's just my its just my opinion. But then again, who's replacing Soto for them?

01:09:53.80
William Hernandez
You're to tell me, and you and you had this argument yourself.

01:09:54.18
LJ
yeah

01:09:56.82
William Hernandez
You're telling me that they're a better team without Soto? I don't see it.

01:10:00.11
LJ
They don't have to be a better team. The other teams, to me, this is more about the other teams.

01:10:04.05
William Hernandez
You think the other teams are...

01:10:04.15
LJ
Orioles have shown us that they've been falling off the last couple of years.

01:10:05.68
William Hernandez
okay

01:10:09.66
William Hernandez
Hmm. Okay.

01:10:11.56
LJ
Red Sox might be, I think the Red Sox will be better with Bregman and trading for Crochet or Crochek, however you pronounce his name.

01:10:17.04
William Hernandez
Yeah. I think it's crochet.

01:10:19.02
LJ
So I think they'll be better.

01:10:19.77
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:10:19.93
LJ
That's why I have them in it. And for some reason, I have the Blue Jays making it. I think the Orioles are going to be fourth for fourth at best in that division.

01:10:23.67
William Hernandez
Hmm.

01:10:28.49
William Hernandez
Interesting. So you think it's more about the other teams than the Yankees?

01:10:33.81
LJ
Yeah, because the Yankees, Samir, are still going to hit the baseball. You still have Aaron Judge. Yes, you lost Soto. But... Before them make it to the World Series last year, didn't they make it to the ALCS without Soto the year before?

01:10:46.10
LJ
Or two years before that, however?

01:10:46.51
William Hernandez
That's true.

01:10:47.77
LJ
So...

01:10:48.08
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:10:50.02
LJ
And just Garrett Cole down.

01:10:52.85
William Hernandez
Right.

01:10:53.98
LJ
But they, to me, in my mind, if you don't sign Freed, you still have Cole. So now Cole's down, but you do have Freed now. So theirs kind of washes itself out.

01:11:05.26
LJ
They'll figure out...

01:11:05.45
William Hernandez
Hmm. Hmm.

01:11:07.06
LJ
Listen... i don't Like I told you before, it doesn't matter how many people you bring in to replace Soto, no one's going replace him. But Cody Bellinger is a good ball player. He's always shown that.

01:11:18.02
LJ
You got Baby Porch over there in fucking right field.

01:11:21.83
William Hernandez
Babyboards.

01:11:22.89
LJ
Right?

01:11:23.68
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:11:23.85
LJ
So, I mean, Goldschmidt, I don't know what he's going to really give you. I can't even lie about that. He's already got something wrong with his back.

01:11:31.50
William Hernandez
i know. I saw that. Yeah.

01:11:33.31
LJ
But, yeah, I don't – it's more to me. Yes, the Yankees still have to win, but I think a lot of people are putting lot of emphasis emphasis on this Orioles team. I don't see it that way.

01:11:46.42
William Hernandez
Interesting.

01:11:46.60
LJ
I think this is where they finally be like, all right, they're goingnna bomb out, and they're not even going to make it.

01:11:51.51
William Hernandez
Huh. Okay.

01:11:55.73
William Hernandez
Before we get into the playoff stuff, are there certain teams? By the way, i i renewed my... Well, first of all, I forgot to fucking stop the renewal, so I get fucking renewed for the MLB package for the app.

01:12:11.41
William Hernandez
So I'm going to obviously taking advantage of that this year. But are there any teams that you might be watching a little bit more closely this year? As compared to so last year.

01:12:22.49
LJ
I'm not watching them closely, but I am interested in what they'll be doing. And that I mentioned when they're ready, the Red Sox and actually the Atlanta Braves, Eric's team.

01:12:26.97
William Hernandez
Well, yeah, that's what I mean. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:12:32.30
William Hernandez
Interesting.

01:12:36.06
William Hernandez
That play in downtown Atlanta.

01:12:42.62
William Hernandez
That's a joke, Eric. I know that they play in the suburbs. But there was...

01:12:46.35
LJ
We know.

01:12:46.98
William Hernandez
i Who the fuck was – I can't even remember. but So the story I'll tell the story quick. We were – I don't know where the fuck we were driving back from.

01:12:56.31
LJ
Oh my God.

01:12:56.72
William Hernandez
ah

01:12:56.98
LJ
Where the hell were we?

01:12:58.38
William Hernandez
We were driving back from somewhere. or you were listening to the Braves game on on the radio.

01:13:00.68
LJ
Oh, we were, we were, we were, um, we were coming back from Mohegan sun.

01:13:04.55
William Hernandez
Right? Oh, that's right.

01:13:06.02
LJ
Cause you didn't want to get on that one particular highway.

01:13:08.07
William Hernandez
Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we're driving back from Mohegan Sun, and we got the Braves game on. And it was the opposing team's feed on the MLB radio. Because I didn't want to listen i hate the radio the radio guys for the Braves. They so they fucking suck.

01:13:25.68
William Hernandez
And all of a sudden, you know, hey, we here here we are. We're coming from you from Truist Park in downtown Atlanta. I fucking lost it.

01:13:35.43
LJ
He did, ladies and gentlemen.

01:13:35.89
William Hernandez
Because I was like...

01:13:36.52
LJ
I was very uncomfortable in the passenger seat.

01:13:38.73
William Hernandez
I started yelling, like, what? The stadium's not in downtown Atlanta!

01:13:43.60
LJ
Mind you, I have no idea what he's fucking talking about because I've never been there.

01:13:48.84
William Hernandez
Now, the the the other teams are in downtown Atlanta. The Falcons and the Hawks and the Thrashers. The Braves are not playing in downtown Atlanta. They play in the fucking suburbs of Atlanta.

01:14:01.68
William Hernandez
So, anyway, that is the funny story. So, I've actually had a few here. I said the Red Sox.

01:14:09.23
LJ
Thank

01:14:09.34
William Hernandez
I'm curious in the White Sox because I want to see if they're going to be worse than last year. Pirates because of Skeens. I'm curious to see if they can take advantage of of, you know, can they improve enough with having like this, the ace of aces on their on their team.

01:14:27.57
William Hernandez
ah The Reds, i'm curious I'm very curious about them, especially with Mr. Cruz. I do have the Blue Jays as well. The A's, because I want to see how things are going to play out with them playing in Sacramento.

01:14:43.30
William Hernandez
I even saw somebody tell making having to make the playoffs this year, which would be fucking crazy.

01:14:47.61
LJ
Let's make this easy. to say all major league teams you're looking forward to seeing.

01:14:50.47
William Hernandez
No, no, not at all. And then the Rays, because I'm curious to see how this is going to work with them playing in Steinbrenner Field. So I would say the last two are mostly out of pure curiosity of their situation, of where they're ah of where they're playing.

01:15:08.10
William Hernandez
Anyway, okay. You're... Your playoff teams for the National League, there should be seven. So the four division winners and the three wild cards.

01:15:23.11
LJ
So I got is

01:15:23.51
William Hernandez
Right? that's Am I right about that? Right? Yeah.

01:15:26.93
LJ
it six? ah Is it seven?

01:15:29.25
William Hernandez
Is it seven or six? Hold on.

01:15:30.60
LJ
Shit.

01:15:30.97
William Hernandez
Oh, shit. Hold on. Am I fucking tripping?

01:15:38.10
William Hernandez
am i Am I fucking tripping right now?

01:15:42.36
William Hernandez
No, you're right. It is it is six. i

01:15:45.10
LJ
Yeah.

01:15:45.91
William Hernandez
Yeah, it's four division winners.

01:15:46.93
LJ
Because I put 60 and I'm like, what the what he said seven what happened here?

01:15:47.59
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I fucked up. I'm going to have to axe one of these teams now. But go ahead. I did seven for some reason.

01:15:54.84
LJ
All right, so ah have the Mets, Dodgers,

01:16:03.05
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:16:04.35
LJ
um Diamondbacks, Braves, the Reds, and the Phillies.

01:16:12.66
William Hernandez
Interesting. Okay.

01:16:16.42
William Hernandez
Gotcha.

01:16:16.68
LJ
Do whatever you want. Whoever's the division winner, who the hell cares? Just however you want it. Those are my six teams.

01:16:22.54
William Hernandez
Yeah, because I don't, I don't know if it really matters now who wins the division, you know?

01:16:25.81
LJ
It doesn't matter. Yeah, it doesn't matter to me. Right now with baseball, just make the playoffs and go from there.

01:16:29.72
William Hernandez
Yeah, I think, i think you're right. So for my teams, believe it or not, I've got three teams coming out of the NL East, the Braves, the Phillies, and the Mets. And then, now that I've got to cut one these...

01:16:41.72
LJ
The Braves, the Phillies, that's kind of, yep, that's what I, okay.

01:16:43.47
William Hernandez
Yeah. And then, I guess, now that I've got to cut a team, I'm going to cut the Padres, because I had them as my seventh team. I'm going to go with Cubs. I think the Cubs are going to the division.

01:16:55.53
William Hernandez
And then, out of the West, it's going to be the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks. So, those are my six teams.

01:17:02.64
LJ
I guess the only difference for us is that I have the Reds in division, the Central.

01:17:05.93
William Hernandez
Yeah. I think it'll be close. Um... Your AL teams.

01:17:13.85
LJ
Got the Yankees, the Tigers, the Texas Rangers, Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Royals.

01:17:24.32
William Hernandez
Interesting. You're very different from what I have. So I have ah the Red Sox, the Orioles, the Twins, the Guardians, the Rangers, believe it or not, and and the Mets.

01:17:37.73
LJ
You have the Rangers as well. I just think a lot of those teams that made it last year going to be replaced by some new teams. That's how I feel.

01:17:45.05
William Hernandez
And I've got the Mariners going as well. Yeah, it was funny because I saw i saw some – I looked at it very briefly. I didn't want to look at it the whole article because I didn't want it to influence my what I was thinking.

01:17:58.38
William Hernandez
But there was an article i saw that I had on MLB.com. It was like, what are some outrageous – well, outrageous, but like out there 2025 predictions the MLB season. predictions for the mlbc and And somebody went as far as to say all the teams that made it last year will not be in it this year. It'll be a completely new set of teams. And I mean, i can i guess I could.

01:18:21.68
William Hernandez
It's plausible, but i don't know that's going to. The Dodgers are like, nobody's beating the Dodgers. Anyway, we'll get into that. Who's your World Series matchup? Your World Series matchup in March.

01:18:35.65
LJ
i couldn't really i couldn't really do this because it's so early.

01:18:37.48
William Hernandez
Who do you got?

01:18:40.90
LJ
ah

01:18:43.67
William Hernandez
I think I might have lost you there. You there?

01:18:45.48
LJ
you didn't. Yeah, i'm here.

01:18:46.21
William Hernandez
Okay. i Yeah, my internet went out quickly. Anyway.

01:18:49.77
LJ
um

01:18:52.64
LJ
Dodgers, Tigers.

01:18:54.77
William Hernandez
Dodgers, Tigers. And who do you have winning?

01:18:58.38
LJ
The Dodgers again.

01:19:01.23
LJ
I know it's easy and all that, i but I don't even know what else to say you or else what else to do.

01:19:03.72
William Hernandez
No.

01:19:04.51
LJ
Mm-hmm.

01:19:04.76
William Hernandez
Yeah. So i've got I've got Red Sox, Dodgers, and I've got the Dodgers winning again. This is one of those Chiefs situations and until you can beat that team.

01:19:17.48
William Hernandez
I'm going to keep on going with the Dodgers. Well, maybe not really, but you know what I mean? Okay. Last question here. Do you think a Met or a Yankee wins any like major awards, meaning MVP, i you know, Cy Young manager of the year, rookie the year, et cetera, et cetera.

01:19:42.30
William Hernandez
Is that a possibility this year?

01:19:42.60
LJ
um I don't think they'll win it, but they'll be in the running. And i and i said it before, it'll be Juan Soto for MVP and then Max Fried for the Cy Young.

01:19:53.25
William Hernandez
e that's ah That's good. I like that. I am going to say for the Mets, Soto and Lindor for MVP.

01:20:08.70
William Hernandez
And for the Yankees, I'll say Judge for MVP and Freed for Cy Young. And I think Mendoza could be another candidate for, like, manager of the year.

01:20:28.96
William Hernandez
Now, here's my question to you. The Martian dude. Is he eligible for for for Rookie of the Year or this year? I think he is, right? Has he played enough games?

01:20:41.68
William Hernandez
I don't know if he has or not.

01:20:43.94
LJ
I don't think so, but I'm not 100% sure. don't. i don't

01:20:46.99
William Hernandez
Let me see. Jason Dominguez.

01:20:48.68
LJ
It's a stupid nickname. So I don't really care.

01:20:55.34
William Hernandez
Let's see. Does he have enough at-bats? He's 22... He has 87, so no. he has so he would He would qualify for Rookie of the Year this year at 22.

01:21:07.68
William Hernandez
so You never know. i mean

01:21:09.23
LJ
yeah he hasn't He hasn't played that much baseball with the Yankees.

01:21:12.35
William Hernandez
He's only had 87 official at-bats. and That's through two years because he came up in 2023. I don't even remember that. do i don't remember that. Holy shit.

01:21:21.18
LJ
Yeah, I don't remember.

01:21:21.41
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:21:21.94
LJ
he didn't get much playing time.

01:21:23.73
William Hernandez
Yeah. We'll All right. So... we'll see all right so ah This is a really short episode. wasn't Like I said, I knew i kind of knew this was going to happen. because Again, it's still kind of slow, but um it is what it is.

01:21:40.70
William Hernandez
I'm sure as things pick up here with baseball and NCAA tournament whatever, i you know there'll be more things to talk about. Knicks, too.

01:21:51.25
William Hernandez
We didn't even touch with them this week. and We probably easily could have, but we'll give them a break for this week. All right, sir. You said, instead of doing a Mount Rushmore, that we were going to play a game ah for this week.

01:22:07.46
William Hernandez
And I'm going to be the suspect here, the contest the the the contestant for this trivia that I'm probably going to get very, very wrong. And I bet Larry's going to get them all right.

01:22:16.31
LJ
It's not that it's not that not that difficult.

01:22:20.10
William Hernandez
Larry, you have to let me know if you know the all the answers to this. So go ahead, sir. What do we got?

01:22:26.23
LJ
So for Mets trivia, du dutantan we're going to go back to when the Mets made their... I'm not even going to... Not last year and not the last... We're going to go back to 2015 when they actually went to the World Series.

01:22:39.04
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm. Yes.

01:22:40.93
LJ
So I just did a little...

01:22:41.01
William Hernandez
Remember that year well.

01:22:42.68
LJ
Some simple questions from that year to see...

01:22:46.93
LJ
what you get right and what you get wrong. I don't think you're going any of these wrong. You should be fine.

01:22:50.01
William Hernandez
please Lijay says simple questions. Well, you have to see in what his fucking... His notes. His sheet of notes.

01:22:56.65
LJ
Here's the first question, and it's very easy. And you have to also tell what was the final, it's not score, what, you know, how many games did they beat them in whatever.

01:22:59.15
William Hernandez
Oh, boy.

01:23:07.12
William Hernandez
Oh, God. This is not going to end well.

01:23:09.93
LJ
In 2015, who did the defeat?

01:23:10.03
William Hernandez
Go

01:23:12.31
LJ
who did the mets defeat

01:23:15.93
LJ
in the first and second rounds of the playoffs,

01:23:21.07
William Hernandez
Oh, my fucking God.

01:23:25.10
William Hernandez
First and second.

01:23:25.27
LJ
which would be the, the, uh, the league, the LCS, right. And the NLCS, correct.

01:23:31.14
William Hernandez
and ill Wait, so it was NLDS and NLCS?

01:23:33.31
LJ
I mean, NLD out and NLDS and NLCS.

01:23:37.99
William Hernandez
Well, yeah, it was the Dodgers, and they beat them in and five games, if I'm not mistaken, right?

01:23:45.22
LJ
there you there you go bingo come on don't don't don't question yourself oh one game off they swept them

01:23:47.93
William Hernandez
And then they beat the Cubs, and they beat the Cubs in five games.

01:23:56.88
William Hernandez
Oh, that's right. They swept them. That's right. That's right. I forgot that they swept them. Okay.

01:24:02.60
LJ
do you remember their do you remember their overall record that year

01:24:02.68
William Hernandez
Okay, I was...

01:24:07.52
William Hernandez
This was 2015.

01:24:11.30
William Hernandez
Was this the year that they got Cespedes at the trading deadline? Right?

01:24:15.06
LJ
Yep.

01:24:18.52
LJ
Which ties into one of my questions coming up.

01:24:21.05
William Hernandez
um Hold on. I got to do some math here.

01:24:26.93
William Hernandez
I'm going to say they won more than 90 games.

01:24:32.70
William Hernandez
I'm going to say they were...

01:24:36.72
William Hernandez
No, they... Because they didn't win the division that year.

01:24:42.22
William Hernandez
I'm going to say that... myus I'm going to say they were 91 and 71. Oh,

01:24:54.68
LJ
Close 92 and 70.

01:24:56.97
William Hernandez
oh fuck. Okay. I know my shit better than most. Okay.

01:25:02.51
LJ
Besides Cespedes. Who are two players that they acquired at the trading deadline that li that really helped them during that run?

01:25:13.33
William Hernandez
fuck me I have them in my head in my my ah mind's eye but the names are not ah oh my fucking god Eric's probably yelling at the fucking thing right now oh shit I can see them in my mind's eye but I can't remember they were position players right that I remember

01:25:30.68
LJ
Larry too.

01:25:38.77
LJ
hu

01:25:40.88
William Hernandez
Oh, a rebate, right?

01:25:43.14
LJ
One, you want your rebate.

01:25:44.30
William Hernandez
Watery Bay, right?

01:25:44.93
LJ
That's one.

01:25:45.98
William Hernandez
Yep. And the second one was, he was white. I know he was white. Oh, fuck me. What the hell's his name?

01:25:57.36
William Hernandez
Oh, shit. It wasn't Johnson, was it?

01:26:00.72
LJ
Who Johnson?

01:26:02.49
William Hernandez
ah Kelly?

01:26:03.56
LJ
Kelly Johnson. Bingo.

01:26:05.23
William Hernandez
Well, look at that. Woo! Yeah, baby!

01:26:08.93
LJ
Who played right field for the Mets that year?

01:26:15.62
William Hernandez
Cesar de Sousa was in left.

01:26:18.88
William Hernandez
Right field. Who the fuck was in right field? Daniel Murphy who was that second. wasn't in the outfield yet.

01:26:28.52
William Hernandez
Alou was not there. He was already done at that point.

01:26:34.32
William Hernandez
Who played right field? It wasn't Sean Green, was it?

01:26:39.27
LJ
Nope.

01:26:39.47
William Hernandez
No. Sean Green was earlier. right field I feel like I should know this. Fuck.

01:26:51.41
William Hernandez
Oh, Curtis Granderson.

01:26:52.62
LJ
Curtis Grandison, there you go.

01:26:56.76
LJ
And who did Jerry's Familiar strike out in the 2015 NLCS to send the Mets to the World Series?

01:27:03.93
William Hernandez
Kyle Schwarber.

01:27:05.90
LJ
Nope. Dexter Fowler.

01:27:06.80
William Hernandez
No. Oh, yeah. I think I said Schwarber because I hate fucking...

01:27:09.85
LJ
Dexter.

01:27:12.07
William Hernandez
I hate that guy.

01:27:15.89
LJ
Now we're going to go back. Now we're going to go to the Yankees. The last time they actually made the world series and won, which is 2009.

01:27:20.13
William Hernandez
I'm not going to get any of these.

01:27:21.94
LJ
You never know.

01:27:23.35
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:27:23.89
LJ
The first question is who did they defeat in that world series?

01:27:23.99
William Hernandez
We'll see.

01:27:28.53
William Hernandez
The Phillies.

01:27:30.05
LJ
Okay. Right there. I ran off the bat. you There you go.

01:27:35.89
LJ
Who was the MVP? Yeah.

01:27:43.04
William Hernandez
Was it A-Rod?

01:27:44.35
LJ
Nope. Hideki Matsui.

01:27:47.62
William Hernandez
Godzilla, right?

01:27:48.85
LJ
Godzilla.

01:27:49.84
William Hernandez
Godzilla.

01:27:50.85
LJ
Do you remember um the game when starting ah start the starting pinching pitching matchup?

01:27:57.59
William Hernandez
Oh, my fucking God. Are you kidding me? It wasn't, um, he's dead now.

01:28:02.52
LJ
one you should One you should get.

01:28:04.31
William Hernandez
Roy Holiday, right?

01:28:05.86
LJ
I knew you were going to say that, but it's not Roy Holiday.

01:28:07.90
William Hernandez
Oh, no, so it's not.

01:28:09.57
LJ
He...

01:28:10.80
William Hernandez
Right, that's what I mean.

01:28:12.26
LJ
No, I knew that.

01:28:12.82
William Hernandez
One that should get.

01:28:13.02
LJ
I doubt that's why were going to say that.

01:28:15.61
William Hernandez
One that I should get. Dodgers, I mean...

01:28:18.06
LJ
You should get the Yankees one, I feel.

01:28:21.73
LJ
The Yankees starter for game one.

01:28:22.49
William Hernandez
what what year What year was this?

01:28:33.61
William Hernandez
No, I cannot have been petted. No.

01:28:36.05
LJ
wasn't Pettit. CeCe against Cliff Lee.

01:28:39.55
William Hernandez
Oh, fuck. Cliff, that's who I was thinking. I was thinking about Cliff Lee and I said Holiday. Shit. All right. Yeah, that's a pretty good fucking matchup right there.

01:28:50.93
LJ
Okay, hold on. I got one more here. ch did i free how

01:28:53.42
William Hernandez
Yeah, you're torturing me with this Yankee shit. Okay.

01:28:56.26
LJ
How did I phrase this? Okay, I don't think you're going get this one. Okay, so Game 3 shifted to Citizens Bank Park.

01:29:06.62
William Hernandez
okay

01:29:06.68
LJ
I didn't write this down, but I think the Phillies were up 2-0. I don't remember this, but I'm not 100% sure. Phillies jumped out to a 3-0 lead against Pettit. A-Rod Yeah, he was on his team.

01:29:15.93
William Hernandez
Oh, so Pettit wasn't a team. Okay, okay, okay.

01:29:19.35
LJ
Yes.

01:29:21.26
William Hernandez
Got that right at least.

01:29:22.43
LJ
A-Rod hit a two-run home run in the fourth. This was the first time and instant replay was used in a post c postseason.

01:29:32.48
William Hernandez
Oh, was it really?

01:29:33.14
LJ
In postseason history, yes.

01:29:34.77
William Hernandez
oh shit, okay.

01:29:38.18
LJ
Who tied the score in the fifth inning with an RBI i single?

01:29:46.71
William Hernandez
So

01:29:47.06
LJ
Mind you, he they were down 3-0. A-Rod comes up in the fourth, hits a two-run bomb. Yankees down 3-2. Yankees back up in the fifth with a chance to tie.

01:29:59.02
LJ
Who hits the RBI single?

01:30:01.58
William Hernandez
Cheater's too easy, but over of ah so it's not cheater. I know it's not cheater.

01:30:04.56
LJ
I like that. I like that. Because that's not the answer.

01:30:08.40
William Hernandez
Right, yeah, that would be too easy. God, who the fuck was on that team back then?

01:30:13.48
LJ
At this, I'll give you one hint, and this is the only hint I'm going to give you.

01:30:16.48
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:30:16.60
LJ
At this moment in time where baseball you have to think outside the box.

01:30:20.41
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:30:24.72
William Hernandez
Interesting. It's probably but begun. Oh, no, it wasn't.

01:30:31.64
William Hernandez
It wasn't Luis Soho, was it?

01:30:33.70
LJ
Mm-mm.

01:30:34.78
William Hernandez
No, fuck. You got to think outside the box. Soho came was earlier, right? He was there earlier.

01:30:43.69
LJ
I'm not sure if he was on that team, but I know it's not Soho.

01:30:45.35
William Hernandez
I don't, yeah.

01:30:50.08
William Hernandez
Where baseball was at that point, you got to think outside the box. This is 2009.

01:30:53.68
LJ
Where baseball is at this point, you have to think outside the box.

01:30:55.58
William Hernandez
Oh, oh.

01:31:00.72
LJ
If it was relative to today, but back what saying, I'm not was on team.

01:31:05.19
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:31:08.12
William Hernandez
Damn, 2009. Who the fuck was on that team? It's not Curtis Granderson, obviously. or was it? No, not Curtis Granderson.

01:31:22.15
William Hernandez
Yeah, I don't fucking know. Who is it?

01:31:24.27
LJ
Andy Pettit.

01:31:28.57
William Hernandez
oh What a trick fucking question, you piece of shit.

01:31:34.22
William Hernandez
What a fucking trick.

01:31:34.23
LJ
I knew that would be your reaction. I knew that would be your reaction when I told you.

01:31:40.14
LJ
Because as I'm reading this again, my last question, I was like, that's the perfect question because that rule doesn't, it doesn't exist anymore.

01:31:45.34
William Hernandez
Ah, right. The hitters don't hit anymore.

01:31:46.52
LJ
The hitters can't hit anymore.

01:31:48.86
William Hernandez
i don't think I quite understood you were so what you were saying about... because But then you would have given it away if you had said...

01:31:54.39
LJ
Yeah, I couldn't say any more. I was trying to say it enough to where I'm not giving you too much and I'm giving you but kind of just enough.

01:31:56.08
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:31:59.56
William Hernandez
Because I... Yeah. I was... be Because the way I was thinking was because, oh, there were more power hitters back then versus now. So i was thinking...

01:32:09.56
LJ
Yeah, that what that back then is not relative to today's game, which is why now you have to just think out of the box because it's not even around anymore.

01:32:12.32
William Hernandez
Yeah. Right. That's what I mean. Yeah.

01:32:17.32
William Hernandez
Yeah. Right. Right. Damn, bro. That's it. I have, I have to say that is the type of shit that I miss with the pitcher, with the pitcher. forgot the, the, the Nets play against the Mavericks today.

01:32:32.09
William Hernandez
Um, I do miss that aspect of it, of like the pitchers not hitting, to an extent. Because I knew how that shit happens. You know, Andy Pettit fucking ties a World Series game.

01:32:43.08
William Hernandez
That shit is never going to happen anymore.

01:32:43.45
LJ
I thought it would bother me more than it does, but to be honest with you, I don't even think about it. I don't even care anymore.

01:32:50.13
William Hernandez
No, i don't i know um don't think about it anymore either.

01:32:50.27
LJ
don't even think about it anymore.

01:32:52.82
William Hernandez
I honestly don't. it's it's How many years has it been already? i don't even remember. But it's been bit.

01:32:58.06
LJ
I won't even remember. I don't think about it anymore.

01:33:00.70
William Hernandez
I think it's probably

01:33:01.03
LJ
It works. It's fine. I'm good.

01:33:02.79
William Hernandez
Yeah, I think it's probably been since the pandemic was the first time that they did it in 2020, if I'm not mistaken.

01:33:08.97
LJ
I told my coworker, he says he still can't believe that I could do this. I said, once I put something in the purge files in my mind, it's gone.

01:33:15.18
William Hernandez
The Purge file!

01:33:16.77
LJ
That goes with relationships, people that I fucking hate. It doesn't matter.

01:33:20.10
William Hernandez
Jesus

01:33:20.31
LJ
Once you're in the purge files, I don't even know who you are.

01:33:23.46
William Hernandez
Christ.

01:33:23.43
LJ
You're done. You're dead to me.

01:33:27.19
William Hernandez
see right Oh, my God. Well, listen, guys. Thursday, opening day. You fucking dirty Yankee fans are going to be on the train heading up to on the six on the. Oh, have fun with that, by the way.

01:33:41.51
LJ
Not me.

01:33:41.62
William Hernandez
You're going to be home, though.

01:33:41.81
LJ
I'll be working from home that day. I'll be working from I am not stepping foot outside this house.

01:33:43.30
William Hernandez
Oh, OK.

01:33:46.72
William Hernandez
ah You don't have to worry about any of that on Thursday. Holy shit.

01:33:49.40
LJ
i don't I don't have to punch in. So eight, the latest I could punch in is nine. I'm going to the supermarket at the crack of dawn when they first open.

01:34:00.27
LJ
I'm buying all the essentials and I'm not leaving this house once three o'clock hits.

01:34:02.07
William Hernandez
Get some beer, right, for the game.

01:34:07.73
LJ
No one texts me. No one call me. I am unavailable.

01:34:12.85
William Hernandez
Yeah, I got i gotta to look at the schedule to see what time the games start on. on ah i'm I'm assuming that there are like 1 o'clock games on on Thursday with the first game of the season. Yeah, this I have to say this is like the – the opera The opportune time for me to be unemployed is at CAA tournament and the beginning beginning beginning of the baseball season. But hopefully, there should be, I'm hoping, some good news this week.

01:34:38.32
William Hernandez
I won't jinx it, but there are things happening behind the scenes that this nightmare is going to be over ah pretty soon. So anyway, that's going to do it for us.

01:34:50.37
William Hernandez
I'm going to go watch some Daredevil. I'm behind. Have you started watching that yet or no?

01:34:55.34
LJ
I started watching the new season, well, the season, Linus, and yuck.

01:34:55.82
William Hernandez
Oh,

01:34:59.58
William Hernandez
I gotta watch that too. It's not good? oh really?

01:35:03.26
LJ
I'm already into episode five, and I'm just like, this looks like the same thing they're going do and that they did in episode one. I just see it going that way.

01:35:10.50
William Hernandez
oh that's disappointing. I do want to watch that.

01:35:14.43
LJ
I'm going to finish because i obviously watched season one, which was I really enjoyed, but this season two so far has been a snooze fest.

01:35:14.57
William Hernandez
um

01:35:19.00
William Hernandez
Yeah, I enjoyed it too. Yeah, yeah.

01:35:23.58
William Hernandez
How many episodes are in a season?

01:35:25.40
LJ
I want to say eight or nine. I'm on like four or five. I want to say I'm on five.

01:35:32.60
William Hernandez
And it's a completely different storyline from the first season, right?

01:35:36.06
LJ
yeah

01:35:38.13
William Hernandez
Okay, so it's, okay.

01:35:38.77
LJ
and I see it kind of trending the same way now. Not to give too much away because I don't know whoev who else has seen it.

01:35:41.43
William Hernandez
Interesting.

01:35:44.01
LJ
I really haven't gotten to like...

01:35:44.46
William Hernandez
Gotcha.

01:35:46.60
LJ
I'm not going to say anymore.

01:35:47.56
William Hernandez
Okay, don't say anything. I don't want to spoil it. We don't want spoil it for anybody. Bye. All right. That's going to do it for us. Oh, what are we recording next week, by the way? Do you do you know that yet?

01:35:55.98
LJ
I'm off Monday.

01:35:57.14
William Hernandez
Okay, so we'll do Monday again. Cool. I'm sure we'll have a lot to talk about with the Mets and Yankees and, you know, NCAA tournament. And maybe, you know, the Giants will fucking dig up YA Tittle from the fucking grave to play quarterback.

01:36:11.85
LJ
Maybe they'll sign. They already signed Winston. Maybe they'll sign Rogers and Wilson. Fuck it.

01:36:18.15
William Hernandez
Can you imagine? Oh, my God. ah All right. We will see you next week. This was episode number 41. Peace out,

01:36:29.25
William Hernandez
peace out guys

01:36:30.94
LJ
Later.