42. Baseball is Back!

The weather is slowly getting warmer and that can only mean one thing: baseball is back!

With the 2 Dummies recording a little bit later this week, it gave us a chance to analyze the Mets' first road trip of the year and chat about what's plaguing them so far. 

Meantime, in The Bronx, the Yankees torched the Brewers last weekend. But all anyone wanted to talk about was the torpedo bat. Welcome to 2025!

Our halftime topic delves into etiquette in public spaces.

On the other side of the break, the 2 Dummies discuss the Giants and Russell Wilson and get into some of what happened at the NFL owners' meeting. We also discuss the Knicks, Carmelo Anthony in the Hall of Fame, and R.J. Lewis leaving St. John's.

And finally, we rank the MLB ballparks we've visited.

Timestamps
12:26: The Mets are average
33:51: Torpedoes at the ready for the Yankees
45:07: Can anyone beat the Dodgers?
55:06: Halftime: The lack of etiquette in public
1:12:42: What the hell are the Giants doing?
1:22:40: The Jets are quiet; the tush push survives
1:32:13: Knicks update
1:44:53: Carmelo Anthony in the Hall of Fame
1:55:08: R.J. Lewis, St. John's, and the problems with NIL
2:10:44: Ranking the MLB stadiums we've visited

Want to support the podcast? Buy us a coffee! Follow us on Instagram, X, and YouTube!

Transcript

00:00:01.20
William Hernandez
Greetings and salutations and welcome back to Two Dummies That Just Watch, a sports podcast between friends. This is episode number 42, the Jackie Robinson episode.

00:00:15.56
William Hernandez
i am one of your hosts, Will Hernandez, and I am here as always with my co-host, He is Mr. Lee J. Perilla rocking the Minnesota Twins hat that I just had to look up because I had never seen it before.

00:00:32.56
William Hernandez
Sir, how are you today? What's going on?

00:00:36.57
LJ
Howdy.

00:00:40.92
William Hernandez
I'm I'm where my Rangers hat bought fresh from Fanatics and For those who are watching on video, if you notice, not only is it the Rangers logo, but there is a Statue of Liberty and like an apple for the Big Apple.

00:00:59.55
William Hernandez
So saw it online and I was like, you know what? I actually like the way that looks and I needed a Rangers hat, even though I know they suck right now. But Carl and I were getting into a conversation because he's a Rangers fan. as i don't think I don't know if you knew that.

00:01:14.89
William Hernandez
But um he has something interesting to say about The current designs on Fanatics. Because he doesn't wear fitted. He wears like the flex hats.

00:01:25.68
William Hernandez
Right? you ever You know what I'm talking about right? Like the flex ones. um He's just not a he's just's not a um a fitted guy. But he would say...

00:01:33.36
LJ
so those Those are what we call the white boy hats.

00:01:37.56
William Hernandez
Well, if you know Carl...

00:01:42.94
William Hernandez
oh I like those to an extent. But um he was saying...

00:01:47.25
LJ
Yeah, if you're playing baseball...

00:01:48.76
William Hernandez
yeah No, I've got the St. John's hat as a flex hat. um But he was saying how he just doesn't like the design of some of the hats on Fanatics lately. And I was like, I don't know.

00:02:01.92
William Hernandez
Sometimes i I don't like them. um what are your What are your thoughts on the current designs on on Fanatics? um I'm taking or leaving. Because i sometimes it takes me a while to find a good hat on there.

00:02:16.68
LJ
I haven't been on Fanatics since I bought a Seton Hall sweater, so I'm not 100% sure if it's been updated because I don't remember it from...

00:02:16.78
William Hernandez
So...

00:02:21.52
William Hernandez
Oh, really?

00:02:24.82
LJ
I don't remember what they've had from when I bought that sweater, which was at least a few months ago. Mm-hmm.

00:02:31.88
William Hernandez
It's weird because they sell new era hats on there. yeah that's what hats are. They're new era hats. So I get a...

00:02:38.43
LJ
I've been going to the MLB store. I like their... I like their ah like what they have there.

00:02:44.18
William Hernandez
Oh, interesting. Huh. its so I mean, they're all fucking connected. It's... it's it's It's fucking ridiculous how they're all in bed with each other.

00:02:55.22
William Hernandez
So it doesn't really matter like ah which store you go to. But I actually did order another hat that I got to stop with the hats. I got to chill out for a little while. But there is it it should be coming in next week. So maybe I'll have it on for the next recording. But um I did make sure to buy a fresh Mets hat for tomorrow.

00:03:14.76
William Hernandez
Brand new for the year. So, oh, yeah, we're going to the game. No, Saturday, I should say.

00:03:20.34
LJ
Yeah, Saturday.

00:03:20.44
William Hernandez
Yeah, I don't... I was thinking about it today. i don't know if I'm go tomorrow.

00:03:24.98
LJ
forget just Just forget it. Guys, don't let this guy trick you. He's not coming to the game. He's not going to the game tomorrow. He's full of shit.

00:03:32.33
William Hernandez
It's the fucking travel, bro.

00:03:34.89
LJ
He's not coming to the game tomorrow.

00:03:34.90
William Hernandez
don't think people...

00:03:36.53
LJ
He's not going.

00:03:36.92
William Hernandez
i don't I don't think it's a home opener.

00:03:37.09
LJ
Forget about it.

00:03:39.20
William Hernandez
Here's the thing. I don't think people realize when you don't live in the city and you live in the suburbs, it just takes a while to get into the city on the train and everything. And to do that on back-to-back days, it's just a pain in the ass.

00:03:53.52
William Hernandez
So, I don't know. It's expensive. And I'm coming in Saturday. we're going to go drink beforehand at our favorite bar. Even though those two idiots are not going to be joining us which I know where they're going.

00:04:07.79
LJ
I'm going to go fuck it.

00:04:07.95
William Hernandez
And I...

00:04:08.80
LJ
Where are they going to? What was it again? What was it? Oh, I thought it was, ah thought they were going to 69 make out

00:04:11.60
William Hernandez
R43. It's in... um

00:04:18.34
William Hernandez
Sir, come on.

00:04:22.05
William Hernandez
I know where they're going. This fucking guy...

00:04:28.45
William Hernandez
I know exactly the bar. I like it. It's just that I don't want to get off the 7 train to get back on the 7 train because it's along the 7 line.

00:04:36.94
LJ
I was about say, so that's um this is somewhere around Caesar.

00:04:39.59
William Hernandez
It's like Sunnyside. Yeah, it's in Sunnyside. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:04:41.95
LJ
Yeah, I haven't been to Sunnyside probably since we meant to go see Candyman.

00:04:48.24
William Hernandez
It's Sunnyside. Damn. That's a fucking flashback. By the way, I am drinking beer, so things might get a little sloppy. even though it's the late afternoon. ah Don't judge me.

00:04:56.34
LJ
that's what she That's what she said.

00:04:57.43
William Hernandez
That's fucking guy. Sir, how was... We haven't talked like this in a while. How was your party last Friday? I know you didn't stay long.

00:05:07.52
LJ
April's party? No, we stood until ah I think we left around

00:05:14.16
LJ
think I want to say 1230. Yeah,

00:05:16.04
William Hernandez
Oh, shit. So you did stay you' stay pretty long then.

00:05:19.00
LJ
yeah we got we didn't we didn't get there exactly one time. That's why.

00:05:22.47
William Hernandez
Yeah, I get it.

00:05:23.94
LJ
It was actually it was actually it was actually good. It was fine. So they had about

00:05:31.82
LJ
ah off off the top of the head, maybe 15 people were there.

00:05:35.64
William Hernandez
That's pretty good.

00:05:36.30
LJ
So she ordered some food. She had like a little layout of food. Some ah pastries and the, you know, s saying happy birthday. People mingled, people danced. And then we went to the backyard. He started a fire. Phil started a fire.

00:05:52.35
LJ
It was cool. I liked it. I enjoyed myself.

00:05:55.81
William Hernandez
No pictures, though. I didn't see any pictures of you in your in your outfit. Disappointing.

00:06:00.39
LJ
Nah, they were taking pictures. I wasn't trying to jump in those pictures. I'm good. You keep looking.

00:06:06.74
William Hernandez
I did.

00:06:06.81
LJ
Keep looking, buddy.

00:06:07.85
William Hernandez
I was looking. I was looking at all the places to to look for...

00:06:09.21
LJ
Keep looking. Yeah. Keep on looking. Look in every place, every every dark space, every hole. ain't going find shit.

00:06:20.33
William Hernandez
shit, bro. Oh, my God. um

00:06:25.90
William Hernandez
Yeah, I don't want to spend too much time talking about nonsense, but um I'm hoping that my unemployment is going to be at an end here very soon. So I got to be a little patient.

00:06:38.21
William Hernandez
People, you got to tell us something. And this is something Lee J can account for me for. I'm a very impatient person. Like incredibly, incredibly fucking impatient. I just don't like dealing with bullshit.

00:06:50.88
William Hernandez
So this whole job situation that's been a slow burn for this particular opportunity, I'm trying to take Lee J's advice and trying to be patient in this whole thing. So hopefully soon, hopefully soon that this all is going to be over. It's been 11 weeks. No, it's been nine weeks, which is crazy considering...

00:07:13.69
William Hernandez
It was at the end of January, and we are now, what is it, April? What's today's date?

00:07:17.82
LJ
DIRD.

00:07:18.68
William Hernandez
April 3rd. Yeah. Jesus Christ. Unbelievable. But hopefully hopefully this will be over soon, because we need to get some trips going.

00:07:29.54
William Hernandez
We're going to Kansas City, hopefully. So if you have any recommendations for Kansas City, particularly Kansas City Barbecue, because we're fat fucks, please reach out.

00:07:43.69
William Hernandez
And give us some recs. Anyway, this is a weekly sports podcast. As you know, we come at you each and every week on the podcast platform of your choice.

00:07:54.32
William Hernandez
Please, please, please make sure you are subscribing on there so that the episode downloads automatically. And if you show, so please to record, I mean, sorry, subscribe on YouTube.

00:08:10.54
William Hernandez
as I'm trying to put more clips on there. It's funny because one, I think I mentioned this last week, but one of the clips now is up to almost 80 views, which is, which is really good. Um, don't forget that you do have the ability to email the show.

00:08:25.51
William Hernandez
And please follow us on all the social medias, Instagram threads, X and YouTube. And by the way, before we get going, shout out to, uh, shout out to Luke because, uh, he sent me a message and I know he's listening to this.

00:08:40.72
William Hernandez
He sent me a message earlier today as we're recording and, uh, was telling me how much he enjoyed the podcast and the, uh, camaraderie that you and I have,

00:08:52.54
William Hernandez
I guess that goes from knowing each other for Jesus, how many years? 40, maybe? which is Which is crazy.

00:08:58.83
LJ
It's very long time.

00:09:02.09
William Hernandez
But i got tell you I got to tell you a little bit about Luke because Luke, he lives in Omaha. ah yeah He was telling me how our Nebraska, yeah, our ah takes on Creighton.

00:09:11.07
LJ
Nebraska?

00:09:16.13
William Hernandez
Remember we were talking about Creighton and what the hell's the guy's name? That skinny motherfucker in the center.

00:09:21.22
LJ
Oh, they told, um, oh my god, man.

00:09:23.87
William Hernandez
Hold on. i have it I have the message here. Cal Brenner, right? Is that it?

00:09:28.06
LJ
something like here, remember exactly.

00:09:30.74
William Hernandez
i Yeah. ah Cock Brenner. Anyway. oh He was saying that our takes on that were pretty pretty accurate. he He claims, and he knows this more than I, obviously, because he lives out there, but he says that those people like walk on water, Cock Brenner and um what's the other guy's name?

00:09:52.48
William Hernandez
I have it right here. Ashworth.

00:09:54.32
LJ
yeah Ashworth.

00:09:55.20
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. So he thought it was funny that we took them down a peg and I get it.

00:10:00.32
LJ
these that these used that They used to have a player there, and he transferred. I'm trying to think of it. let me see if I can find his name.

00:10:05.58
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:10:06.28
LJ
I used to like his game.

00:10:07.83
William Hernandez
It's, it's, it's funny because, um, places like that, they treat their college sports in a way that I don't think we'll ever understand because we're so pro oriented here.

00:10:22.82
William Hernandez
So they really elevate those programs. Obviously, in Nebraska football, we know that's like, that is like their pro team out there. And the same thing, we kind of know about it here because of UConn, because we know men's and women's basketball is treated.

00:10:38.49
William Hernandez
Did you find the, did you find the the name?

00:10:39.59
LJ
Arthur Columa. He transferred to a Kansas State. I want to say maybe it was last year.

00:10:46.44
William Hernandez
Oh, interesting.

00:10:47.47
LJ
i like he was I liked him.

00:10:47.87
William Hernandez
Okay. Okay.

00:10:48.83
LJ
He was a good player. They also got that other kid that's on their team now. i'm not sure if he entered the transfer portal. God only knows. Maybe he did. um

00:10:55.12
William Hernandez
yeah We'll get into that later, by the way. What's his name?

00:11:00.14
LJ
I'm looking for his name now. he was he's he was at Was he their shooting guard or their small forward? Um...

00:11:08.51
William Hernandez
While you look for that, just a little note about about about Luke. I know him for a very long time, going back to our days playing softball.

00:11:18.08
LJ
Jamia Neil.

00:11:18.35
William Hernandez
Oh, okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. So Luke and I played softball together, a lot of softball together in Chicago. And I'll never forget. And I will say this, and I'm not blown i'm not saying this a blow smoke up your ass, Luke, because you blew some smoke up our ass a little bit. But this guy was probably the best softball pitcher I've ever seen.

00:11:37.74
William Hernandez
Because there were so many times when we were playing softball where he had this thing where he could basically get somebody to hit the ball wherever he wanted to. And I never understood how to – he cut the ball in a way that I'd never seen before before as far as playing softball.

00:11:54.18
William Hernandez
And i used to play third base. And I can't tell you how many times he would look at me and say, coming your way. Next pitch, fucking ground ball. Right to me Right at me. it was pretty – Luke, when you hear this, you're going to tell how did that don't want to understand how you did that.

00:12:12.90
William Hernandez
but But no, shout out to Luke. i We appreciate, we definitely appreciate the the the kind words. so ah So yeah, been a little bit since we last recorded.

00:12:26.68
William Hernandez
And sir, baseball season is back. The Mets are giving us agita. And, well, let's start a little bit backwards here with with them. Because

00:12:45.14
William Hernandez
they play their first road trip in Houston. And then they just finished up in Miami last night. And they go three for three on this first road trip of the year.

00:12:59.60
William Hernandez
And they take two of three in Miami. And yesterday was like one of those games. Because they're down 4-1 heading into the 8th inning.

00:13:11.27
William Hernandez
They looked all out of sorts on the field, kicking the fucking ball around. Beatty doesn't know his ass from his elbow. And then late in the game, Alonzo, it wasn't it wasn't just Beatty, by the way.

00:13:24.75
William Hernandez
Alonzo has a 9-pitch at bat and then smokes one the center field. A 3-1 homer to tie the game. He finishes the game with 4 RBI and he actually has 8.

00:13:37.76
William Hernandez
And it's third in the league. Just behind Wilma Flores.

00:13:42.94
LJ
Oh god.

00:13:43.18
William Hernandez
um With 10, which is crazy. Anyway, Mets go on to win in 11 innings. six to five And I want you to check me right now. Because I'm thinking about this like assessment of the team.

00:13:56.41
William Hernandez
Six games in. And I know it's early. But you and I talked about this. That early shit excuse has to fucking stop with this team. Anyway. I kind of just think they're average right now.

00:14:09.74
William Hernandez
It just seems that they're playing average baseball. The bullpen has been great. The offense is struggling. Even Soto is struggling.

00:14:21.40
William Hernandez
And the starting pitching is like mid. It's not great, but it's not like lights out. And now we find out that Mania is going to be shut down. for another two weeks.

00:14:33.15
William Hernandez
So what have you made about the Mets so far this season? Six games in.

00:14:40.60
LJ
They suck.

00:14:47.46
William Hernandez
You want to expand on that, sir?

00:14:47.54
LJ
um um Yeah, I will. They suck.

00:14:54.56
LJ
um um'm I'm tired of all the excuses, man. I'm tired. I'm tired. Just because somebody does something over and over again didn't shouldn't make me you shouldn' it make us used to it or be okay with it.

00:15:09.99
William Hernandez
I know. I know where you're going with this, but go ahead.

00:15:12.65
LJ
And I'm not... Listen, I'm going to get on everybody a little bit just because... And you know The media does this. Sports radio does this. And it sets me up to to put the players... All the players that I like because it's my team.

00:15:29.26
William Hernandez
Sure.

00:15:29.47
LJ
But ah it makes me... make them go at it, make me argue against them. And I don't want to do that.

00:15:36.12
William Hernandez
see what you're saying.

00:15:36.22
LJ
I don't want to say this person's better than this person or this person's better than that. It's not about, it's not even about being better. It's just about, I got to stick up for this guy now because you guys had your head in your ass and you're too busy sucking somebody off else off that doesn't need to deserve to be sucked off.

00:15:46.55
William Hernandez
Thank you.

00:15:51.17
LJ
Like that's, that's what I'm trying. That's what I'm trying to say. Like perfect example. Yesterday,

00:16:00.09
LJ
Lindor, again, these slow starts. When they start talking about it on the radio during the during the broadcast, i cover my I lower the volume. I put ah hippo i swear to God, put my hands over my ears. I don't want to hear that shit anymore. I'm tired.

00:16:11.63
LJ
like you don't Like, he knows this. You don't think, like, why and how? Are you purposely doing this? I don't know. Whatever.

00:16:20.19
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:16:21.63
LJ
So, Alonzo, which... Everybody's well in tuned about how we've spoken about him, how we need to bring him back. I've been talking about this guy. He got a whatever, quote unquote, bad year, according to everyone. I don't care.

00:16:32.78
LJ
Right. He's been red hot. I've been sitting back. I haven't said anything. I see a lot of stupidity online, but whatever.

00:16:38.19
William Hernandez
yep

00:16:39.24
LJ
My my example, my perfect example is yesterday. I saw some stuff online.

00:16:46.83
LJ
So it was in the, it was extra innings already. Remember the play that, it was a nice play.

00:16:49.68
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:16:51.92
LJ
Lindor, ground ball, like kind of up the middle, and then he threw it home.

00:16:56.38
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:16:56.94
LJ
And he threw the guy out.

00:16:57.06
William Hernandez
Right. Yes.

00:17:00.02
LJ
The shit that I saw.

00:17:04.27
LJ
Oh, do you see, that's that's the reason why. But like forgetting about his slow start at the plate. Guys, do you know the reason why we're in extra innings?

00:17:13.60
William Hernandez
Right. He's hitting the ball.

00:17:16.00
LJ
Do you know the reason why we're in extra innings? It's not because he hit a three-run homer.

00:17:20.33
William Hernandez
Right.

00:17:20.95
LJ
The guy that you're still saying, ah, it's only the beginning. Let's see where Pete's at in the middle. Nah, we're not doing that.

00:17:26.52
William Hernandez
i I've seen that argument.

00:17:27.91
LJ
we're not We're not doing that.

00:17:29.00
William Hernandez
Yes. Right.

00:17:30.00
LJ
Or at the end of the year, and let's see if he comes out with clutch more clutch hits.

00:17:30.18
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:17:32.96
LJ
This is just the beginning. No, we're not you can't you can't give praise to Lindor. for saving a run, but in the same sentence saying you want to wait to the middle of the year or the end the year to see if Alonzo continues to do what he's doing now. You can't do that.

00:17:49.30
LJ
And it it drives me nuts. And I try to, and when I'm on social media, I try to cycle through. If I see a certain picture or something, I know I'm not even going to set myself up. I know what people are trying to do, but this was like just there. And I'm just like, why, why are we doing this?

00:18:07.20
William Hernandez
By the way, before you go on, just just ah just to go off of of a Alonzo right now, he is hitting.286. His on-base percentage is.423.

00:18:18.95
William Hernandez
Pause there. He's not chasing bullshit right now.

00:18:22.22
LJ
oh

00:18:22.98
William Hernandez
And I texted you that the first weekend. I was like, you know what? keep but really hit hit all that well, besides the Grand Slam in that first series, but I texted you and I said, you know what?

00:18:33.85
William Hernandez
He's not chasing garbage like he usually does, which is great.

00:18:37.08
LJ
It's not always, yeah, it's not always about hitting the, it's about having good at bats.

00:18:37.58
William Hernandez
So,

00:18:40.70
William Hernandez
Right, and he had a great one yesterday. So ah six hits and 21 at-bats. He's got, like I mentioned, the eight RBI, two home runs, six hits, four runs scored. His OPS 1.090.

00:18:53.92
William Hernandez
one point oh ah one point oh nine zero And let me just look at his walk so far. he He has walked five times already, which great.

00:19:05.58
William Hernandez
that listen Listen, guys, here's your thing. I think it was... ah Two to three years ago, they had a conversation with him because I think he was kind of in the mix for MVP in one year. I forget what year it was.

00:19:21.17
William Hernandez
And they told him, the only way you're going to be considered the next step is bumping up that on-base percentage. And right now, again, it's only six games.

00:19:34.72
William Hernandez
But his on-base percentage is like, right now at this moment, well above and beyond his career average at 340. Anyway, I just want to say that.

00:19:43.25
LJ
hmm.

00:19:44.58
William Hernandez
But go ahead, continue about Alonzo. Oh, he's saving runs, by the way. He's playing great defense atar at first base.

00:19:50.17
LJ
He's off. Listen, whatever. I don't really I don't really care anymore.

00:19:53.83
William Hernandez
So that's another thing to kind of ah to keep in mind.

00:19:54.48
LJ
I'm going to let the people say what they need to say. Like dummies on the radio saying, I'm tired of seeing Alonzo behind Soto after that first game.

00:20:00.73
William Hernandez
So are you still there? are you frozen?

00:20:02.89
LJ
ah so alonzo can't bat behind soto he needs it bad like fifth six or seventh whatever the dummy said one of these dummies on radio there's a loud mouth you know who talking about i don't want to mention his name you there you froze

00:20:04.26
William Hernandez
Uh-oh. I think we might have lost Lee J.

00:20:11.42
William Hernandez
Oh, it's my internet. You still there, sir? Hello, hello. right, I'm going to pause this quick. You there? Are you there?

00:20:20.61
LJ
yeah okay you froze

00:20:21.12
William Hernandez
okay i don't Okay, that was me. i don't know what the hell is happening. um It was still recording, though. But I was just saying, I was going through Alonzo's numbers and how his on-base percentage is well above his average.

00:20:32.81
William Hernandez
But I was going to say, and he's saving runs, too, by the way, because he's been playing good defense.

00:20:37.31
LJ
um not I don't want talk about that anymore either.

00:20:42.93
William Hernandez
But, any sir, is there anything else you want to say about ah about Alonzo?

00:20:45.77
LJ
Well, I was saying really quick, there's, you know, there's this particular loudmouth on the fan, a real loudmouth Italian. I don't want to mention his name. Oh, he's after one game. I don't want to see ah Alonzo batting third. He doesn't belong there. Put him five, whatever he was saying, five, six or seven, some stupid.

00:21:02.13
LJ
That guy has some so really stupid takes. And he's really dumb. and i And I can't really listen to him talk because I feel like I do. i Like you say, i I feel like I lose brain cells.

00:21:12.85
William Hernandez
Right, yes.

00:21:13.78
LJ
Because I feel like he likes to just scream certain things just to somebody to... Because he knows people are going to get at him.

00:21:19.01
William Hernandez
Yeah, of course.

00:21:19.08
LJ
I don't give him that. I don't give him that time. um'm I'm giving a little bit of time now, but I'm just not going to mention his name. Everyone else can figure it out. I don't really care. He's just... To me, he's just really stupid.

00:21:30.78
LJ
And...

00:21:31.01
William Hernandez
I know you're talking about.

00:21:32.42
LJ
Yeah, exactly.

00:21:32.65
William Hernandez
Anyway.

00:21:33.00
LJ
I know know. I know who you know. I even think Eric knows who I'm talking about. Because that's that's actually the one show he doesn't listen to, which is the same for me because of him.

00:21:42.56
William Hernandez
right

00:21:43.46
LJ
um I don't know, man. It's like six games, whatever it is.

00:21:50.09
LJ
I'll tell you right now, if Pete continues to do this for the rest of the year guess what's going to happen? He ain't coming back here.

00:21:56.37
William Hernandez
No. Yeah, that's a good point.

00:21:58.41
LJ
He ain't coming back here. going to tell you that right now. He ain't coming back here. And I'm going to laugh as he walks out the door.

00:22:06.07
William Hernandez
With all that money.

00:22:07.35
LJ
With all that money. Butt ass naked.

00:22:11.76
William Hernandez
Holy shit. um i want I want to go back to the first the first um the first series of the year. um By the way, look like actually, let's let's pause there.

00:22:23.99
William Hernandez
Mark Vientos. um And I just want to pull up his stats quick because they're not pretty right now. He is at the moment.

00:22:37.49
William Hernandez
Where is he? He's hitting 083 with only two hits and 24 at bats, one RBI.

00:22:49.48
William Hernandez
Now, this conversation came up during our, ah you you know, in our um group chat. I'm not worried about him yet. And like you said, it's because of a start.

00:23:03.33
William Hernandez
Well, not the start. What he did last year. So I guess maybe there's some kind of like track record. Am I a little bit worried? Yeah, sure. Sophomore slumping all that bullshit.

00:23:15.07
William Hernandez
But um I know you're not worried. You said you weren't worried.

00:23:19.77
LJ
He's also entitled to get a start at the beginning of the year, which he's never had before.

00:23:23.80
William Hernandez
That's a good point. Yeah.

00:23:25.53
LJ
It's a little different when you know you're in the mind is doing whatever you're doing and you get a call up and you're like, eh, whatever happens, happens.

00:23:33.36
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:23:34.27
LJ
And you know, sometimes you get lucky. some Maybe it's a little bit of whatever, a little bit of luck, a little bit of that, whatever it is. But my number one argument is if you give this bum Beatty this many chances...

00:23:47.55
LJ
After Vientos had the year he had last year, he gets a couple chances too.

00:23:51.30
William Hernandez
Yeah. He gets a lot of chances as far as I'm concerned.

00:23:53.21
LJ
i don't, I don't. So do you get a little worried as the year goes on and he continues?

00:23:54.30
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:23:58.27
LJ
Of course, because you can't, ah obviously, you can't continue to so let this happen. You got to, you got to figure something out.

00:24:04.84
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:24:05.51
LJ
You have to figure so i get that.

00:24:05.90
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:24:07.88
LJ
But right now, it being only six games, Doomsday Danny, you got chill.

00:24:12.91
William Hernandez
Sure. Absolutely.

00:24:16.79
LJ
Beatty deservedly gets all the hate that he's getting.

00:24:21.13
William Hernandez
sure absolutely

00:24:22.09
LJ
This is his, what, second, third year where we all we hear is he had a great spring training. That's why he starts in the big leagues. And what's he doing in the big leagues? The same garbage. He looks lost at the plate.

00:24:35.69
LJ
He threw a terrible ball to home plate lash yesterday in extra innings. Luckily for Torrance, he did a quick like quick spin to tag the guy out.

00:24:43.99
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:24:44.66
LJ
They had eat they had to challenge it.

00:24:45.12
William Hernandez
And the guy's hand was up.

00:24:45.98
LJ
so

00:24:46.20
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah

00:24:46.77
LJ
Luckily, they had challenges because they called him safe, and he would have been safe because this guy wants to throw ah terrible that was a terrible throw.

00:24:48.13
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah Yeah. That's a good point.

00:24:57.94
William Hernandez
It was. It was garbage.

00:25:00.16
LJ
Okay? He's in his own head. Whatever. He's this, he's that. I'm done with this guy. So, whatever I don't know. They're holding on to what? there's he got he's He's like Daniel Jones.

00:25:13.44
William Hernandez
ah Daniel Jones of the Mets.

00:25:14.31
LJ
he got like He got like nine lives.

00:25:17.61
William Hernandez
What did I tell you? What was the thing that I said? There was something that I texted you that I wanted to make sure that i that i that I brought up today was the fact that I don't know. no, it was in a group chat.

00:25:32.50
William Hernandez
And I said it to Eric, too, because I copied and pasted. I don't know what more that the Mets need to see to realize that this guy is not it.

00:25:42.45
LJ
Yeah, i don't I don't get it.

00:25:42.50
William Hernandez
And I have to bring... Yeah, I had to bring up his numbers, okay? Here's the thing. He's hitting.071 point zero ah point seven one point zero seven one on the year, okay?

00:25:58.48
William Hernandez
and And I'm trying to figure out, right, what are the Mets seeing? Here's what they're seeing. 2023, right? right He finishes the year. I think he got hurt that year, if I'm not mistaken.

00:26:09.88
William Hernandez
He finishes the year with nine home runs and 34 RBI. But the only thing is that he hit 212. So that's a problem. I think they look at that nine home run and 34 RBIs and think he's that player, but he's not.

00:26:28.80
William Hernandez
Clearly not that player.

00:26:28.95
LJ
think Think what?

00:26:30.34
William Hernandez
don't know, bro. I'm trying to find something. something

00:26:36.89
LJ
Are you trying to find something?

00:26:40.33
William Hernandez
No, no. I'm trying to find something why the Mets think that this guy...

00:26:42.73
LJ
No, i know what i don't I know what you're saying.

00:26:43.83
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:26:45.44
LJ
I know what you're saying.

00:26:45.67
William Hernandez
I'm fishing. I'm fishing for something. Yes, I'm fishing for something. But I just don't... I don't see it. And then when you... That fucking play, that terrible throw, he shouldn't be playing second base.

00:26:57.96
William Hernandez
And like my brother said...

00:26:58.53
LJ
Yeah, but he he he couldn't play third base.

00:27:01.13
William Hernandez
Well, yes. Right. And like my brother said yesterday, I completely agree. I would rather see Acuna struggle out there then see Beatty do this, because we know who Beatty is already.

00:27:12.62
LJ
Well, Coen has had some good at-bats this year. He's taken some good walks.

00:27:14.99
William Hernandez
He has. He has.

00:27:16.65
LJ
Besides that, one, I think, made one bonehead play the first game of the year, the first series the year, whenever it was. He's played pretty good de defense.

00:27:21.97
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:27:23.56
LJ
He's a good defensive player. He could play all around the field, in you know, between second and third. He could play any one of those positions.

00:27:31.67
William Hernandez
Shortstop, too. Yes.

00:27:34.32
LJ
i don't i don't i don't I don't know what's the infatuation with this kid. don't see it. I just...

00:27:42.58
William Hernandez
I don't know, i dude. i don't get it.

00:27:45.61
LJ
ah just

00:27:45.95
William Hernandez
i don't.

00:27:47.90
LJ
I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe I don't know what y'all what yall are waiting for. Because like I said, the longer and longer you wait, hold on to hope, the more and more he decreases in value. And you could have got something. at You could even got something for him last year.

00:28:02.80
William Hernandez
it's funny you say that. You know why? Because I saw i see these idiots on social media. Oh, because all this talk about Sandy Alcantara, right? That's what happened the other day. You know, the the ah reporters were asking but them some of the Mets players about what Soto thought about it and Lindor. Like, yeah, obviously, trade target. Yeah. ah Obviously, right?

00:28:23.54
William Hernandez
But I see some of these mock trades. Oh, baby should be included as a trade trip. No! Why the fuck would anybody want to trade for that guy?

00:28:33.19
LJ
the only the only The only... If you were a good GM, owner, whatever, baseball operations, the only way, you have to have a little bit of gift of gab. You have to talk him up, even though he's done nothing.

00:28:44.74
William Hernandez
Right.

00:28:44.85
LJ
Meaning, like Keith Hernandez says, look at his beautiful swing.

00:28:45.22
William Hernandez
Exactly. Yeah.

00:28:49.53
LJ
Yeah.

00:28:49.68
William Hernandez
right

00:28:51.39
LJ
But these are the things you got to talk up. You got to show him the best clips. You know, he was he was hurt the last couple years. He never... You know... um Maybe he needs a change of scenery.

00:29:03.19
LJ
Miami's the perfect spot. not not Not a lot of pressure.

00:29:07.88
William Hernandez
Yeah, maybe.

00:29:08.09
LJ
This is what you got to do. This is what you have to do to get rid of you you.

00:29:09.26
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right.

00:29:11.55
LJ
Because you can't trade him now as if you're trading him purely on talent. Because if that was the case, you wouldn't trade him.

00:29:14.88
William Hernandez
Yeah, you can't. Right. Exactly. Right.

00:29:19.57
LJ
So you got to convince somebody.

00:29:19.77
William Hernandez
I agree with that.

00:29:22.10
LJ
But you also have to throw in there at least a decent chip to go along with him. It just can't be him for him and that's it.

00:29:27.49
William Hernandez
Oh, yeah. No, they they they were saying um who's the fucking guy that got that got the they got in the trade for Scherzer? um

00:29:39.02
LJ
Acuna got... Acuna, not Acuna.

00:29:40.09
William Hernandez
No, not Acuna. I mean, was it Scherzer or schzer Verlander?

00:29:42.88
LJ
Gilbert?

00:29:44.03
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:29:44.17
LJ
Gilbert?

00:29:45.00
William Hernandez
Gilbert was a name thrown out there.

00:29:45.08
LJ
Gilbert, the outfielder? Drew Gilbert? Yeah.

00:29:46.60
William Hernandez
Yeah. Gilbert was a name thrown out there. Guys, nobody nobody's making trades April 3rd.

00:29:51.84
LJ
Oh, yeah, the Verlander trade to Houston.

00:29:53.85
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:29:54.19
LJ
Gilbert. Gilbert.

00:29:55.31
William Hernandez
That's the thing. Nobody's making trades this early in the year. You got to wait until like June maybe at the earliest and see. Listen, and the Marlins are they're playing competitively. they are I mean, I know it's the first week of the season, but they are in first place right now in the National League East.

00:30:11.73
William Hernandez
It's not like they're rolling over and dying. um So please keep that in mind. By the way, shout out to the Mets bullpen because 1.64 ERA through six games right now.

00:30:24.65
William Hernandez
And it seems like everybody's like stepped up out there. um

00:30:30.20
LJ
There's only two people that I've actually like pitched this year.

00:30:33.44
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:30:33.53
LJ
Peterson's one of them.

00:30:34.78
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:30:35.35
LJ
And I was never really a big fan of his, but he's...

00:30:37.02
William Hernandez
No, you fucking hate him.

00:30:38.31
LJ
i hate i hated that dude. But he's... you know Come to find out he had a bad hip.

00:30:40.71
William Hernandez
He's better.

00:30:42.16
LJ
he Then he had hip surgery. So maybe that hat's part...

00:30:44.16
William Hernandez
Oh, shit. Okay. I didn't realize that.

00:30:45.20
LJ
I think he had hip surgery. Yeah, a couple years ago. Maybe last year.

00:30:47.73
William Hernandez
Oh, that's right.

00:30:47.80
LJ
Not last year. A couple years ago.

00:30:48.73
William Hernandez
That's right. Yeah, a couple of years ago. Right. Yes, yes, yes.

00:30:50.87
LJ
And um I did like what I saw out of this guy in the first game. ah Griffin Canning.

00:30:56.52
William Hernandez
yeah Yeah, he pitched well. Yeah.

00:30:58.93
LJ
I think what messed him over was Mendoza in that first game. He pitched the second game of the

00:31:04.92
William Hernandez
Third game of the year. The Saturday game.

00:31:07.73
LJ
year, right?

00:31:08.09
William Hernandez
Yeah. It was a Saturday game.

00:31:10.88
LJ
Whatever inning it was, I think the game was still tied, and Jordan Alvarez was up, who has bomb numbers against Canning.

00:31:18.98
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:31:19.54
LJ
He should have walked him there.

00:31:19.72
William Hernandez
Right.

00:31:22.18
LJ
He let him pitch to him. He gave up that double. Ashros took the lead. They took him out. of think he went five and two-thirds.

00:31:28.34
William Hernandez
Yeah. He was five and two thirds. Yeah.

00:31:30.12
LJ
Um, but besides that, struggled a little bit in the first inning, if i'm not mistaken, but overall pitched a pretty good game.

00:31:30.38
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:31:37.53
William Hernandez
he did he did He definitely did. Yeah.

00:31:39.47
LJ
I don't like, I don't like, I don't care what anyone says. You can't convince me any otherwise. I don't like what I'm seeing from Holmes, so give me a break. I don't care what anyone says. He's been okay. He's been, I don't care. He's been less than mid.

00:31:49.81
LJ
That's to me.

00:31:51.04
William Hernandez
Yeah, i agree.

00:31:51.81
LJ
Um...

00:31:52.37
William Hernandez
It's not spring training anymore.

00:31:53.83
LJ
It's not spring training anymore. So what what are we doing here? Why is that has it why hasn't that converted? Because we told you, spring training, like you said, to Beatty too, spring training baseball is fake, guys.

00:32:02.21
William Hernandez
Yep. Yep. Yep. Exactly. Exactly.

00:32:06.84
LJ
You're not facing real plays. Not real plays, you know what I mean.

00:32:10.03
William Hernandez
yeah you not play some majorly Yeah, you're not facing MLB players all the time.

00:32:10.65
LJ
It's over. It's over.

00:32:13.70
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:32:13.95
LJ
Okay? It's over. So besides that, you know, in the plays we've already talked about so coming into let's see what uh tomorrow's the first game correct yep marlins they should they should definitely take care of the marlins again blue days will be two at two out of three would be nice because it's blue jays are four and two i mean yeah

00:32:27.13
William Hernandez
Next six games are against the Blue Jays and the Marlins. So...

00:32:37.62
William Hernandez
Yeah, I just... I say... Yeah. yeah Keep winning series, man. That's all you got to do. That's all you got to do is keep winning. And then you put together a five, six, seven game winning streak you know in there.

00:32:49.95
William Hernandez
Now's the time. Now's the time to feast a little bit. Because, um let's see. We're going do this shit now. I guess we are. Look at the schedule.

00:33:04.85
William Hernandez
so after the mar So, like we said, Blue Jays this week. And then ah Miami next week. Then you got a road trip to Sacramento where the A's are playing.

00:33:16.28
LJ
Oh god.

00:33:18.20
William Hernandez
And then Minnesota in mid-April. Guys, let me tell you something. Playing baseball in Minnesota in mid-April, it's not fun. And I've never played but baseball in Minnesota in mid-April, but I've been to Minnesota in mid-April.

00:33:29.79
William Hernandez
It's not fun. So, you know.

00:33:35.72
William Hernandez
You know, let's, saw again, win the series. Win series this weekend and next week. And then, ah you know, we go from there. And we'll see where they are next time we record. All right.

00:33:49.12
William Hernandez
Yeah. Let's talk about the fucking Yankees. Because everybody's talking about the Yankees right now.

00:33:52.96
LJ
Oh, boy.

00:33:59.43
William Hernandez
So, for this, I figured, let's start at the beginning. Yeah. Because all the hoopla from them over the weekend has spilled over into this week. And we we all know why by now.

00:34:13.64
William Hernandez
So Yankees swept the Blue Jays, Jesus, the Brewers over the weekend. They outscored them 36 to 14. Judge had four home runs over the weekend, three of which came in that blowout game on Saturday.

00:34:29.54
William Hernandez
He had eight RBI in that game on Saturday. He became the first Yankee player and only the 13th player in MLB history to hit at least four home runs in his team's first three games of the season.

00:34:43.52
William Hernandez
Now, all anybody wanted to talk about coming out of that series were these fucking bats that they're not all they're using.

00:34:52.78
LJ
Oh my god. Huh?

00:34:54.83
William Hernandez
Only two of them, by the way, and I'll get to that. these torpedo bats. And this shit, bro, this shit made national news. i don't know if you realize this. Like, it was all over the place.

00:35:06.49
LJ
ah

00:35:07.16
William Hernandez
All over the place. Now, just a quick thing. Just about the torpedo bat, because I want to make sure I have this all right. The whole idea of this torpedo bat is that more of the wood is near the label of the bat to maximize contact where it happens the most.

00:35:26.27
William Hernandez
Put the barrel of the ball in the bat, right? That's the whole thing about hitting. So the whole idea is that you're putting more of the wood in that area. You fucking son of a bitch.

00:35:37.15
LJ
Come on, man. Grow up.

00:35:38.17
William Hernandez
Get your catch your fucking ah mind out of the gutter. So MLB has deemed this all legal because the circumference of the bat is still 2.1 inches.

00:35:51.09
William Hernandez
Okay? the The circumference of the bat at any point cannot be more than 2.1 inches.

00:35:57.97
William Hernandez
Now, he here's where here's why think, and I told you I had something to say about this. because it's Guys, this whole thing, there were people using this shit last year apparently.

00:36:08.94
William Hernandez
The only reason why anybody made a big deal about it is fucking Michael K on the Yes broadcast on Saturday. when I think it was when Chisholm was up. Happen to like, hey, this is the bat that they're using. Him and Volpe are using.

00:36:24.42
William Hernandez
Guys, it's only two people using a fucking bat on the Yankees right now. At least the last time I checked. And guess who else uses the bat?

00:36:29.27
LJ
I think Austin Wells, too.

00:36:30.33
William Hernandez
Go ahead. Austin Wells. Okay. Guess who else uses it?

00:36:33.24
LJ
I think. I'm not 100% sure.

00:36:33.80
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:36:34.69
LJ
Mm-hmm.

00:36:34.87
William Hernandez
Guess who else uses a torpedo bat? Francisco Lindor. And look how he's playing or hitting right now. So again, don't think the fucking bat design fucking matters. It's the fucking person who yields the tool.

00:36:49.80
LJ
And you know you know what's the perfect example of that?

00:36:52.38
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:36:53.05
LJ
They haven't done anything against the Diamondbacks these last two games.

00:36:55.22
William Hernandez
Right. That was the thing.

00:36:58.92
LJ
it

00:36:59.73
William Hernandez
Go ahead. Go ahead.

00:37:00.58
LJ
it's real quick this good this is this is this this is why this this relates i guess it does relate a little bit this goes to my point always with the people that were on steroids

00:37:01.09
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sure.

00:37:07.60
William Hernandez
Sure.

00:37:13.63
William Hernandez
yeah Interesting. Okay.

00:37:15.53
LJ
i could shoot my if i'm a great am i'm a good base if i i could shoot myself up become big and muscular and whatever if i can't hit a fucking baseball what the fuck does it matter

00:37:21.36
William Hernandez
Right.

00:37:23.86
William Hernandez
Yes. Yes. yeah Right.

00:37:26.06
LJ
That's to the point of this. I saw some of Volpe's at bats yesterday against the Diamondbacks. He looked terrible. You know why? Because that guy, Zach Gallin, was putting the ball where the barrel is not.

00:37:37.36
William Hernandez
Shocker.

00:37:39.96
William Hernandez
Ha ha ha. Ha ha.

00:37:44.32
LJ
I mean, come on, people, man. You can't be like this.

00:37:51.77
LJ
Back to you. Go ahead. Keep finished what you were saying.

00:37:52.56
William Hernandez
yeah but so but No, but part of the – you're speaking my language because I think part of the problem is everybody's so fucking quick to come up with a fucking opinion about this whole situation that you don't let things like – you got to see how things play out.

00:38:09.55
William Hernandez
And we saw that. We're seeing that right now with the first two games of this Diamondbacks series. And the Yankees are fucking striking out left and right, but nobody's really talking about that.

00:38:21.76
William Hernandez
We're still talking about fucking torpedo bats.

00:38:25.83
William Hernandez
You still got to make contact. What if they struck out on on, what's today, Thursday? They struck out Wednesday, i think like 14 or 15 times against ah Corbin and whoever else pitched on ah on Wednesday.

00:38:37.49
LJ
Burns and a Zach Gallin. the guy with the He wears the the the goggles or whatever.

00:38:39.14
William Hernandez
Yeah, right, right, right. Yeah. And then i see I see Yankee fans complaining today. Oh, their hitting approach needs to be better. Yeah, no fucking shit.

00:38:48.39
LJ
Oh, now hitting a pro shoe. That's what it is. That's more to what it is than what it than ah than ah and ah than a freaking bat.

00:38:51.70
William Hernandez
Right, yes.

00:38:54.38
William Hernandez
Yeah, that's that's exactly what it is. And I'll say this about the whole, all the stuff being reported on the media and the misleading headlines. Listen, as as a former media person, it drives me nuts that you had headlines saying the Yankees are using torpedo bats.

00:39:12.10
William Hernandez
It's two to three fucking guys that are using it.

00:39:15.02
LJ
Other people are using on other teams as well.

00:39:16.94
William Hernandez
Right. No, no, no.

00:39:17.49
LJ
it's not it's not it's not ah It's not a lot of...

00:39:17.50
William Hernandez
I know that. Yeah.

00:39:19.41
LJ
Well, you mentioned one of them, Lindor. There was a guy, I don't know, some other teams or whatever, but that's the media for you.

00:39:22.27
William Hernandez
There are some other teams. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:39:25.67
LJ
So if you don't pay attention, then you don't pay attention. What do you want me to tell you?

00:39:29.54
William Hernandez
Right. that's Yeah, that's the thing. and And they asked Judge about it on Saturday, I think it was, or Sunday. And he's like, he doesn't need to. Dude, this guy's a fucking MVP candidate.

00:39:38.67
LJ
He doesn't use a torpedo band. He was crushing the ball.

00:39:41.36
William Hernandez
Exactly.

00:39:41.42
LJ
let mean Let me also say another part of this too as well.

00:39:43.49
William Hernandez
Sure. Yes, please.

00:39:45.49
LJ
The Milwaukee Brewers, they suck. I watched a lot of that Yankees, but the what was it, a three-game series against the Brewers.

00:39:48.36
William Hernandez
Oh, they're terrible.

00:39:53.14
William Hernandez
Yeah, three-game series.

00:39:55.53
LJ
As my grandfather used to say, they were throwing up their meatballs.

00:39:59.30
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:40:01.08
LJ
You could have had a wiffle ball bat and hit the ball over the fence.

00:40:03.02
William Hernandez
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

00:40:06.79
LJ
Bro, Cervelli, Peralta, who's the other?

00:40:10.58
William Hernandez
Cortez.

00:40:11.81
LJ
Cortez. Cortez.

00:40:12.66
William Hernandez
Oh, God. Ha, ha, ha.

00:40:13.94
LJ
It didn't. you could have hit but You could have hit the ball. You could have played. ah what well um You could have hit the ball with your hand and would have went over the fence.

00:40:19.38
William Hernandez
Yeah. And ball. Yeah. Stoop ball. Right.

00:40:22.69
LJ
Come on, man. Like, that pitching wasn't good.

00:40:27.23
William Hernandez
And to to make matters even worse, I think like six or seven of their pitching guys are on the fucking IL right now. So you've got guys pitching right now that should have been probably be in the majors.

00:40:38.25
LJ
Did you even pitch? Yeah.

00:40:39.41
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:40:40.32
LJ
And like I was talking to a Yankee ah ah fan that I know.

00:40:47.49
LJ
The only way I would give any, you know,

00:40:52.15
LJ
little bit of argument to that side if I wanted to, if you would just, let's say everybody in Yankees lineup had a torpedo bat.

00:40:58.54
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:40:59.34
LJ
The ball was like five feet outside. They were flailing at it and the ball went over the fence.

00:41:06.26
LJ
I might listen to you a little bit.

00:41:07.17
William Hernandez
Yes. Right. I see what you're saying. Right.

00:41:09.48
LJ
I may listen to you a little bit, but that's not what's happening here.

00:41:10.97
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. It's not.

00:41:14.58
LJ
This making national news is like the Mount Rushmore of stupidity. Oh yeah, that was, yeah.

00:41:21.70
William Hernandez
Dude, I think it was after the NCAA games on Sunday. know how they have the CBS Evening News, right?

00:41:28.15
LJ
and

00:41:29.17
William Hernandez
And...

00:41:29.33
LJ
oh yeah that was ah yeah

00:41:30.50
William Hernandez
Yeah! That was one of the segments! What the fuck are we doing here? Are you fucking serious? I couldn't believe it, bro. Like, come on, man.

00:41:40.06
LJ
e come on, man. Like, what are we doing here?

00:41:43.55
William Hernandez
and And listen, because I was thinking about this today, and you played softball, obviously. um

00:41:50.46
LJ
Yeah, until I broke my face.

00:41:51.73
William Hernandez
Right. So you know how, and somebody, I'll give credit to Dallas Braden, by the way, because he has a podcast called Baseball is Dead with two other guys. And he made the perfect comparison.

00:42:04.73
William Hernandez
And he's I started thinking about it. You know how they came out like a few, i don't know if you remember this or not, but they came out with, saw a lukel Luke will know this. They came out with softball bats that were like heavy loaded towards that towards the barrel, like towards the end of the bat, right?

00:42:21.26
William Hernandez
Guys, can I tell you something? I've used those bats, and I did not smash fucking home runs because I don't have that s swing. I have a baseball swing for slow pitch softball. You're not supposed to do that technically, but I don't know any other way to hit the ball.

00:42:35.73
William Hernandez
So when you're using a so ah baseball swing for softball, you're not going to hit the ball as far as somebody who's using an uppercut softball swing with that bat. The same thing applies here.

00:42:49.06
William Hernandez
The guys still have to make fucking contact with these torpedo bats. And if they're not, guess what? How many strikeouts, like I said, yesterday or two days ago? 14, 15 strikeouts.

00:43:00.16
William Hernandez
So, guys, it comes down to the fucking people who are using the tool and not the tool itself. Yes, does it help? Absolutely. But it's not the be-all, end-all here.

00:43:13.71
LJ
I just can't believe that... I can't get it out of my head. That wast ah that was a segment on ABC. With all the bullshit that's going on in this world. That's what it is. As you're talking, i'm trying to I'm trying to process that in my brain.

00:43:25.75
LJ
I'm

00:43:26.46
William Hernandez
I couldn't believe it. They made it seem like all serious and shit.

00:43:30.83
LJ
looking over here like I'm looking in the sky. And I'm just like... I'm trying to process this in my head. I'm like... This was what it is. Because I didn't see this until you just mentioned this.

00:43:41.14
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:43:41.37
LJ
Because I... once Once it was mentioned in the broadcast, and then you see everybody with their social media clips, and then it just kept on. You know me.

00:43:51.50
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:43:51.53
LJ
Mentally, I check out. I can't.

00:43:52.67
William Hernandez
You checked out.

00:43:52.73
LJ
i can't When something's stupid to me, I can't.

00:43:53.36
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:43:55.16
LJ
it's just It's like ah everybody's trying to be funny with their different gifs that they're creating.

00:44:00.37
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:44:01.13
LJ
You're like bad comedians.

00:44:04.55
LJ
You're using the same material, and it sucks. Stop trying to be a comedian. It's terrible. And that's all you kept on seeing, repetitive stuff, because we sent it to each other.

00:44:13.44
William Hernandez
Yeah, we did.

00:44:14.07
LJ
This bat, this the the red, remember the red the red plastic bat when you're growing up?

00:44:14.21
William Hernandez
We did. Yeah. Yeah.

00:44:18.40
LJ
That like your first bat set you got as a kid with that that hard-ass plastic ball.

00:44:19.18
William Hernandez
yeah

00:44:22.63
William Hernandez
Yes, yes.

00:44:22.81
LJ
Like, this is dumb. And was just like, oh, mentally, my ADD kicks in. I'm like, what um I can't do this anymore. What are we doing here This is stupid. And then now you're saying this with NBC ah Nightly News? Come on, guys. You have you have you have nothing else to talk about?

00:44:38.69
LJ
Trust me, you do. We're not going to get into that today, though.

00:44:44.71
William Hernandez
Wait, we don't want to talk about tariffs?

00:44:45.89
LJ
No, no, no, no, no.

00:44:46.20
William Hernandez
What?

00:44:50.35
William Hernandez
Holy shit. This is so... You just have to wait until things play out, man. Because, again, like ah like we said, look what happened the past two games with ah with the Diamondbacks.

00:45:00.88
William Hernandez
Enough said. My goodness. ah All right. Just a couple of more nuggets from ah this opening week. The fucking Dodgers, bro.

00:45:13.80
William Hernandez
They're 8-0. But the Padres are seven or no I don't know if you saw last night.

00:45:16.83
LJ
hu

00:45:18.65
William Hernandez
Otani hit the three-run homer to beat the Braves, who are now 0-7 to start the season. And shout out to Danny, because he texted us this morning. No team that has started the season 0-7 has made the playoffs.

00:45:33.53
William Hernandez
To be fair, was going to say, hold on.

00:45:33.95
LJ
I just,

00:45:36.81
William Hernandez
To be fair, expanded playoffs now, it's more of a chance to happen, I think.

00:45:37.06
LJ
yeah. Mm-hmm.

00:45:41.20
William Hernandez
But go ahead, continue.

00:45:41.24
LJ
That's true, too.

00:45:42.31
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:45:42.42
LJ
I don't know. it Granted, it is a fact because obviously you saw this somewhere and it's a fact.

00:45:45.70
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:45:47.35
LJ
How many how many times it was done, how many times it wasn't done, according to this stat.

00:45:47.81
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:45:50.51
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:45:52.31
LJ
In my mind, tell me if this makes sense to you.

00:45:55.03
William Hernandez
Sure.

00:45:55.55
LJ
know if that's really a. Yes. Like I said, it's a proven fact.

00:45:59.23
William Hernandez
I see what you're saying.

00:46:00.12
LJ
I'm not trying to battle the fact because it's a fact.

00:46:00.32
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yes, it is a fact.

00:46:03.78
LJ
But how how is like.

00:46:03.79
William Hernandez
so Don't be...

00:46:05.64
LJ
like Like we always say, that's not really a thing.

00:46:08.21
William Hernandez
Yeah, right, right, right, right.

00:46:08.51
LJ
Because there's 162 games in a baseball season.

00:46:10.95
William Hernandez
Yes. Right. I see what you're saying.

00:46:13.65
LJ
If this was football or something like that and someone made the playoffs, that's a thing to me.

00:46:14.09
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:46:19.24
LJ
Oh, in seven, you made the playoffs?

00:46:19.33
William Hernandez
yeah

00:46:21.47
LJ
Because there's only 17 games.

00:46:21.75
William Hernandez
Yeah. Right. I see what you're saying.

00:46:24.09
LJ
It's different.

00:46:24.35
William Hernandez
and

00:46:25.37
LJ
There's so many games for it to say, like, they didn't make, I don't know, it's weird to me.

00:46:29.06
William Hernandez
i get it. No, no, no. I get exactly what you're saying. I was going to say, I was going to make a Trump joke about facts and I was like, I'm not going to go back. Anyway.

00:46:37.82
LJ
But let's see what happens. is there there' Is there something to – is there a record start? Like the Dodgers are 8-0, Padre is 7-0. Is there a number to where somebody was something in O to where they didn't make the playoffs?

00:46:50.24
William Hernandez
That's a great

00:46:50.28
LJ
Or that they always did make the playoffs?

00:46:52.02
William Hernandez
Fucking question. Yeah, I don't know. I haven't looked that up yet. um um

00:46:55.30
LJ
I think that's it i think that's the better question.

00:46:57.64
William Hernandez
um so let me

00:46:57.86
LJ
Or that's the better fact to find out.

00:46:59.64
William Hernandez
let's ah Let's go to chat GPT. Hold on. And see if we can do this quick. ah

00:47:08.14
William Hernandez
what was What was the last...

00:47:13.06
William Hernandez
Oh, shit. How many... oh okay. Okay. ah How many games has an MLB team won to start the season before they lost a game?

00:47:37.84
William Hernandez
Interesting. Okay. So the the Tampa Bay... Okay, Tampa Bay...

00:47:43.39
LJ
I kind of remember that.

00:47:44.51
William Hernandez
Yeah, 2023, they started 13-0, and they finished 99-63, securing a wildcard berth, but they were swept in the wildcard series.

00:47:48.45
LJ
I remember that.

00:47:51.17
LJ
They didn make the them did make the playoffs.

00:47:56.93
William Hernandez
Okay. Now, 1987, Brewers, thirteen and no They experienced a 12-game losing streak later in the season and concluded with the 91-71 record missing the playoffs.

00:48:13.55
William Hernandez
There you go. So 1987 was the last time it happened.

00:48:15.80
LJ
that so that sounds that sounds a little That sounds a little better to me.

00:48:17.60
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:48:20.44
LJ
It's kind of the same thing a little bit.

00:48:20.66
William Hernandez
and

00:48:21.88
LJ
They just played half of the more. like They played 13. They played eight. So a little bit more than half. But that's why I say is this sometimes these factual things, and not that not that they're not facts because obviously they are.

00:48:27.62
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:48:34.43
LJ
its just like It's not really a thing to me.

00:48:34.71
William Hernandez
Yeah, no, no, I get it. I get what you're saying. I get what you're saying. Yeah, yeah. Because, again, they got how many more games? 150-something more games to go. And it's a National League.

00:48:43.57
LJ
Because it's just like you could be, for example, how the Mets were.

00:48:44.59
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:48:47.96
LJ
Who thought they were going to make the playoffs last year?

00:48:49.50
William Hernandez
Right. 0-5. Right. Yeah. Yeah.

00:48:51.26
LJ
There's so many games, they went on this incredible streak, and they wound up making the playoffs. So that's kind of the same thing. But it just happened later on in the year.

00:48:58.99
William Hernandez
Yeah. i think I think Danny, and me too, were putting so much emphasis on it because it's it's within the division, and it's with a team.

00:49:05.77
LJ
ni yeah that's that that's that i Yeah, I get that, too.

00:49:07.61
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:49:09.84
LJ
i get that

00:49:11.24
William Hernandez
Okay. One more thing here. Rafael Devers. Jesus Christ, bro. He finally got a hit last night. i know they're playing now. I think they already they already the game's already over.

00:49:22.62
William Hernandez
um

00:49:23.77
LJ
Yeah, they started at 1. They were playing the Orioles. I forgot about that cause i wanted to watch it.

00:49:26.44
William Hernandez
And um I'm curious to get your take on it because this is something that Eric and I were going back and forth about yesterday because we were talking about this whole thing with him. Starts the season over 21, strikes out 15 times in the first five games of the MLB record.

00:49:43.27
William Hernandez
now Now, if you're not aware of the controversy with Devers, he's a DH right now. But because the Red Sox signed Bregman, Bregman is playing third base.

00:49:56.02
William Hernandez
They moved Devers to the DH. They were talking about putting Devers at second base, but the Red Sox have a hot prospect that's playing second base. We saw in the spring training, Devers say, I'm a third baseman. I'm on a DH.

00:50:13.19
William Hernandez
And apparently, I was reading this past week, this goes back to what Devers was told, I think when he first signed with the Red Sox, that he was always going to be their third baseman.

00:50:25.27
William Hernandez
Shit changes, obviously. He becomes a DH. Or for 21 to start the year. Had a double, I think, last night was his first hit. So the the question that was coming up with some folks, was he doing this on purpose?

00:50:40.60
LJ
Yeah, I've heard that.

00:50:42.83
William Hernandez
I have a hard time believing that.

00:50:45.21
LJ
I also think... Hold on real quick. I also think they today the Red Sox gave that kid an extension too.

00:50:46.51
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah. What did he do today? Oh, really? What's his name?

00:50:52.83
LJ
I think this is him. Christian Campbell?

00:50:56.12
William Hernandez
Okay.

00:50:57.04
LJ
I think that's the guy you're talking about.

00:50:57.13
William Hernandez
Interesting.

00:50:59.82
William Hernandez
I'll look it up. Go ahead. what do What are your thoughts on...

00:51:03.25
LJ
I've heard that before. Eh. I don't think... Here's why here's why I think... eat him ah That many strikeouts and that little at-bats is mind-blowing to me.

00:51:15.75
LJ
That is crazy. But I can see where he's struggling. Whether he's getting hits or striking out, you're still struggling. It doesn't matter.

00:51:22.45
William Hernandez
it is him, by the way. Yeah. Kirsten Campbell.

00:51:24.23
LJ
Christian Campbell, right?

00:51:24.73
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:51:25.07
LJ
They just gave him an extension today.

00:51:26.48
William Hernandez
Yeah, that's pretty good.

00:51:26.57
LJ
Eight years.

00:51:27.59
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:51:27.63
LJ
I feel like 60 million.

00:51:28.51
William Hernandez
60 million.

00:51:28.94
LJ
Yeah.

00:51:29.42
William Hernandez
Yep.

00:51:30.01
LJ
It's a bargain. They do what the Braves are doing.

00:51:31.39
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yep. but is why yeah what's now Okay, I'm to shut up.

00:51:34.54
LJ
No, no, no.

00:51:37.35
William Hernandez
Go ahead.

00:51:38.30
LJ
Um... um There could be me growing up playing baseball, you the same, whoever else listening. There's a thing to this guy's used to play in the field.

00:51:49.57
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:51:51.24
LJ
Yes, like there's plenty of innings. We already know that there's no action happening in the field. We know that. But there's there's something to being on the field.

00:51:56.79
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:51:59.37
William Hernandez
Right. Yes, I agree.

00:52:00.30
LJ
And not just coming off the bench and hitting.

00:52:05.09
LJ
That could be part of it. Do I think he's doing this on purpose to show them, listen, eh, because you're not making a, you're making a bad precedent for yourself just in case they did want to trade you.

00:52:06.77
William Hernandez
I think it is.

00:52:11.74
William Hernandez
i don't think Right.

00:52:17.16
William Hernandez
Right.

00:52:18.28
LJ
And other teams like you gave him all that money. We're not taking over that contract. Look what he's, it would be, it would be better for him to hit the ball if he wanted out.

00:52:26.64
William Hernandez
Yes. Right. Right.

00:52:29.16
LJ
Because he's going to have a better opportunity if he just took went upstairs to the front office and said, listen, guys, this is not working.

00:52:29.34
William Hernandez
I agree.

00:52:34.43
LJ
I want out. Because if he's hitting, they know, all right, they may push back a little bit, but they know they're going to be able to get something for him.

00:52:44.62
LJ
That's how I don't think he's doing it on a purpose.

00:52:46.44
William Hernandez
No, i don't think so either. And I i i did watch two us at bats today before we started recording. Because I want to see myself. He was working on the count.

00:52:57.95
William Hernandez
And I feel like if you're doing this on purpose, you're not going to be working to count like he was today. You know what I mean? So it's just like, I understand the optics of it look really bad to think, oh, this guy's having this problem with, he wants to be on the field, blah, blah. blah But I think you're right.

00:53:14.04
William Hernandez
And shout out to people like fucking Edgar Martinez, who made that shit look easy, was a basically a career DH and he fucking smashed almost almost all the time. It's hard. Yeah.

00:53:24.03
LJ
Everybody's trying to say, look, he's doing this on purpose.

00:53:24.36
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:53:27.86
LJ
Meanwhile, Otani's getting bashed last year.

00:53:29.86
William Hernandez
but Yeah, right.

00:53:30.30
LJ
He's not the MVP because he just comes off the bench and does that. It's not as easy as you people think it is.

00:53:35.41
William Hernandez
Yeah. i Yeah, that's...

00:53:36.49
LJ
Coming off the bench cold, not playing the field and just hitting the ball. So I guess touche.

00:53:43.21
William Hernandez
Touche, bitches. Oh, my God. Okay. One more last thing about the Red Sox. They fucking signed Crochet to an extension. and he already had eight strikeouts last night.

00:53:54.12
LJ
he

00:53:54.57
William Hernandez
Uh...

00:53:54.87
LJ
forget about eight strikeouts he shrugged he he pitched eight innings wow look at that and and his arm didn't fall off

00:53:59.86
William Hernandez
Yeah, I know.

00:54:06.36
William Hernandez
By the way, to that point, just for people who are not aware, because this stat came up, I forget what I was listening to watching. ah It's been 10 years.

00:54:17.90
William Hernandez
Think about this, a decade. It's been a decade since Major League Baseball pitchers have averaged six innings per start. That's fucking insane.

00:54:30.21
William Hernandez
And then you got Crochet pitching eight innings last night.

00:54:35.25
William Hernandez
And the Mets couldn't fucking trade for this guy.

00:54:37.88
LJ
You see what Nathan Evaldi did, I think, on Tuesday?

00:54:40.36
William Hernandez
He had a complete game. Shut up, right?

00:54:44.28
LJ
Oh! What do you know? Look at that. A complete game. All nine innings. Not all five innings. All nine innings. Get lost.

00:54:52.49
William Hernandez
Yeah, but Nathan DeVault is kind of old school, man. that guys That guy's been around the block for a while. So, no, I get it. It's just, I don't know. Anytime I see anything more crochet now, I get upset because it's like, and we think that we know why that the ah White Sox didn't want to trade to the Mets because they don't like, you know, this idiot doesn't like Cohen, whatever.

00:55:13.04
William Hernandez
It's, it's, it's, right.

00:55:13.37
LJ
Meanwhile, they were all in bed together. They probably woke up this morning and had and had fucking huevos together.

00:55:20.87
William Hernandez
Come on. Jesus Christ. All right. It's halftime here on the podcast. And Lee came up with this ah with this idea, this topic.

00:55:41.29
William Hernandez
i ah so I so want to know where this comes from. um But I was like, oh, shit, that's a good idea because I actually actually have a story to share from Eric from last week. But anyway, go ahead.

00:55:52.14
William Hernandez
We're talking about the lack of public etiquette. and I should say – let me rephrase that. The lack of etiquette in public spaces, whether it's the restaurant.

00:56:04.26
William Hernandez
You've heard us complain about the subway before. Eric has a gym story that I'm going to share. I've had my own gym stories. I'm sure you've had your own gym stories.

00:56:13.72
LJ
Oh my God. The gym that the gym.

00:56:16.14
William Hernandez
It's the worst.

00:56:18.06
LJ
Those are borderline like Christ. I don't even know what to say, man. It's like these guys are trying to make their own fucking.

00:56:22.74
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:56:24.87
LJ
I don't even know. I don't even want to say that. It's weird.

00:56:26.63
William Hernandez
Yeah. But, sir, go ahead. what a What event in your life? Oh, really?

00:56:33.04
LJ
There was no event that happened to me.

00:56:33.69
William Hernandez
Okay. Okay.

00:56:34.12
LJ
I heard, I heard this on, I heard this on the radio the other day and it just triggered me because what they were talking about and what they were mad about.

00:56:34.84
William Hernandez
ah really okay okay Yeah.

00:56:41.54
LJ
was exactly The first one we've definitely talked about. And the second one i definitely deal with. You not so much. Maybe ah very small.

00:56:49.44
William Hernandez
Okay.

00:56:50.86
LJ
But you'll understand what I'm saying.

00:56:52.52
William Hernandez
Yes, go ahead.

00:56:53.20
LJ
very small percentage. if you'll see what um You'll see what happens.

00:56:57.16
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:56:57.71
LJ
So the first one is. Let's say we go hang out, right? We all go hang out, whether it's me, Melissa, just me, you, Danny. We say, you know what? Let's go. Guys, we're going to go to this restaurant before we actually go to where we we're going to afterwards. Let's go let's go get something to eat.

00:57:11.77
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:57:12.94
LJ
So you get to a restaurant.

00:57:16.19
LJ
How many? Four. It's going to be about 45 minutes. You know how the the first the the original spiel between us was like we're putting our heads together like, damn, 45 minutes.

00:57:25.73
William Hernandez
yeah

00:57:26.08
LJ
Yeah, but you want to look somewhere else? F it. We'll wait the 45 minutes. Put our names down. So you're standing in the little lobby or the the vestibule or the restaurant, whatever you wherever you're standing.

00:57:37.51
LJ
And all of a sudden, your eyes start to scan the restaurant.

00:57:41.27
William Hernandez
Sure.

00:57:41.67
LJ
so do do do two do do do do do do do tu do do There's at least two tables, at least, what that share the same party that you share. Maybe a little bit more, but you know you could at least get your the four people, five, whatever you're with, could get to this table, whatever you need.

00:57:58.17
William Hernandez
sure

00:58:00.43
LJ
And everybody's just having a good old time. You paid the bill. You're not eating anymore. You're not drinking anymore. But I got to wait 45 minutes because you just want to fucking sit there and no one wants to tell you anything.

00:58:16.44
LJ
Guys, it's time to get up. Oh, you know, Bob, you know, the stock went down the other day. And I was so stressed. And then Trump came on and he said he's going to do this, that, and the thing. Yo, get the fuck up.

00:58:31.56
LJ
It's my turn to eat and drink. And I feel if you own a restaurant, you should be able to tell these people in the most night the nicest way, listen guys, we got a long wait.

00:58:43.75
LJ
You close your tab.

00:58:45.61
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:58:45.84
LJ
If you're continuing to drink and eat, my beef ain't with you. my this is to the people that paid their bill already ha in have eaten have drank and now they just want to so now they just want to sit there the world doesn't arrive or revolve around you fucks get up and get out you want to go to a bar continue with doing whatever you're doing do it at your house other people want to eat and pay money to this establishment bro that shit drives me insane

00:58:55.09
William Hernandez
Oh, I, okay. yeah Yes. Just, yeah. Yeah. I've seen that. Yeah. Yeah.

00:59:20.39
LJ
insane the second one

00:59:27.32
LJ
is when i if i'm parked on the if i'm parked at a meter and let's say this morning i was parked at a meter so i have to get up what we have here in new york is alternate side parking which is very stupid it's just a way to get more money out of us you know barely middle class people as they cause middle class people which we're really not

00:59:41.64
William Hernandez
What else is new?

00:59:46.15
LJ
So you have to get up, you have to move your car to the right side of the street for the street so the street sweeper can clean.

00:59:55.96
LJ
Why do people get in their car, they start their car, and now we're just sitting in there half an hour?

01:00:01.13
William Hernandez
Ah, God, that would drive me insane.

01:00:05.01
LJ
Bro, the other day, I circled the block. This guy, I swear to you, I left my i left the apartment 7 o'clock. I found the spot. I got back home 715.

01:00:17.70
LJ
I usually come in. This was last week, matter of fact. And then, you know, you know, my window in the living room, I open it up so that the sunlight in, especially if I'm working from home.

01:00:26.00
William Hernandez
yeah

01:00:27.47
LJ
That's where, you know, get some light, whatever, whatever. It's 720. This guy's still sitting in the parking spot. He finally left. that It was like 727. Let's say 730. He finally left.

01:00:39.45
LJ
Dude.

01:00:42.24
LJ
What were you doing in there?

01:00:44.33
William Hernandez
That's weird.

01:00:45.53
LJ
Self-pleasure? What was... Is that the right place for that? What the fuck are we doing?

01:00:52.25
William Hernandez
and Some people think it is.

01:00:57.96
LJ
bro What is happening? get in your car, start the car, and leave!

01:01:04.60
William Hernandez
It doesn't make any sense to me.

01:01:06.17
LJ
let's go people gotta park and people got places to be and you know me i'm not in a rush to get anywhere and i usually give myself enough time to do whatever i need to do majority of time if i'm telling you you're too slow you got a problem you got a big problem come on guys let's go come on bro get the hell out the parking spot let's go jesus christmas

01:01:13.01
William Hernandez
Right.

01:01:18.00
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yes.

01:01:26.25
William Hernandez
yes

01:01:34.52
LJ
My God. Dopes.

01:01:38.64
William Hernandez
So let me share the Eric situation. um I'm just going to read his text because it was funny. don't want to make sure there's not anything here derogatory.

01:01:47.84
LJ
Oh, boy.

01:01:49.23
William Hernandez
No, there's not. ah I was working out on the cable machine and these two skinny white kids, maybe 17 or 18 years old, start working out literally two feet from me.

01:02:01.13
William Hernandez
After every set, they stop and start posing in the mirror directly in front of me.

01:02:05.85
LJ
Oh, I've seen those people.

01:02:06.72
William Hernandez
Then they take off their shirts and start flexing. He's like, dude, you both weigh 95 pounds soaking wet with a brick in your pocket. What are you flexing?

01:02:19.80
William Hernandez
That's fucking annoying. And then you see.

01:02:22.14
LJ
I've seen people do like videos.

01:02:23.94
William Hernandez
Oh, I can't stand that shit.

01:02:25.86
LJ
I've seen this one dude.

01:02:25.88
William Hernandez
Talking.

01:02:27.05
LJ
He had like a three phone setup in the corner.

01:02:29.12
William Hernandez
No, stop it.

01:02:29.68
LJ
He was in, I swear to you, he had like three, a three phone setup on the, he put them on the floor.

01:02:30.36
William Hernandez
Stop.

01:02:34.28
LJ
And he spaced them out so that he could get, I guess, every angle of what he was trying to do. I was like, what is happening?

01:02:39.64
William Hernandez
but what What was he trying to do?

01:02:42.76
LJ
He was doing, in that corner, I'm trying to think, okay. So you've never seen that machine. I don't know if I'm describing it right. You lay your, like your forearms on and then you lift your legs. It's like for your core.

01:02:53.19
LJ
It's like ah like a ball is, so you're not leaning on anything hard.

01:02:53.80
William Hernandez
Yes, yes, yes, yes.

01:02:57.97
LJ
And you're kind of like this with your arms.

01:02:58.07
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:02:59.83
LJ
If you see what I'm doing.

01:03:00.22
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:03:01.73
LJ
He was doing that and then the machine next was like ah one of those ah pull down over your head joints.

01:03:05.88
William Hernandez
Okay. Yeah.

01:03:07.22
LJ
So he was filming himself do that. Those two things.

01:03:11.11
William Hernandez
I don't.

01:03:12.62
LJ
I don't know.

01:03:12.61
William Hernandez
Brother, if you were trying to do like a a personal bench press record, can maybe I'll give you a pass. But for that, come on, man. The worst thing is when people are like ah really like checking their phone in between sets and just sitting there and just like doing that shit.

01:03:29.51
LJ
Oh, God. that's like That's almost like the restaurant thing.

01:03:32.92
William Hernandez
Yeah, it is. It definitely is.

01:03:33.81
LJ
That's similar to the restaurant thing. Are you going to do your sets or you're not? Because if you're doing sets, I got no problem either waiting, and going somewhere else and coming back.

01:03:41.01
William Hernandez
Right, exactly.

01:03:41.11
LJ
But if you're just sitting there scrolling through Instagram and whatever else, come on, man. like You guys should be you guys should be like banned from the gym.

01:03:52.10
William Hernandez
Bro, there there are like so many things. Think about, obviously obviously you're in the city more than I am, but dealing with people stopping in the middle of street to take a fucking picture.

01:03:59.96
LJ
um this is another i be besides me listening to anything on the radio i miss i remember why i initially wanted to talk about this melissa came home one day furious because of the people that stop at the top of the stairs they're texting they're on the like you know sometimes i want to look at what you're doing because i want to know what's so fascinating that you stopped in the middle of the street so i'll take a little peek

01:04:01.45
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:04:17.64
William Hernandez
It's the worst.

01:04:27.69
LJ
You know what's scary me and weird and people like that have mental illness? They're not even texting. they're just They're scrolling through like TikTok and Instagram videos.

01:04:36.54
William Hernandez
it's crazy. I've seen it too. Yes.

01:04:38.90
LJ
You're not even talking to anybody.

01:04:39.00
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:04:40.65
LJ
You're just going through videos.

01:04:40.96
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah

01:04:41.88
LJ
What?

01:04:42.67
William Hernandez
It's insane to me. I don't, I don't understand it. I don't get it.

01:04:46.59
LJ
Call me old. Get off my lawn. But if something was to happen in that moment in time, you wouldn't have any idea what the fuck to do.

01:04:54.21
William Hernandez
Well, that's the thing. They're doing it while they're crossing the fucking street in Manhattan.

01:04:58.34
LJ
And you don't even know that they reached the street and they're in the street now.

01:05:00.99
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah, it's fucking scary.

01:05:02.45
LJ
they don't They can't tell the difference between the street and the sidewalk.

01:05:05.11
William Hernandez
it's That's scary shit.

01:05:05.60
LJ
Hey, guys, there's not one long sidewalk that starts at it starts in Harlem and ends at 34th Street. No. There's streets in between there.

01:05:15.98
LJ
You understand? God. One thing, I didn't want to bring this up, but this is why I don't... This has to do with the gym, too, and why don't mess with gym locker rooms.

01:05:22.09
William Hernandez
No, go ahead. Bring it. Yes. Bring it up. Oh, jeez. Oh, wow. I hope this... Go ahead.

01:05:29.51
LJ
I don't even go to the bathroom in the gym. I don't bathe in the gym. I'll find somewhere else to bathe. I'll go home. I'll use the bathroom somewhere else. But this idea is because God gave us the same thing.

01:05:40.08
LJ
We could just walk around and talk to each other.

01:05:41.52
William Hernandez
Oh, I hate that.

01:05:42.63
LJ
And you could cock your leg up on the bench and blow dry your nuts.

01:05:46.02
William Hernandez
Ha ha ha!

01:05:51.58
LJ
Like, I don't know where you guys were raised, but I'm not with that.

01:05:52.49
William Hernandez
Oh, God.

01:05:56.30
William Hernandez
Oh,

01:05:57.70
LJ
So if you want to continue to do that, cool. I'm just not stepping foot in that locker room. Another thing, too. You guys got to put some kind of footwear on.

01:06:07.86
William Hernandez
it's disgusting.

01:06:07.96
LJ
This ain't your crib, man. this is that's They walk around barefoot. ah

01:06:14.61
William Hernandez
Well, that's what I mean. the It's the public etiquette. It's the etiquette in the public place.

01:06:17.30
LJ
ah

01:06:19.25
William Hernandez
It's the same thing when people go through the security line at the airport barefoot. Especially if they're going going on vacation.

01:06:23.98
LJ
ah You knew you were coming to the airport.

01:06:26.82
William Hernandez
Ah, so disgusting.

01:06:28.43
LJ
Why would you wear sandals with no socks on?

01:06:28.44
William Hernandez
That floor is still dirty.

01:06:33.70
LJ
Why?

01:06:37.00
William Hernandez
Oh my god.

01:06:38.74
LJ
God.

01:06:38.85
William Hernandez
so bad.

01:06:39.72
LJ
Also, why are we shaving in the bat in the gym in the in the men's locker room?

01:06:42.34
William Hernandez
I can't stand that shit.

01:06:43.59
LJ
And then you don't clean the sink.

01:06:45.35
William Hernandez
It's disgusting.

01:06:45.61
LJ
This ain't your fucking house. There's just so, that's just the tip of the iceberg of some things that we see.

01:06:52.87
William Hernandez
It is, yeah.

01:06:54.28
LJ
Like I told you yesterday, right there, the other day I went to an MLB store, right there 6th Avenue.

01:06:54.29
William Hernandez
Yeah, it is.

01:06:59.22
LJ
Granted, he's homeless.

01:06:59.33
William Hernandez
Oh!

01:06:59.89
LJ
He probably got mental illness. He's taking a dump right there 6th Avenue.

01:07:06.31
LJ
I get to 42nd Street.

01:07:07.45
William Hernandez
Oh, God.

01:07:08.32
LJ
I'm walking through the tunnel to the S train. What's the guy doing behind the garbage can?

01:07:11.67
William Hernandez
Take it a piss.

01:07:12.74
LJ
Pleasuring himself.

01:07:13.64
William Hernandez
Oh, come on. No. Stop.

01:07:16.27
LJ
I'm telling you, man.

01:07:19.26
William Hernandez
I don't think...

01:07:19.32
LJ
These are the things that happen out... That's not even public etiquette. That's just like, what the fuck is going on here?

01:07:27.44
William Hernandez
I don't think people who don't live in New York City...

01:07:31.03
LJ
They have no idea.

01:07:31.46
William Hernandez
don't think you guys realize how bad shit has gotten here with this stuff. I remember...

01:07:36.92
LJ
To them, it's like they go to their local 7-Eleven and they see like some guy who like just really drunk sleeping by the dumpster. That's nothing.

01:07:44.22
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:07:46.56
William Hernandez
I would prefer that.

01:07:46.93
LJ
That's nothing. and Yes. That's, you know why? Because that guy's probably not homeless. He just had a good time. He's really drunk and he fucking probably just passed out there.

01:07:55.17
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'll never forget when I was working the Boston job and when we got acquired, I told you we had the office that was right there you're in Times Square.

01:08:07.45
William Hernandez
Awful.

01:08:09.90
William Hernandez
I think it was on 45.

01:08:14.08
William Hernandez
40th or 41st, there was a Starbucks... ah got I had to walk towards the Port Authority, go around the corner, it was on the other on the other side.

01:08:25.55
William Hernandez
It was on the other side of the New York Times building. That's where we were. And I'm walking towards the Port Authority, which, by the way, people who know, that area for like an eight-block radius is a fucking shit show.

01:08:38.49
William Hernandez
Like, awful, awful, awful. And there was this woman... Listen, again, i get it. People have problems. I understand that. But she's homeless. She's walking around barefoot.

01:08:50.79
William Hernandez
And she you know she's doing? She's standing and looking at the the mirror. Not even a mirror. The glass entrance of another building. And she's somehow turning her shirt inside out over and over again without taking the shirt off.

01:09:10.64
William Hernandez
And I'm watching this. I'm like, I'm fucking fascinated by this.

01:09:14.45
LJ
That describes me how I felt at my old job.

01:09:20.79
William Hernandez
Christ.

01:09:24.01
William Hernandez
Oh my God.

01:09:26.09
LJ
that's That's the bigger problem, though, of like this city and what we do to even try to help these people.

01:09:26.21
William Hernandez
Bro, it's...

01:09:31.73
William Hernandez
We know anything.

01:09:33.04
LJ
which I don't really want to get into that, but that's more to what you're saying now, because that that really is, it's just like, it goes to your point of like, you guys have no idea what we endure here, but it's good to the, it's to the officials that don't give a shit about anyone here.

01:09:36.55
William Hernandez
Right. No, it is.

01:09:42.89
William Hernandez
Yeah, nobody, yeah. Yeah.

01:09:47.37
William Hernandez
They don't, they don't, they don't.

01:09:49.35
LJ
Cause not for nothing, we've been to other bigger cities.

01:09:49.48
William Hernandez
Meanwhile, you've...

01:09:52.32
LJ
Yes. Maybe not as big as this city, but there are other biggest cities in this country.

01:09:57.92
LJ
And I've seen homelessness. I've seen this. But the level of like the mental illness, I don't see that.

01:10:04.16
William Hernandez
No, not, no. And what was the example? We went to Milwaukee. and I'm going a little political right now. Because a lot of people, you Republicans know who you are, that want to go out there and say, oh, look at these Democrat cities.

01:10:20.93
William Hernandez
they they They look like shit. They're people shitting in the streets. Drugs. This is thing. Guys, we went to Milwaukee. Milwaukee's got a Democrat mayor. I didn't see any of that.

01:10:32.01
LJ
No, I didn't see any of that.

01:10:32.39
William Hernandez
And we walked around a lot there.

01:10:33.89
LJ
i evenians I even saw this. Do you remember what... Because I pointed it out. Because UNC's, I don't think, saw it because I think we already passed it. I think we were in a I don't know where we were going. we're in and We were in an Uber.

01:10:44.73
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:10:45.33
LJ
I'm trying to remember what the sign said. but Remember when I pointed out? If you're... Something to the fact of if you're...

01:10:49.01
William Hernandez
Oh, yes, yes, yes.

01:10:51.63
LJ
Something with like... If you're struggling with... If you're homeless or... whatever or you have if you're struggling from something please don't loiter here please call this number or go to this address because you know they're thinking that people can't make the phone calls because they don't have a cell phone go here and we will help you i was like what the fuck i'm not even joking you do you remember do you remember that do you remember that when i when i saw when i saw that sign yes there you go and i was like

01:10:56.48
William Hernandez
Yes, I remember that.

01:11:02.39
William Hernandez
Yes, I saw it. Yes, you remember we sent it out.

01:11:08.84
William Hernandez
Yes, exactly.

01:11:11.95
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:11:17.16
William Hernandez
You're not seeing that here. Yeah. I remember that. Yes. i remember you pointing it out. Yeah. Because we were going to the casino. Yeah. Yeah.

01:11:25.73
LJ
what not what like in a bad way like and i get it where we were at the population that has a lot to do with it i understand that i get it i do get it so i'm not naive to that but it doesn't even seem like a little small portion or small portions being helped

01:11:35.22
William Hernandez
I get it. I understand. Yeah.

01:11:39.34
William Hernandez
and

01:11:43.64
William Hernandez
We didn't see. and Yeah. Yeah. Here. Yes. Yes. Yes. yes I agree. I agree.

01:11:48.64
LJ
oh boy we went from public etiquette to trying to fucking run for mayor

01:11:52.64
William Hernandez
By the way, before we, before, I just want to if you want to listen closely,

01:12:00.41
LJ
That was his.

01:12:00.49
William Hernandez
shout out to Neon Bear Hug, Goose Island Baby, Chicago, represent. That was my what? What were you going to say?

01:12:07.93
LJ
ah thought that was your torpedo bat.

01:12:11.39
William Hernandez
come on. What were you drinking at? Fucking late afternoon.

01:12:15.93
LJ
I hope you're not drinking your own torpedo bat. That's disgusting and weird.

01:12:17.91
William Hernandez
if

01:12:19.56
LJ
That's for something else that you should not do on this camera.

01:12:22.04
William Hernandez
ah don't have the flexibility to do that, brother. I'm taking that right now.

01:12:25.20
LJ
That's called that's called that's called OnlyFans, brother. You probably make a lot of money.

01:12:34.23
William Hernandez
Holy shit. Okay. So side

01:12:41.95
William Hernandez
this... I feel like this story's been festering because it's you know we had to delay of recording this week. So Russell Wilson, Jesus Christ, God help. God help... God help me this year, the NFL season.

01:12:54.68
William Hernandez
So, bro, the memes from this have been fucking, they've been funny. I gotta admit it. So, by now, everybody knows that the Giants signed Russell Wilson to a one-year deal.

01:13:09.53
William Hernandez
It's worth $10.5 million.

01:13:10.60
LJ
Thank you.

01:13:11.09
William Hernandez
dollars It has an $8 million dollars signing blow in that bonus. $2 million is fully guaranteed. ah There's workout bonus.

01:13:22.23
William Hernandez
There are also a ton of incentives here, and I didn't list them all out. I saw the list. It was ridiculous. But apparently the contract can get as high as $20 million when all is said and done.

01:13:34.26
William Hernandez
For those who were paying attention this past week, James Winston, I think it was earlier this week, right? He was signing his contract on Instagram, and they were doing a bunch of fucking social media stuff with him and everything. and Let me tell you why I feel right now.

01:13:50.09
William Hernandez
And you tell me if I'm Maybe i'm um I'm copping out here in a way.

01:13:57.31
William Hernandez
I don't know if I can accurately judge this whole situation until the draft. Because I don't know what

01:14:03.99
LJ
That's fair.

01:14:09.57
William Hernandez
exactly the Giants are doing. And somebody actually made a good point. And I i stole this from one of the podcasts I listened to. if Let's just say if the Giants draft a quarterback, whether it's Cam Ward, Sanders, or you know if they actually have some balls and shot and draft Dart, you can easily cut ah Winston, and I think you're only out like $2 million.

01:14:34.19
William Hernandez
So basically...

01:14:34.29
LJ
There's not a lot of money between both of them so

01:14:36.02
William Hernandez
Yeah, exactly. So basically, Winston, in a way, was like the insurance policy, because I think they signed Winston with the thought that, okay, if Russell Wilson or Aaron Rodgers don't come here, i at the very least, you've got Jameis Winston and we know our drafted um draft quarterback.

01:14:55.35
LJ
them. think that's why they did sign Wilson.

01:14:56.49
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:14:58.85
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:14:58.87
LJ
Because it was witnessed here on the Jets' side. they didn't want dump They didn't want to bring in a quarterback, Winston, because he signed first.

01:15:10.75
LJ
He winds up getting hurt, and then you got to go to DeVito.

01:15:13.68
William Hernandez
Right. Yes.

01:15:14.85
LJ
So now you got Wilson.

01:15:15.21
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:15:15.93
LJ
He's going to start probably.

01:15:17.67
William Hernandez
Yep.

01:15:18.71
LJ
If he gets hurt, at least you got Winston.

01:15:21.09
William Hernandez
Right. Right.

01:15:22.27
LJ
you didn't have to go right away to either DeVito or this rookie quarterback if that's what you decide to draft.

01:15:25.47
William Hernandez
Right.

01:15:26.23
LJ
So there's still, between both of them, there's still going to be time for this rookie to learn if that's what they decide to do.

01:15:26.41
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:15:29.85
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:15:33.67
William Hernandez
this' There's flexibility there, I think. And I...

01:15:37.14
LJ
That's the only positive I see besides that. I don't really know what they're doing. Especially, like you said, that's why you have to wait.

01:15:39.89
William Hernandez
I...

01:15:41.81
LJ
Especially if they don't draft a quarterback. Which, that can't be possible.

01:15:45.06
William Hernandez
well Well, to be fair, what happens if there's not one available? What happens if Ward and Sanders go one and two? Then you gotta just draft the best player. So you take trouble.

01:15:54.31
LJ
No, they're going to...

01:15:55.85
William Hernandez
Go

01:15:56.82
LJ
I don't...

01:15:59.79
LJ
I don't know why I think this.

01:15:59.87
William Hernandez
ahead.

01:16:00.63
LJ
I don't think they're going draft a quarterback with theirre pick with their number three pick. They're going wait. And the problem with waiting...

01:16:06.85
William Hernandez
For who?

01:16:09.16
LJ
the problem The problem, okay, you like I said, i don't think Dart's going anywhere where they think they're going he's going.

01:16:12.28
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:16:15.05
LJ
That's over with.

01:16:15.28
William Hernandez
Yes. He's not making the second round now. Yeah.

01:16:18.10
LJ
You got the kid from, want to say Syracuse. They're talking about still Milrow. I don't like his game, but whatever.

01:16:24.01
William Hernandez
I've been seeing a Louisville quarterback too has been getting a lot of play.

01:16:26.72
LJ
um They mentioned the guy from Ohio State, which, meh, I don't know. and and I wasn't too thrilled with him.

01:16:31.23
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:16:34.49
LJ
Here's a problem when you wait and wait and wait.

01:16:39.90
LJ
When you wait and wait and wait, you you let you gonna you you you're you' letting the other teams dictate who you pick at quarterback.

01:16:47.79
William Hernandez
Right, exactly.

01:16:49.70
LJ
Which is why I say this whole process is stupid because no one has their own train of thought. Everyone has the same thoughts about the same people. So that's what they're basing it off of.

01:17:00.79
LJ
Oh, we're looking at the board.

01:17:00.94
William Hernandez
yes, right.

01:17:02.77
LJ
Everybody has this kid, Milrow. He'll be there in the fourth round because everyone thinks he's a fourth round pick.

01:17:09.21
William Hernandez
yes right

01:17:09.91
LJ
No, if you think that he's the guy and you could get somebody of value at three and then pick him with your next pick in two, why wait for the fourth round and take that chance based on what people's opinion of him is?

01:17:23.41
LJ
That doesn't make sense to me. Just pick him.

01:17:27.04
LJ
Just pick him if that's your guy. And that could be your future quarterback that you want.

01:17:28.85
William Hernandez
Yeah,

01:17:31.76
LJ
I don't know why they... Because to me, that's how it is. They listen to the outside noise, the Kuypers, the McShays, all these people. And if everybody has the same opinion, that's how they dictate who they want. I don't think people have their own opinions. It doesn't make sense to me.

01:17:46.02
LJ
and Like I've always said that I'm sticking to that. It doesn't make sense to me.

01:17:51.95
William Hernandez
yeah I'm going to be curious just to see how...

01:17:56.32
William Hernandez
things play out because what would they say that Browns don't anticipate like trading up to number one? Cause there are number two right now. Um, by the way, she, you should be patting yourself on the back about the Browns situation because Lee J said it here first.

01:18:14.37
William Hernandez
He went on and on and on about saying how this whole thing with James Winston was not going to work out this past season. And then what happens this week or last week, whatever whatever the owner's meeting.

01:18:24.29
LJ
James Winston.

01:18:25.38
William Hernandez
um i I'm sorry. ah Deshaun Watson.

01:18:28.14
LJ
That's racist.

01:18:30.92
LJ
That's mad racist, sir.

01:18:30.98
William Hernandez
Sir, listen, these things have 7% alcohol, okay? And so the owners of the Browns came out and said, well, we fucked up.

01:18:35.33
LJ
That's mad racist.

01:18:44.09
William Hernandez
You think?

01:18:45.87
LJ
You should have called me.

01:18:49.97
LJ
no i didn't hear that i i'm not like listen you guys may be i like to talk shit growing up that's what i did as i get older i try not to do it anymore i'm not i'm not really comfortable to with pat myself on the back i'm really not it's i'm it's an uncomfortable thing for me people don't really think that but but no one else said that they are oh this is great for them i knew from the beginning before he even played the game it was a terrible pickup you spent too much money

01:18:57.05
William Hernandez
Yeah, that is what he did. Okay. Yeah, sure. well I'll pat you on the back.

01:19:08.12
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah

01:19:18.94
LJ
And this was going to happen. Guys, I can't see into the future. If I did, I wouldn't be sitting here with him. And I'd be making a lot of money for both of us.

01:19:25.07
William Hernandez
Damn.

01:19:27.93
LJ
And everybody that's in my circle.

01:19:31.22
LJ
come It's just, it's just, it's there. No one wants to watch. Everybody wants to continue to look at the stupid numbers. No one cares about the numbers.

01:19:42.71
LJ
And here we are. Now you're regretting a decision. You could have just called me. And I don't even need that salary.

01:19:48.09
William Hernandez
Well, yeah. I mean, i don't know. i just I'm seeing somebody – there are so many goddamn different takes about who's drafting who that it's just like you can't – you can't even drive yourself crazy.

01:19:58.53
LJ
I can't look at that. We we we should, we should we should based based off whoever we see that people are talking about, at least, if not get not try to guess the first round between us as we watch, maybe go to like 15 picks or something like that. I'll let you decide that.

01:20:19.58
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:20:19.72
LJ
And then we can figure that out

01:20:21.60
William Hernandez
but By the way, guys, we're trying to ah but trying to do a live stream during the draft, at least du the first day, right? um have to test it out, though.

01:20:34.29
William Hernandez
The funny thing is that YouTube, i had to like get permission to do to go live. so i had to That was the first step. I've got that now. We have to figure out a way to get There's software you can use that, like, LeeJ can be in a different location, and then we'll, you know, we'll watch the draft together, and people can come and hang out.

01:20:50.02
William Hernandez
By the way, there's one, um I can't believe this. You're going to fucking lose your shit. There's one mock draft that I was just looking up that has the Jets taking Jackson Dart at number seven.

01:20:58.64
LJ
Oh, God.

01:21:05.06
LJ
i just I ignore the I ignore.

01:21:05.79
William Hernandez
I'm going to laugh at that.

01:21:06.62
LJ
i ignore those now. I'm done. The new the new one has now them taking the tight end from Penn State.

01:21:08.54
William Hernandez
i

01:21:11.60
LJ
Tyler Warren, I think his name is.

01:21:12.50
William Hernandez
Oh, yeah, it changes. it It literally changes every day.

01:21:16.40
LJ
Can't look at those things. Can't look at those things.

01:21:18.42
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:21:18.80
LJ
Those things are so stupid.

01:21:21.18
William Hernandez
Yeah, I don't know. It's again, I feel like I can't have

01:21:27.39
William Hernandez
ah really good feeling for what's happening until the draft is over. Until that third pick gets made. Well, really, the first two in that draft and see where everybody's going. And then, you know, we go from there.

01:21:40.03
William Hernandez
I've got a feeling they're going end up taking a quarterback. If he's available. So we shall see how that goes. So there was other stuff that happened last week with the owners meetings. And I don't have it here, but there was one thing that came up that people were.

01:22:01.02
William Hernandez
And you you tell me because you're a Jets fan. The Jets have been really quiet lately. This offseason. And apparently. It's on purpose. Because I think. What the hell is his name? What's the coach's name?

01:22:17.76
LJ
Aaron Glenn.

01:22:17.85
William Hernandez
ah Gary Glenn said it last week. We've been quiet on purpose. Because he's like. what do you You don't win the Super Bowl in the offseason. And I agree. I mean, everybody knows. I mean, no shit.

01:22:31.99
William Hernandez
So is it over, do you think it's overblown that they've been so quiet or do you like the fact that they've been, i know what your answer is, but yeah.

01:22:37.85
LJ
I like the fact, but but this is, this goes to the point where just, at the beginning of the other show, and we talk about media.

01:22:44.48
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:22:44.49
LJ
Like the media is quick to mock them. They should be more quiet. You know, previous years, they should do Now that they're that, now it's like you're mocking them because they're not, they because they're quiet.

01:22:52.21
William Hernandez
Right.

01:22:52.28
LJ
Come on, guys, you can't have it both ways.

01:22:53.13
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:22:53.84
LJ
You guys are so like, so stupid. Like, it's just, I also, I got, there was this article I wanted to read. I just, I didn't get a chance to, but basically get what if I got it right, it was like, they're trying to have buyouts with a bunch of people within the organization change the culture.

01:23:06.49
William Hernandez
Yeah, dude, it's fucking crazy. Yeah. Yes.

01:23:10.12
LJ
And I took that as from ah guy that,

01:23:10.14
William Hernandez
Yeah. I agree. Yeah, it's good.

01:23:14.76
LJ
Is at the top top to a guy that's a vendor or a guy that sells you a hot dog.

01:23:19.35
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, I can see that.

01:23:23.47
LJ
That's how I took it because they I could see them just coming, bringing everybody in saying, saying, what's your five year plan with the Jets? Whoever they whoever they're bringing in.

01:23:31.80
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:23:32.26
LJ
That's the main question. Once you stutter a little bit or you don't really have a defiant answer on what you see yourself with the Jets. Let's say I'm a guy that I start off, I'm selling hot dogs.

01:23:40.74
William Hernandez
Yeah,

01:23:42.83
LJ
I go in there, um I'm looking to climb the ladder. I know I came in here selling hot dogs, but I wanted to start. I got in. They might look at me say, this is the guy we want.

01:23:52.25
LJ
The other guy, you know, I just had some bills to pay. I got to make sure my rent is paid. and you know but but but but but but but but You got to go. Take the buyout. And apparently I heard it's a really lucrative buyout.

01:24:04.25
William Hernandez
yeah yeah

01:24:05.84
LJ
So I don't know. they If they mean what they're trying to do and they really do what they what they mean, um don't have a problem with it. I'm just i'm just tired of taking like the the front pages and the back pages over stupidity.

01:24:19.86
LJ
It's stupid.

01:24:20.08
William Hernandez
Well, I think, yeah, because because zo um one of the things with the buyouts was because there were so many leaks in the building, right? People are fucking leaking shit to the media. And listen, ah say what you want about Aaron Rodgers, but he did say that there's a fucking problem with the Jets when it comes to this stuff, you know?

01:24:37.27
William Hernandez
When it comes to the culture in the building.

01:24:37.55
LJ
Somebody, somebody's saying it.

01:24:39.38
William Hernandez
Yeah, right.

01:24:39.39
LJ
Somebody's around. Who's to know, like, less who's to know somebody's like, so I'm thinking trying to think of somebody that would be around the building all the time. Let's say like a janitor or something.

01:24:47.70
William Hernandez
public Yeah, but there's also like public relations people, you know, marketing people.

01:24:48.75
LJ
up No, let's let's take up public relations because people automatically think public relations.

01:24:51.26
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:24:54.08
LJ
I'm trying to think of somebody that somebody may assume that it was him.

01:24:54.41
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:24:57.31
William Hernandez
The cook.

01:24:59.08
LJ
The cook.

01:25:00.32
William Hernandez
Seriously.

01:25:00.74
LJ
Somebody like that.

01:25:00.93
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:25:02.64
LJ
You see somebody walk in the building. Yo, bye, bye, bye, bye. They're texting.

01:25:05.85
William Hernandez
Right. Exactly. Yeah.

01:25:07.27
LJ
That person in Texas, they don't need sources.

01:25:08.55
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:25:10.43
LJ
They're just a regular person. And they just put this on.

01:25:11.80
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:25:13.48
LJ
Somebody that's of importance grabs this. They call.

01:25:19.07
LJ
They have a little bit of proof. Then they put the the real news out there.

01:25:22.95
William Hernandez
right Yeah.

01:25:23.33
LJ
And people that have credibility, that's when everybody starts going with it That's how, to me, that's how shit like that happens.

01:25:31.45
William Hernandez
And if somebody's listening to this, if you don't think a reporter doesn't have the number of these like low level employees working at the facility, you're full.

01:25:40.40
LJ
so they ah you know

01:25:42.38
William Hernandez
don't know what you said.

01:25:42.92
LJ
I wanted to say that too, so we're on the same page because we didn't speak about this.

01:25:43.02
William Hernandez
You don't anything. Yeah.

01:25:47.43
LJ
Yo, you'll do me do do me a solid.

01:25:47.84
William Hernandez
Absolutely. yeah Exactly. Yes.

01:25:50.80
LJ
Listen, Pepe.

01:25:51.99
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:25:52.06
LJ
Come here, Pepe. How's your family? Meanwhile, this guy doesn't even know his fucking family. How's the kids? Wife? Good? Listen, do me a solid. You see anybody here coming here? Aaron Rodgers, all these guys?

01:26:06.40
LJ
You call me.

01:26:08.11
William Hernandez
That's absolutely happening.

01:26:08.49
LJ
In that piece of... Within that folded piece of paper that has his number, there's a couple of Hundys in there.

01:26:14.28
William Hernandez
Oh my god.

01:26:17.70
LJ
And he tells Pepe, just keep the news coming. And these Hundys keep coming. Whoever he gets the money from, that's irrelevant. Pepe don't give a shit.

01:26:27.60
William Hernandez
oh my god

01:26:28.54
LJ
These things happen. ah Guys, we him and I didn't speak about this. We did not speak about this.

01:26:33.80
William Hernandez
No, we didn't.

01:26:34.69
LJ
And I had the same thought.

01:26:34.92
William Hernandez
We did not at all. Yeah, we did it at all.

01:26:36.60
LJ
be This shit happens because these reporters are not in the building at the time. Because this is why the Jets are doing this, because teams don't think the cook, the janitor, is going to snitch.

01:26:48.23
William Hernandez
The ball boy.

01:26:48.51
LJ
they feel like they don't even know the book they don't they have They feel like they don't even know what's going on, but they do.

01:26:52.30
William Hernandez
yeah Yeah, they absolutely do.

01:26:56.43
LJ
And they're on somebody's fucking payroll.

01:27:00.25
LJ
It's crazy.

01:27:01.31
William Hernandez
i'm I'm curious. I'm curious because I don't know. You said you didn't read the article, but whose idea was to do this? Was it Moogie? Was it Woody Johnson?

01:27:12.16
William Hernandez
Was it Aaron Glenn? That's what I want to know. Like, who came up with this idea that they're doing this? Because I feel like ah Woody Johnson is not smart enough to do something like this.

01:27:21.64
LJ
I don't think, i don't and i don't I don't get that from like Moogie's personality, but I know that's who Garen Glenn is.

01:27:25.63
William Hernandez
Okay. Yeah. Interesting. Interesting.

01:27:28.47
LJ
This is why I feel it helps that he played here and he knows what this city's about.

01:27:31.07
William Hernandez
Absolutely.

01:27:34.72
LJ
So either before or after, he said, guys, this is what we have to do. Look at the headlines for the last 15 to 20 years since the Jets did not make the playoffs. Just look at the headlines.

01:27:46.25
William Hernandez
Been bad.

01:27:46.33
LJ
They're there. You could Google them.

01:27:47.42
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:27:49.08
LJ
just You could see it for the last 15 years since they've made the playoffs. It's been shit.

01:27:58.14
LJ
And what's the proof of that? Even now, and they relate it to the Jets still, I don't know how and I don't know why. With Aaron Rodgers still doing the shit he does. So he's part of the problem too.

01:28:07.51
William Hernandez
Right.

01:28:08.97
LJ
He was part of the problem.

01:28:08.98
William Hernandez
Yeah. He was. he absolutely was.

01:28:11.86
LJ
He's doing it now.

01:28:15.46
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:28:15.54
LJ
Taking his sweet ass time. And everybody's surprised. If you know what you're going to do, why don't you do it? This is who this guy is. We spoke about this last week. This guy marches to the beat of his own drum. He takes his sweet ass.

01:28:28.06
LJ
If he knows you need him or you know he knows you want him, that makes it worse.

01:28:32.24
William Hernandez
Right.

01:28:33.19
LJ
let me Let me throw the video out here. I'm in California throwing the ball to DK Metcalf.

01:28:37.47
William Hernandez
What is that about? Come on.

01:28:39.59
LJ
Clickbait, and you guys fell for it.

01:28:40.28
William Hernandez
So stupid. So fucking dumb.

01:28:42.19
LJ
Yes! He's going to hold you hostage probably before right before the draft so they can say, all right, he came. Now we know who we could draft. i don't Do whatever you're going to buddy.

01:28:52.61
LJ
That stuff doesn't bother me. It bothers you guys because you're naive to not think that these things happen, and this guy's going to continue to do this stuff.

01:28:59.66
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:29:02.42
LJ
So the Jets just do the right thing. Just keep it quiet and keep it moving. And that's it. Done and done.

01:29:09.16
William Hernandez
So the other thing that came out, because this that story did come out during the owner's meeting ah situation. um The Tush Push has survived.

01:29:18.38
LJ
It survived.

01:29:20.94
William Hernandez
Your thoughts on this whole thing. It was interesting before you before you before you answer that. It was interesting seeing the people who were lining up on either side of the argument.

01:29:32.92
William Hernandez
Especially who's the Bills head coach? ah

01:29:37.72
LJ
mcder

01:29:38.40
William Hernandez
McDermott, right? Brother, you guys tried it against the Chiefs and you fucking sucked at doing it. but We saw it.

01:29:49.39
William Hernandez
Anyway, what do you think about the fact that that's not, that's go still going to be a thing?

01:29:54.17
LJ
Whatever. I don't really care. um I don't really think it's a football play. It is what it is. If you need assistance and being pushing people in the back and doing all of this,

01:30:06.58
LJ
And you're going to allow it? it's I can't argue something that's allowed. i could just agree i could just disagree with it or I could would agree with it. Maybe somebody on the defensive offensive line will break their neck and maybe they'll change their mind. I don't know.

01:30:19.13
William Hernandez
Well, that was the thing that got brought up is that the fact that I think only like ah for for how however many years this has been happening, two people have gotten hurt.

01:30:30.90
William Hernandez
I forget who one of them is, but you know only who one of them is?

01:30:34.92
LJ
No.

01:30:35.92
William Hernandez
Daniel Jones.

01:30:37.22
LJ
Oh, shoot. His neck?

01:30:38.39
William Hernandez
Enough said. i think so. because they tried to do it, and apparently the story was they tried to do the push without practicing it in in in practice, and they did it during the game, and Jones got hurt.

01:30:53.61
William Hernandez
That just sums up Daniel Jones' career in um and New York. who I still can't believe. Did you hear what they're to him and Richardson, they're going to have equal time.

01:31:06.50
William Hernandez
Daniel Jones, I know we talked about this last week, but that man has a chance to be an NFL starter next week.

01:31:10.79
LJ
um

01:31:12.75
William Hernandez
I mean, like this year.

01:31:13.01
LJ
i't I would not be surprised if if he's starting.

01:31:15.46
William Hernandez
can't believe I cannot. I still cannot get over that. Oh my fucking God.

01:31:20.81
LJ
He's going to start.

01:31:22.38
William Hernandez
Stop.

01:31:22.44
LJ
He's going to start.

01:31:22.92
William Hernandez
Please stop. But somebody made a good point. It's like, you hear you're complaining about richard Richardson. And we've talked about this before. He didn't have enough reps coming into the league, right? He didn't play a lot in college.

01:31:36.86
William Hernandez
So now you're going to limit his reps in the preseason or camp or whatnot. How is he going to learn if he's not taking the majority of the snaps and you're giving this fucking washed up guy in Jones, who we already know what he can do, we're going to give him a chance.

01:31:57.56
William Hernandez
It doesn't make any sense to me. That does not make sense to me at all. don't know. It's it's weird. All right.

01:32:06.39
William Hernandez
Basketball, baby. The Knicks got their asses handed to last night.

01:32:15.15
William Hernandez
Okay. So we're getting towards the end here. got two more weeks left in the season. The Knicks are... I think they're firmly entrenched in that number were three seed in the East.

01:32:30.67
William Hernandez
They're closing in on another 51 season. They're at forty eight and twenty eight It would be back-to-back years that they've done this. But, you know, last night didn't go so well.

01:32:43.71
William Hernandez
They were up double digits in ah in the first half against the Cavaliers. I think by as many as 15 points at one point. I don't know. You tell me. Did you watch the game at all? ah

01:32:52.80
LJ
No, I was working last night.

01:32:55.56
William Hernandez
And the Cavs came back and basically whooped their asses in the second half. The Knicks are now 0-8 against the Cavs, Celtics, and Thunder.

01:33:07.01
William Hernandez
Not Thunders. I haven't written here.

01:33:09.78
LJ
Oh, I'm at that Yep.

01:33:12.02
William Hernandez
Sir, what do you... And I know Jalen Brunson's trying to come back. he he wants to play... some regular season games before the playoffs, which I think is smart. um How are you feeling right now about the Knicks?

01:33:27.49
LJ
I got one sentence here on this particular subject and I have nothing else to say because my, my, my anything from the previous weeks hasn't changed.

01:33:30.09
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:33:33.92
LJ
I have the same thought process and the same,

01:33:38.63
LJ
not actually being worried and it's the next will be fine. Bring on the playoffs.

01:33:43.53
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:33:46.22
LJ
the The continued talk of the Cleveland Carriers and the Celtics and they're 0-8 against the Thunder. and and and

01:33:53.47
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:33:53.74
LJ
It's like a dog chasing its own tail. We know. We know. we know. we know. Let's get Jalen Brunson back. Let him play a few games at the end of the year. I totally agree with that.

01:34:06.27
LJ
And let's move Let's playoffs. Let's get to the playoffs. It's becoming redundant. We know, guys. We know what their record is. That can't change. That's already happened.

01:34:16.23
William Hernandez
yeah

01:34:16.50
LJ
Those games have already happened. Well, like I told you before, anything can happen. I haven't checked up on Tatum, but remember, he got hurt a couple weeks ago and sprained his ankle.

01:34:24.90
William Hernandez
Right.

01:34:26.13
LJ
Any little thing that like that can happen to anybody else. And they could be out of the playoffs. Who knows if it happens to them later in the year. Do I want somebody to get hurt? No, but this happens during sports.

01:34:39.22
LJ
And anything can change. And if you think that I'm going to apologize, if Tatum gets hurt, if Shea Gilgis and Alexander gets hurt, if Donovan Mitchell gets hurt, and the Knicks, by the grace of God, makes it to the championship and they win, and you think I'm going to apologize?

01:34:59.49
LJ
Fuck you.

01:35:03.32
LJ
Because I'm not.

01:35:04.28
William Hernandez
I know you won't.

01:35:04.69
LJ
No one's ever given back and a ah championship because the other team was hurt or you didn't play them full strength. that's not if That's not a thing.

01:35:09.41
William Hernandez
Right.

01:35:14.69
LJ
So, Eric, let's celebrate, baby.

01:35:18.71
William Hernandez
Fuck out here. By the way, there're there's still, I just want to make sure I mention this, because everybody's like it's a foregone conclusion that they're going to play the Bucs in the first round.

01:35:29.71
William Hernandez
There's still some, like, jockeying happening between ah Pacers, Pistons, and Bucs right now between a four and six seed.

01:35:31.56
LJ
There's still a little bit moving around.

01:35:36.30
William Hernandez
So let's, ah you know.

01:35:37.70
LJ
and look And look what happened with the Bucs. Lillard's out. Out.

01:35:41.28
William Hernandez
Right. Because of the whole situation with the blood clot.

01:35:43.15
LJ
The blood clot thing.

01:35:44.63
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:35:46.15
LJ
This is what I'm talking about. That's unfortunate, but these things happen. That's not really a basketball thing, I don't think. Because I don't know too much behind that story. But these things happen.

01:35:56.74
LJ
It happens in sports.

01:35:56.86
William Hernandez
yeah

01:35:57.94
LJ
It's part of sports. Either you're to play the team in full strength or you're not. just give get Just as a fan, I just want to see your best effort. And if you lose because the better team beat you, I have to accept that.

01:36:11.74
William Hernandez
Yeah, there was a, I got to look into that whole situation because ah he's like the second or third player that's had that problem. It's been him. ah

01:36:21.26
LJ
And um the French kid, Wimbunyamba.

01:36:21.56
William Hernandez
What, what, yeah, what a bomb. can't even say But there's somebody else as well. And The Athletic had an article about it. I got to check it out. um By the way, i didn't I didn't have this on the on the docket, but can I talk about the Nets for a second?

01:36:39.19
William Hernandez
Because right now, I think they're saying that they they're going to have ah the six most, yeah, most balls in the lottery.

01:36:48.40
LJ
Yeah, the six. Yep.

01:36:53.19
William Hernandez
And listen, they kind of keep on winning when nobody wants them to win. I've told this to LeeJ and I've said it on this podcast before. There are these fucking psychopaths on fucking Twitter that do not... They want the Nets to tank.

01:37:09.09
William Hernandez
That has been the message I know from the beginning.

01:37:10.33
LJ
You guys got to stop that, man. It's so annoying.

01:37:13.96
William Hernandez
So I sent LeeJ a quote. this I think it was this morning. And I just want to read the quote. It goes to what we've talked about as far as You play to win the game, basically. So I quote Herm Edwards.

01:37:27.64
William Hernandez
This is from Zaire Williams. He said this after they won. ah I think they won last night, if I'm not mistaken. To be fair, I have not been watching the games.

01:37:36.18
LJ
Yeah, they beat they beat Dallas.

01:37:37.58
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:37:38.56
LJ
I think that was their last game.

01:37:39.87
William Hernandez
So here's what he says. Quote, even now, there hasn't been one game where we've purposely tried to lose or thinking we're going to lose.

01:37:50.66
William Hernandez
We want to win every game. And we've got a competitive group, a group that loves each other and wants to win every night. End quote.

01:38:03.04
William Hernandez
Guys.

01:38:04.30
LJ
I've watched net games. the The nets play with effort. I can't, as much as I, as much as I hate the nets or dislike them, I don't want to say hate.

01:38:06.85
William Hernandez
They're competitive. Yeah.

01:38:13.64
LJ
They, the coach, I like the coach a lot. I like the, I like a few of their players, as I mentioned before.

01:38:21.09
William Hernandez
Sure.

01:38:22.58
LJ
To me, if they were tanking, I couldn't tell.

01:38:25.79
William Hernandez
They're not tanking. No, they're absolutely not tanking.

01:38:26.84
LJ
They're not. They're not. Like I said, it's just like a lot of these players, this is their chance to show or get like hook onto another team.

01:38:35.79
William Hernandez
Bro, look what's going on with...

01:38:36.07
LJ
You can't do that by fucking tanking.

01:38:38.37
William Hernandez
Look what's going on with Timmy right now. Timmy!

01:38:41.05
LJ
you don't think he's trying to show something so maybe he could get a permanent contract or maybe somebody says, you know what?

01:38:44.36
William Hernandez
Exactly. Right.

01:38:48.08
LJ
He's not as ah bad as an NBA player as we thought he was going to be.

01:38:50.56
William Hernandez
They signed him to a two-year deal. That didn't come out of this whole thing.

01:38:53.23
LJ
Like, come on, man.

01:38:53.82
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:38:55.05
LJ
This is like You get that first two-year, three-year contract, that's real money.

01:39:00.95
William Hernandez
Yeah, exactly.

01:39:01.85
LJ
Sometimes maybe that's all you need, depending on how much it is. But is is besides that, they're trying to make an NBA roster, and they can't do that by purposely blowing layups and shooting bricks on purpose so the team could tank. that it doesn't As a player, that doesn't even benefit you.

01:39:21.94
LJ
Because guess what? They're gonna wind up drafting a player that's better than you, and now you're gone.

01:39:27.16
William Hernandez
Right, exactly.

01:39:28.26
LJ
You ever thought about it that way? You want me to tank for your organization so you could draft a player that eventually could take my spot. Think about that for a second, guys.

01:39:36.39
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah. That's a good point.

01:39:38.13
LJ
All you guys that are very stupid.

01:39:38.30
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:39:39.93
LJ
Just think about that for a second.

01:39:42.50
William Hernandez
Jesus Christ.

01:39:42.97
LJ
Would you do that?

01:39:44.85
William Hernandez
No, I would not.

01:39:45.89
LJ
Thank you.

01:39:47.01
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:39:48.17
LJ
Finito.

01:39:51.10
William Hernandez
So what do you, I'm curious because we obviously watched Timmy. I, I'm sorry. I have to, I have to do it. And the Nets are doing it by the way, when he scores, they play the clip of Timmy from South Park.

01:40:04.46
William Hernandez
I,

01:40:07.11
William Hernandez
How does this happen? I guess it's that I guess people do not think that he was MB guys. I get It's like two or three games. I understand. I get it, but he got him a contract. That's the thing.

01:40:17.87
LJ
You know what Timmy's problem is?

01:40:18.13
William Hernandez
They got on a fucking contract. What do you think is?

01:40:19.66
LJ
we've And we we spoke about this.

01:40:20.34
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:40:25.35
LJ
he ah he he's He's like that tweener.

01:40:28.24
William Hernandez
Yes. Right.

01:40:29.44
LJ
He's not big enough to be a big man in the NBA.

01:40:29.72
William Hernandez
Right. Mm hmm.

01:40:34.25
LJ
but And he's also not quick enough.

01:40:35.39
William Hernandez
Bro, he's six. He's six, 10, though.

01:40:37.44
LJ
Yeah, but he he doesn't look 6'10". I can't describe what I'm saying. He just doesn't look that part. he also And he doesn't have the quickness to be... like a four, like a Kevin Durant.

01:40:49.06
LJ
If he played four, he could do it.

01:40:49.44
William Hernandez
a

01:40:50.42
LJ
He don't, he's a good professional basketball player.

01:40:57.48
LJ
If that makes any sense.

01:40:58.77
William Hernandez
No, I get it. But sometimes you need that, though.

01:41:01.33
LJ
No, you do need that, but these are not the, pet these are not the players that are going to call for all these minutes.

01:41:08.53
William Hernandez
Right. No, I understand.

01:41:10.48
LJ
So when you find somebody that's better than Timmy to give you a a couple more minutes than Timmy, Timmy's gone.

01:41:18.48
William Hernandez
Yeah, probably.

01:41:18.83
LJ
that's That's the problem. That's the problem, I think, with players like him.

01:41:20.28
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:41:24.68
William Hernandez
I mean, I'm glad he's getting his he's getting his recognition. You know? ah for Gonzaga. I always forget Gonzaga.

01:41:30.56
LJ
Yeah, Gonzaga, yep.

01:41:31.94
William Hernandez
um By the way, you brought up his name, and I want to make sure we talked about this.

01:41:37.87
LJ
Oh, God.

01:41:37.93
William Hernandez
Kevin Durant.

01:41:38.98
LJ
What's your stupid question? No.

01:41:40.11
William Hernandez
No, it's not. Because I've seen this out there. parents is a

01:41:42.40
LJ
Yeah, ki just turn the page.

01:41:43.97
William Hernandez
so

01:41:44.79
LJ
Just turn the page.

01:41:46.38
William Hernandez
So you want nothing to do with Kevin Durant.

01:41:47.83
LJ
No, I don't want nothing to do with this fucking guy. Look what he... look This guy just... He's a fucking fire starter and then he leaves.

01:41:57.43
William Hernandez
I hate him. I really do.

01:41:58.85
LJ
No, I don't want anything to... And and him at an older age? No way! If you tell me, yo, you know what? He causes trouble, he does this, but he's Kevin Durant, 24-year-old Kevin Durant, you know what I gotta do? I gotta say, yo, bring him in.

01:42:13.25
William Hernandez
He's 36 now. Yeah. Yep.

01:42:14.46
LJ
Come on. No way! They put that team together in Phoenix. What are they doing? They put the like the team together in Brooklyn. What did they do?

01:42:22.93
William Hernandez
yeah

01:42:24.61
LJ
It's it's the the proof is in the pudding, as they say. Yo, immense talent, great shooter, everything.

01:42:30.44
William Hernandez
but

01:42:31.53
LJ
But there's something to you going to these teams and this kind of stuff happens. Doesn't make sense. I don't want anything to do with Kevin Durant, bro.

01:42:42.10
LJ
Nothing, nothing, nothing.

01:42:44.27
William Hernandez
I know that, but apparently the the Knicks, the Heat, and the Rockets are amongst the teams that are thinking about that they're going to be interested in him. I'm just saying, talk to your fucking ah your GM.

01:42:55.15
LJ
I'm not talking to him.

01:42:57.25
William Hernandez
By the way, if you see this this headline from today, Nets reportedly it rejected a blockbuster trade for Kevin Durant in 2022. Let's look at this. but What was the trade?

01:43:08.55
LJ
The Nets?

01:43:08.56
William Hernandez
Shams. Yeah, the Nets. The Celtics offer Jalen Brown, Derek White, and a first-round pick to the Nets for Durant. what do you think about that?

01:43:16.32
LJ
i would have I would have jumped on that.

01:43:18.10
William Hernandez
Yeah. Why didn't they? I'm curious.

01:43:21.24
LJ
Because they got... a Mr. Miyagi running the own in a team.

01:43:28.30
William Hernandez
Sir. Now, that's racist.

01:43:31.17
LJ
ah Oh, is it?

01:43:33.61
William Hernandez
but Because Mr. Miyagi's Japanese and this guy's Chinese.

01:43:36.13
LJ
Oh, shit. and And Mr. Miyagi is also. Well.

01:43:41.60
William Hernandez
You know what that reminds me of? You ever see the clip of the South Park behind the scenes of that episode with a Japanese guy and a Chinese guy?

01:43:49.22
LJ
No.

01:43:49.71
William Hernandez
oh my God! I have to send that to you. Shit is fucking... Because these guys, they do all the voices for them.

01:43:57.64
LJ
Yeah.

01:43:58.31
William Hernandez
Bro! know This shit is hilarious. Oh, I have to say i have to ah to find that and send that to you. Because part of the episode is that um there's some the Japanese guy opens up a sushi restaurant right next to a ah Chinese restaurant.

01:44:16.00
William Hernandez
And people don't realize that there's a difference between Chinese and Japanese.

01:44:18.24
LJ
Yeah. Oh, God.

01:44:19.82
William Hernandez
So the whole episode is about that. And, bro, the behind the scenes of that shit is fucking hilarious.

01:44:21.97
LJ
Oh, God.

01:44:25.64
William Hernandez
Oh, I have to send you the clip. Oh, God. Anyway. Yeah, this is... Yeah. This came out... ah He said it, I think, yesterday, I'm not mistaken, was the story came out from him.

01:44:38.28
William Hernandez
So... Shout out to Shams, because that guy is taking over for Wojciechowski as being, like, yeah, the NBA, like, guru all of a sudden.

01:44:43.51
LJ
Whoa.

01:44:47.96
William Hernandez
So... All right. Doing a lot of NBA talk today. All right. Carmelo, baby. It's... It's not official yet. Yeah.

01:45:00.75
William Hernandez
Lee J standing up and clapping. Okay, are you done? It's not official yet, but apparently Carmelo Anthony is going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer.

01:45:12.18
William Hernandez
Eli Manning should be jealous. um So let's... um So Melo spent... Roughly six and a half. Because don't forget, he came to the Knicks. There was about 27 games left in the season when he got traded to the Knicks from the Nuggets.

01:45:28.85
William Hernandez
So I say six and a half um with the Knicks. he He was an all-star in every full season he was with the Knicks. And I think he won his only scoring title when he was with the Knicks.

01:45:42.84
William Hernandez
And obviously, he's from Brooklyn, for those who don't know. And he led Syracuse to... To this day, their only national championship. That was back in 2003.

01:45:55.13
William Hernandez
Sir,

01:45:58.39
William Hernandez
you were probably watching you obviously you watching NBA a lot closer. I mean, he might be one of the most underrated people, I think, in history. I think.

01:46:08.65
William Hernandez
Because he was really fucking good.

01:46:09.57
LJ
I've always been a big car I was always been a big car metal little guy always

01:46:12.43
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So what are your what's your what are your thoughts about Melo and memories and all this other shit about him?

01:46:18.34
LJ
my my biggest reason why I've always loved car metal Anthony and my my cousin and I had this conversation a few years ago i don't know if he remembers but he probably does The reasons why ah love him so much is the reasons why people hate him so much.

01:46:37.82
William Hernandez
Oh, really?

01:46:38.06
LJ
and the reason And the reasons why people hate him so much is because I know who Carmelo Anthony is and was as a basketball player.

01:46:38.43
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:46:47.49
William Hernandez
a

01:46:48.78
LJ
which is why people hated him. Let me explain. Carmelo Anthony is one of the greatest scorers I've ever seen in the NBA.

01:46:52.37
William Hernandez
Sure.

01:46:56.16
LJ
This guy could score mid-range, in the post, three-pointer, dunk, all that kind of stuff.

01:46:56.56
William Hernandez
That I... Yeah.

01:47:04.28
LJ
You know what Carmelo Anthony didn't do?

01:47:06.85
William Hernandez
Play the defense.

01:47:07.62
LJ
Play defense.

01:47:08.84
William Hernandez
Hmm.

01:47:10.50
LJ
I knew exactly what the Knicks were getting when they got Carmelo Anthony because that's what we needed.

01:47:13.62
William Hernandez
Hmm.

01:47:15.95
LJ
But that's why people hate on him. Newsflash, guys, no one plays defense. Even when he was playing, no one played defense. Very few people play defense.

01:47:27.44
LJ
He wasn't one of them. You have to accept that. Then you could understand and up so accept and congratulate him making it to the soon-to-be Hall of Fame. He's going to make it.

01:47:38.46
William Hernandez
Oh, yeah. Absolutely.

01:47:40.06
LJ
And accept that. The arguments are stupid because a lot of... it does Who you wanted him to be, that's not who he was as a player. And to this day, this same argument happens.

01:47:52.44
LJ
They gave up too much. Just look at the players they gave up for him. What the fuck did they do in their NBA career?

01:47:59.72
William Hernandez
What was the trade?

01:47:59.97
LJ
Timothy Mozgov.

01:48:00.40
William Hernandez
Do you remember? Okay.

01:48:03.58
LJ
Wilson Chandler. Danilo Gallinari.

01:48:07.33
William Hernandez
Oh, God.

01:48:08.80
LJ
What did they do? There was a few other people and involved in that trade. Tell me what they did.

01:48:13.09
William Hernandez
I'm bringing it up now. Yeah.

01:48:15.41
LJ
i think Chauncey Billett, besides Chauncey, did they trade? I think Chauncey was in that trade, besides seaunn because he's a Hall of Famer, obviously, but it wasn't because of the Knicks.

01:48:23.86
William Hernandez
Mm hmm.

01:48:24.23
LJ
he was He already had his career.

01:48:28.60
LJ
it's It's a stupid, anybody, the only thing that i'll I'll give to anyone that wants to argue it is that he was coming to the Knicks anyway, apparently. That was a rumor.

01:48:37.80
William Hernandez
OK.

01:48:38.61
LJ
They could have waited to the end of the year to get him. But I always say that you never know to wait to the end the year sign someone because you never know what somebody else is going to come in and do, especially when it comes to money.

01:48:47.03
William Hernandez
you You want to... Let's go through this because... Okay. So the Knicks received Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Sheldon...

01:48:56.43
LJ
they received him. They received him, right?

01:48:57.66
William Hernandez
Yeah. Sheldon Williams, Anthony Carter, and Ronaldo Black-Balkman.

01:49:02.00
LJ
Walkman. Walkman.

01:49:03.73
William Hernandez
Let's see who the nuggets... And even the draft picks didn't work out. Wilson Chandler, Gallinari, Mozgov, Raven Felton.

01:49:08.76
LJ
Nope. Nope. Nope. Raymond Felton. That was the point guard. Not, not on to Billups.

01:49:13.51
William Hernandez
Now...

01:49:14.83
LJ
Felton.

01:49:15.56
William Hernandez
Here are the draft picks and what they ended up who they ended up being. 2012 number 38 pick was Quincy Miller. Who?

01:49:23.82
LJ
and Okay.

01:49:24.13
William Hernandez
even who the fuck that is. The 51st pick in the 2013 draft, Romero Osby. Who? Don't know.

01:49:31.36
LJ
Mm-hmm.

01:49:31.59
William Hernandez
2014 number 12 pick was Dario Sarkic. Who? don't even the fuck that is.

01:49:37.48
LJ
He's still, he's still, I think he's still in the league.

01:49:38.97
William Hernandez
Okay. Okay, but he's not like a fuck.

01:49:40.37
LJ
Decent player, but he's not, yeah, he's not, yeah, no, no.

01:49:41.14
William Hernandez
He's not like an all-star. All-star. And then in 2016, it was a pick swap. Denver selected Jamal Murray with the number seven pick.

01:49:50.51
LJ
That's it. that's That's your argument, Jamal Murray?

01:49:52.88
William Hernandez
And $3 million go in cash.

01:49:54.47
LJ
Is that your argument, Jamal Murray, who's ah who's a good NBA player?

01:49:54.58
William Hernandez
There you

01:49:58.38
William Hernandez
go.

01:49:59.20
LJ
He plays for the Nuggets.

01:49:59.50
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:49:59.96
LJ
He's the point guard. You know who that is.

01:50:01.54
William Hernandez
Oh, he's still there. Okay.

01:50:03.14
LJ
Yeah. um

01:50:05.52
William Hernandez
I probably don't know where that is.

01:50:05.90
LJ
What's your argument?

01:50:06.78
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:50:07.46
LJ
just ask yourself the non-nicks fan would you have done that trade without even having hindsight right now and looking back on it of course he makes you're getting you got prime mellow he was twenty what was he 26 27 26 years old

01:50:11.36
William Hernandez
Yes. Absolutely would have done that trade. You get mellow. Come on.

01:50:22.72
William Hernandez
Hold on. I'm going to tell you right now. He was when they got him. He was 26 years old.

01:50:28.87
LJ
twenty six years old

01:50:30.63
William Hernandez
And in the eight years in Denver, because I have his basketball reference up right now, he averaged 24.8 points a game. and he was top He got MVP votes and won.

01:50:43.90
William Hernandez
He won the rookie the second rookie of the year. forget who won the rookie the year that year.

01:50:47.06
LJ
LeBron. LeBron.

01:50:48.07
William Hernandez
Oh, 2003. Okay. He was NBA. He got a votes for MVP one, two, three, four of the eight years he played in Denver.

01:50:59.92
LJ
They made it to a Western Conference Finals.

01:51:01.99
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:51:05.96
LJ
as only You got to just take that stuff out of here. Sometimes the people that you go for or root for don't have all-around games. You have to understand who they are as players.

01:51:14.69
William Hernandez
yeah Yeah, that's a good point.

01:51:16.43
LJ
you you just have to players that you go for as a fan do they have all ah whatever sport is do they have the all-around game no it's just that's just it's just it's just not the way it goes i was just about to say juan soto i was about to say that as they say in baseball what's it the 5-2 player he's not that he's not but he's great

01:51:28.73
William Hernandez
Juan Soto.

01:51:35.96
William Hernandez
not. He's not.

01:51:40.03
LJ
And who would not trade for him or sign for him?

01:51:42.59
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:51:42.82
LJ
ah Right? that's that's the perfect the i was gonna say him That's the perfect example. If you want to do it, compare it to baseball and a player in another sport. Perfect example.

01:51:52.39
William Hernandez
Sure. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, look at all.

01:51:54.92
LJ
But 10 out 10 times, you're trading for Juan Soto or you're trying to sign Juan Soto.

01:52:00.89
William Hernandez
Well, it reminds me like all these, like, ah you know, like receivers in the NFL who are thought of like as possession receivers.

01:52:01.01
LJ
Facts.

01:52:08.04
William Hernandez
Like they're going to they're going catch the ball, but they're not going to do.

01:52:08.13
LJ
Mm-hmm.

01:52:11.77
William Hernandez
They're not going to have a ah lot of yards out to catch. Right. But they'll catch the ball and get the first down.

01:52:16.29
LJ
Every ball thrown to them. Wayne Krabet.

01:52:17.77
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:52:18.58
LJ
Wayne Krabet.

01:52:18.70
William Hernandez
Right.

01:52:19.25
LJ
He'll catch every ball.

01:52:19.45
William Hernandez
There you go.

01:52:20.43
LJ
you don't have bla He didn't have blazing speed. He's not going to do what Randy Moss could do which for you or Chad Ochelsinka. But he's a good receiver. He's reliable. And he gets the job done.

01:52:31.68
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. That's what we're talking about here. Guys like that.

01:52:36.28
LJ
Whoever doesn't think Carmelo belongs in the Hall of Fame, you're an idiot.

01:52:36.49
William Hernandez
So.

01:52:39.19
LJ
And you should just stop watching sports.

01:52:39.24
William Hernandez
Yeah, that's. I mean, just so they were. You tell me, because I don't know if I remember this, but like.

01:52:47.46
William Hernandez
And I think this goes to my gap in NBA, like watching and stuff like that, but. They were even saying he's like a. A cultural icon in a way.

01:52:59.40
LJ
yeah He's still doing stuff now.

01:53:00.90
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:53:02.08
LJ
i would see i would i could I could see that.

01:53:02.54
William Hernandez
Right.

01:53:03.72
LJ
I could see that.

01:53:04.09
William Hernandez
Okay. Okay, so that does make sense to you. Okay.

01:53:06.75
LJ
But he he's not he's not like he's not even a stupid person.

01:53:09.91
William Hernandez
No, he's not. No.

01:53:11.09
LJ
he's a he He seems to be a good business mind. I listen to his podcast from time to time. I like it. I like the guests they have. He's in the wine business.

01:53:20.15
William Hernandez
Oh, really?

01:53:21.03
LJ
Yes. i think he i think he's now I think he's also trying to get a piece of the Wizards now.

01:53:21.66
William Hernandez
I can't... Go ahead. Sorry.

01:53:27.82
LJ
I think I saw that somewhere.

01:53:29.42
William Hernandez
He's still married to Lala, by the way.

01:53:31.73
LJ
Are they still married?

01:53:31.96
William Hernandez
They're still married.

01:53:32.25
LJ
I didn't think they were still married.

01:53:34.00
William Hernandez
Oh, no, they're not.

01:53:34.01
LJ
um I thought they got divorced.

01:53:34.79
William Hernandez
They're not.

01:53:35.05
LJ
Yeah, the idea yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:53:35.47
William Hernandez
They hit 2021. That could be where the cultural thing comes.

01:53:36.86
LJ
Yeah. his his son's His son's about to go to Syracuse.

01:53:38.79
William Hernandez
But for people who...

01:53:41.87
William Hernandez
Oh, real I didn't realize that.

01:53:43.09
LJ
Yeah, he's going to Syracuse. um So he... Carmelo's still relevant, too. He doesn't seem like a bad guy.

01:53:51.30
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:53:52.54
LJ
I've really heard anything about him like that in news and stuff like that.

01:53:55.77
William Hernandez
Never. Yeah.

01:53:57.88
LJ
So... Guys, just stop with the hate, man. The guy was scorer. That's what he did.

01:54:06.23
LJ
That's what he did. Nobody... You never hear about it saying, oh, Rodman was a great rebounder. He was a great defender. You never heard, he sucked at offense. You don't hear that.

01:54:15.92
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:54:16.88
LJ
It's the same thing. It's just the opposite. Right? You know, no one bitches about Rodman's game and how they hold that against him.

01:54:22.43
William Hernandez
Yeah. Everybody knew who he was.

01:54:24.28
LJ
He sucked at offense.

01:54:25.41
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:54:25.83
LJ
But he was a great rebounder and he was a great defender.

01:54:26.09
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:54:31.49
LJ
That's it. Come on, guys.

01:54:33.96
William Hernandez
By the way, three gold medals for Anthony, too.

01:54:36.53
LJ
Come on. Probably got those hanging from his ah torpedo bat.

01:54:39.22
William Hernandez
Come on. come my By the way, i for those who are unaware, Lala was a big um on MTV back in the day when they actually used to play videos.

01:54:50.17
LJ
Mm-hmm. Back in, yep.

01:54:53.39
William Hernandez
So that could be where the whole culture culture thing comes from. So. All right. This is the part of the podcast where Will gets a heart attack.

01:55:06.50
William Hernandez
Because I've got some things to say about this whole R.J. Lewis situation. So we know by now, for those who are unaware, that he's gone from St. John's.

01:55:22.34
William Hernandez
That's it. He's done. He declared for the and NBA draft, but he's also in the transfer portal.

01:55:26.41
LJ
Thank

01:55:28.09
William Hernandez
So like one way or the other, he's not coming back to St. John's next season. And apparently I saw a rumor going around that Kentucky's interested. Like, oh my fucking God. Can you imagine?

01:55:40.69
William Hernandez
Um...

01:55:43.70
William Hernandez
Listen, we know how the season ended.

01:55:48.96
William Hernandez
And we're going to get into the whole nil situation because I think this plays into the whole what's going on with the whole nil conversation because there's a lot going on with that right now.

01:56:00.23
William Hernandez
I think it was 1,700 players are in the transfer portal right now, which is fucking insane when you think about it.

01:56:05.52
LJ
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

01:56:09.32
William Hernandez
But going back to R.J. Lewis, he had the shit game in the loss against Arkansas in the NCAA tournament. um You know, turned off his Instagram, got off of social media because people were criticizing him and this, know, and other thing.

01:56:23.30
William Hernandez
i don't know if you saw Shamori Pons came out and was kind of like, bro, this is what happens in New York City.

01:56:26.33
LJ
hu

01:56:31.98
William Hernandez
And Pons is from Brooklyn, so he knows. Like, there's heat if you don't play well.

01:56:36.35
LJ
And and that's and that that's part of the problem. He's from here.

01:56:40.61
William Hernandez
Yeah, right.

01:56:40.88
LJ
He's not.

01:56:41.93
William Hernandez
Yeah, right. That's the thing. So I'm going to say this. i I'm disappointed. And the funny thing is, is that during that game, and I didn't say this anybody, and I'm not saying this like in hindsight, but there was a part of me that thought, fucking shit.

01:56:59.30
William Hernandez
What happens if this like drives him away from St. John's? Whatever lesson Patina was trying to teach him in that moment, it didn't work. Because he essentially took his ball and he went home.

01:57:15.50
William Hernandez
And it couldn't take the heat and is gone. And somebody was giving me shit on social media about it. That I was wrong because I was making assumptions about why he left.

01:57:26.53
William Hernandez
You're telling me him getting benched was that a ah reason why he's leaving? Come on. That's fucking... That's naive. That's absolutely the reason why he's not coming back.

01:57:38.54
William Hernandez
Because if you look at NBA draft status, it's not great right now from what I saw, the last thing that I saw. And I know you said, hey, maybe somebody else offered him more money.

01:57:50.97
William Hernandez
I can see that, and we'll get into the whole Neil situation too. But it's just like, listen, he just didn't like the way the season ended. And instead of like coming back and fixing what was wrong and trying to get this team to another level next season, he took his ball went home.

01:58:12.15
William Hernandez
And now they've already replaced him because they're bringing that guy from Providence.

01:58:18.26
LJ
Ahem.

01:58:18.37
William Hernandez
And I forget who the other guy is. So Patino has moved on. And Zumi's coming back for a senior year. They've moved on.

01:58:28.01
William Hernandez
RJ Lewis is old news, but it still kind of like rubs me the wrong way about like taking your ball and going home when the going gets tough. and don't know if you have anything to say about as as ah as an observer of St.

01:58:40.91
LJ
um ah As an observer, i just try to so if play devil's advocate, whatever you want to say.

01:58:43.30
William Hernandez
John's.

01:58:46.70
LJ
Me personally, I don't think I've never been in that situation, but I don't think I would have did that. But there's also a part of this whole thing that's behind the scenes.

01:58:57.98
LJ
I don't agree with... Patino says when the guy asked him the question, that reporter, Patino said something, and then he says, well, then I'm not going to throw my player under the bus.

01:59:02.41
William Hernandez
Yes, right.

01:59:08.05
LJ
Well, you essentially did.

01:59:08.44
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. He did. He did.

01:59:12.29
LJ
Right? Like, that could take to him. Hold on. This guy, um like I told you when we texted.

01:59:20.24
LJ
He's saying to himself, yo, I thought you had my back. I mean, I'm part of the reason why we're here.

01:59:28.31
William Hernandez
Right.

01:59:29.22
LJ
And now you're just going to take a dump on me? Not everybody handles criticism in the same way. We don't see it the same way. Especially we're not privy to everything, like I said, that happens behind closed doors.

01:59:43.25
LJ
Do I think he should have did that to him? I definitely don't agree with the way Patino handled it. Because you and I both said, that's your best player in the moment. I know he's having a bad game, but he still gives you the best chance to score and win.

01:59:53.34
William Hernandez
No matter what. Yeah.

01:59:57.06
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:59:59.78
LJ
And we I don't know what led to that. I don't know because i just don't know. The problem with this whole scenario is, because if we find out this is about money, That's going to be their number one argument. Yes, we saw visually that he looked upset and this is why he really left.

02:00:17.36
LJ
He's going to tell you, no. St. John's offered me a mill. Kentucky offered me, just for argument's sake, offered me 1.8. He's going to obviously take the 1.8, especially if he's not guaranteed to make it to the NBA and to make money there.

02:00:31.90
William Hernandez
Right.

02:00:33.49
LJ
So that's, and like you wrote in the in the in the and the description of the show today, the biggest problem is the nil.

02:00:41.32
William Hernandez
Yeah, it's it's bad.

02:00:43.85
LJ
It's the, I don't, I don't,

02:00:51.12
LJ
I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, don't, what's the word I'm looking for? um I'm not mad at these kids for taking this money that's being offered to them.

02:01:00.56
William Hernandez
I agree. Yes. um

02:01:03.69
LJ
Because it's just a bigger problem, too, because, you know, and going to get into something else here real quick because I wanted to talk about this because it's all it's all it's all part of the problem.

02:01:11.40
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:01:13.73
William Hernandez
he

02:01:14.53
LJ
Because you see it happening and it's happening for it's been happening. This is not nothing new with the coaches because a bunch of them is happening this year.

02:01:19.79
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah.

02:01:20.26
LJ
You know, you come into these kids living rooms, meet their parents. You talk up a good game. I'm going to be here. I'm going to be there. We're going to do this. We're going to win championships.

02:01:32.36
LJ
you're You're at Maryland one year, two years.

02:01:35.75
William Hernandez
right

02:01:36.89
LJ
Villanova calls you. Yo, we're going to give you. I'm out. Peace out, everybody. And you get to leave as a coach.

02:01:42.96
William Hernandez
Right.

02:01:44.78
LJ
Back in the days when there was no nil money, the kid had to sit out a year before he transferred.

02:01:49.72
William Hernandez
Right.

02:01:50.57
LJ
And probably had to go through a whole goddamn hoopla to get out of there.

02:01:52.85
William Hernandez
Yeah, they did. Yeah, they absolutely did. Yeah.

02:01:55.39
LJ
Now it's easy peasy. There's no sitting out. We're giving you more bread. What you think the kids going to do? These kids, a lot of majority these kids haven't never even seen this money.

02:02:08.83
LJ
That they're being offered from these colleges that are making money hand over fist because of them. It's not because of the lacrosse player. Nothing to lacrosse. I ain't got nothing against lacrosse.

02:02:20.19
LJ
It's the bigger sports.

02:02:21.69
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

02:02:21.88
LJ
That's a fact.

02:02:22.96
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:02:24.16
LJ
This nil shit is out of control, but I don't blame these kids, man. I don't blame them whatsoever. It's just going to get worse, too. If you think it's going to get better, your head is way up your behind.

02:02:35.06
William Hernandez
Well, let's get into it because here's here's the situation. i Because this... this ah but Whatever... to Who's the Maryland coach that he's going for Nova? What's his name? Is a Willard, right? that hit Is that who's leaving?

02:02:48.91
LJ
Yes, Willie.

02:02:49.01
William Hernandez
um

02:02:49.47
LJ
Yep.

02:02:49.75
William Hernandez
Yeah. So... and I was getting into it with some people on social media last week, shocker, I know, about, I agree with you. I'm happy that they're getting paid.

02:03:02.05
William Hernandez
More power to them. But the fact that they can just jump around year after year after year, i think that's a problem. And I wonder if you try to limit it.

02:03:13.97
LJ
it should be one It should be one transfer.

02:03:14.07
William Hernandez
But that, I agree.

02:03:15.93
LJ
That's it.

02:03:16.52
William Hernandez
I agree. After your sophomore year, unless, unless you can prove,

02:03:24.07
William Hernandez
You're in an environment that's detrimental to your whatever. I think there should be clauses in there that you can go leave after your junior year as well.

02:03:31.31
LJ
What, Patino's taking him into of like the janitor's closet and like...

02:03:35.04
William Hernandez
Come on, sir. Getting them a stripper? That's when I say. Yeah.

02:03:39.99
LJ
it's like It also goes to the other fact too where like... the kids eligibility is over like they whatever, but they're still playing.

02:03:47.39
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:03:47.94
LJ
And like, they like they're like a 10 year senior.

02:03:50.17
William Hernandez
Well, that's when that's what people have been making fun of during this year. Like, there are some guys playing on NCAA teams in this tournament that are older than some NBA players. It's insane.

02:04:01.78
LJ
That's that, that's stupid to me because, because the education part of it is over.

02:04:03.43
William Hernandez
That's insane to me. Right, exactly.

02:04:07.77
LJ
They got they had their degree. They received their degree. They graduated. But like there's certain things within.

02:04:11.17
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:04:13.12
LJ
Oh, and a lot of this came into effect with the covid. Like, you know, if you missed this many years, you could get it back.

02:04:16.48
William Hernandez
Right, yes. Yes, all right, all right.

02:04:19.61
LJ
You could add a year on whatever they whatever they figured out or whatever however they try to manipulate the words to let them continue to play.

02:04:22.17
William Hernandez
mary

02:04:26.48
LJ
it's It's just a big shit show that is not going to get any better until they figure something out here.

02:04:32.48
William Hernandez
Think about this for a second, too. And I think this is kind of related. Who's the the the women's basketball player? She decided she's not going to go into the WNBA draft. She's going to come back for her senior season.

02:04:45.00
William Hernandez
I think it was a Notre Dame player, if I'm not mistaken.

02:04:48.02
LJ
I don't remember. I don't know. Yeah.

02:04:49.23
William Hernandez
But have you heard about this? like I'm thinking she's probably be getting paid a lot more money coming back for a senior year than WNBA on a WNBA salary.

02:04:55.67
LJ
Of course, then go to the WNBA.

02:05:00.61
LJ
Which sounds pretty sad.

02:05:00.71
William Hernandez
So, yeah. Let's not get into that. That's a whole other fucking shit show.

02:05:05.30
LJ
no we're not getting into that.

02:05:06.89
William Hernandez
Okay, so here's the thing with the coaches. Because my whole argument when I was getting getting into it with somebody online was I think that there should be a limit. But then somebody comes back to me well, what about the coaches?

02:05:21.13
William Hernandez
ah And I'm like, okay, what about them? And my question three times, what is your solution for that?

02:05:30.53
LJ
No answer.

02:05:30.86
William Hernandez
Nobody had a solution.

02:05:30.93
LJ
I have a solution.

02:05:32.56
William Hernandez
What is your solution?

02:05:33.72
LJ
My solution is if the who who you who come who goes into the decision of signing a coach like ah but the university president.

02:05:41.94
William Hernandez
The university president. It's a university.

02:05:44.35
LJ
OK.

02:05:44.71
William Hernandez
Yes, yes.

02:05:45.45
LJ
And then whoever is under him and they come collectively, that's is who they're going to sign.

02:05:47.91
William Hernandez
Yes. Athletic director and all that stuff. ya Yeah, yeah, yeah.

02:05:50.40
LJ
Okay, fair enough.

02:05:51.51
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:05:52.29
LJ
If you see all of this stuff going on and you know the coach that you're going after is a big thing, that's the easiest way to figure it out.

02:06:00.75
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:06:01.89
LJ
Let's just keep these contracts small.

02:06:05.94
William Hernandez
Interesting.

02:06:06.91
LJ
Let's just keep these... Listen, I... I have to judge you based on what's happening out here. I know that's not fair, but...

02:06:18.52
LJ
A lot of these kids that have talent came here because of you, whatever coach you are. But guess what? Now that you're leaving, they're leaving.

02:06:27.08
William Hernandez
gap they're going look at our McNeese state.

02:06:28.96
LJ
And i based I brought you in here because of your recruiting skills and who you are as a coach.

02:06:29.82
William Hernandez
yeah

02:06:33.16
LJ
Now you're bouncing after one year. These kids going to leave too.

02:06:36.46
William Hernandez
Mm hmm.

02:06:37.63
LJ
We got to keep the contract short. We got to put in the contract, you can't go nowhere.

02:06:44.16
LJ
Two years. Three years max. Because this shit's out of control. And i don't i don't I don't want to take away from people getting a better opportunity to make more money. I get that.

02:06:54.16
William Hernandez
Right.

02:06:55.98
LJ
But these coaches, the good ones, are getting paid well by these universities.

02:06:59.99
William Hernandez
Oh yeah, they absolutely are.

02:07:02.78
LJ
So if your contract is, whatever, five years for $50 million, you're making $10 million per... You're to go to another university to make $60 million?

02:07:13.49
LJ
Just $10 million more? I know that i know it sounds um it's crazy talk, what I'm saying right now.

02:07:18.13
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:07:21.15
LJ
But there's $10 million... dollars Don't kill me, guys. But it does $10 million dollars to that person make that much of a difference in the moment that we're speaking of? If it was really about the kids, then make it about these kids.

02:07:35.02
LJ
But I think a lot of the reasons these kids leave... more so before as opposed to now because of the money, is because the coach that they that they listened to that was sitting in their living room persuaded them to go to that school.

02:07:47.19
William Hernandez
right

02:07:50.22
LJ
Whether it was their number one choice or not, but when that guy sat in the living room and he left and that kid talked to his dad and his mom, he's like, I really like that guy. He made me feel ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. Then he leaves?

02:08:02.04
LJ
That's got to make an 18-year-old kid feel a certain way.

02:08:07.38
LJ
The shit's out of control, man. Out of control.

02:08:11.28
William Hernandez
By the way, we kept on saying that Patino's contract was for five years. It's actually six years.

02:08:16.58
LJ
Yeah, he probably he's probably not going to make that.

02:08:17.00
William Hernandez
3.3. Yeah, he's not making that.

02:08:20.14
LJ
He's he's he's another perfect example. If he he had a little bit, you know, he had his little he's hit all his legal issues, right? Then he came back to...

02:08:26.78
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:08:27.53
LJ
a His first stop was Iona, right?

02:08:28.30
William Hernandez
Iona. Yeah.

02:08:31.35
LJ
And then he came here.

02:08:34.35
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:08:35.95
LJ
If Patino was... dare I say, just 10 years younger, guess what's going to happen?

02:08:42.93
William Hernandez
He'd be out. He would have been left. He probably would have left right now. He'd be done.

02:08:47.13
LJ
he He would have said, look what I did to St. John's in two years.

02:08:50.23
William Hernandez
In fact, Villanova was trying to get him.

02:08:53.92
LJ
we And where I'm thinking, that's why i preface it with 10 years younger, because I didn't think at this age he would get another chance.

02:08:57.45
William Hernandez
Right.

02:09:00.74
LJ
And look at that.

02:09:01.06
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah.

02:09:03.82
LJ
Look at that. That's my point, man. But we could shit all over the kids, shit all over them. And granted, they're at fault too for this. But like I said, if you was 18, 19 years old, whether it's a good decision or not, do you make the best decisions at 18, 19 years old? Especially if someone's throwing $2 million dollars in your face.

02:09:27.97
William Hernandez
Well, here's the other thing. It's funny you mentioned the whole and 19-year-old thing because here's the other thing that's happening. Apparently, there have been coaches out there that are saying they're not recruiting those high school kids anymore because they're using that nil money for like a junior college transfer or somebody else who already has experience.

02:09:46.52
William Hernandez
So now what's happening is that that 18- and 19-year-old is going to a mid-major first, and then that cycle is happening. So there's something happening because people, I think it was Carl that said to me, oh what do you think about the like the local recording now for St. John's?

02:10:01.13
William Hernandez
And I'm like, brother, I don't think it's there anymore because Petito's not recruiting people out of New York City. He's recording fucking R.J. Lewis out of fucking UMass. Or this guy out out of Providence.

02:10:13.56
William Hernandez
You know? That's a whole different situation that, and we don't know, we don't have all day to talk about that part of it. But, I don't know, it's, something's got to be done. And I feel like this is happening more on college basketball than it is on college football. It just seems that way to me.

02:10:30.17
William Hernandez
At least initially. So, I don't know. Alright. So, going to do something a little fun here to end the show. Because there was an article going around that was ranking the MLB baseball stadiums. All of them.

02:10:48.43
William Hernandez
From top to bottom.

02:10:48.95
LJ
we're not We're not doing that because we we wanted to base it on the ones at least we've gone to.

02:10:50.29
William Hernandez
No, we're not. We're ranking them that we've been to.

02:10:55.00
LJ
He's been to more than I have, but we're just going to rank it like that.

02:10:55.34
William Hernandez
Yes. Yes. Yeah. you've been to I've been to 17. How many have you been to?

02:11:01.03
LJ
13.

02:11:01.59
William Hernandez
13. Okay. um By the way, I think City Field was like number 10 on one of the lists I saw. Which is but's pretty good. think it's pretty good.

02:11:08.87
LJ
I saw a 16 on one of the lists. I saw a 16. Yeah.

02:11:10.70
William Hernandez
Oh, really? Interesting.

02:11:11.65
LJ
Yeah.

02:11:13.79
William Hernandez
How do you want to do this? Do you just want to go, you want to go through your list and I'll go through my list and we'll talk about maybe at the end why we pick.

02:11:20.15
LJ
Because some of the 13, obviously, I don't think there's a park that I've been to that you haven't been to.

02:11:27.45
William Hernandez
Probably not. Yeah.

02:11:29.75
LJ
So that way we could talk about all those in a bunch and what's around there. what And then you could talk about the four separate ones. All right.

02:11:35.34
William Hernandez
Okay.

02:11:35.40
LJ
So I'll go from... I'm going to worst to best. This is my list. So the parks I've been to...

02:11:40.21
William Hernandez
Oh, you're going for worst than best? Okay, cool. Okay.

02:11:42.27
LJ
I'm going to go from worst. I'm going to go 13 to one.

02:11:45.11
William Hernandez
Okay.

02:11:46.73
LJ
Pulling up the rear at number 13.

02:11:48.85
William Hernandez
Let's see if we have the same one at that bottom.

02:11:50.66
LJ
Guess. I'll give you one guess.

02:11:53.18
William Hernandez
ah God, this is so tough.

02:11:58.23
William Hernandez
I'm going to say Lone Depot Park.

02:12:00.43
LJ
Lone Depot park. What a fucking toilet.

02:12:03.21
William Hernandez
See, I didn't have that as my last one, but I'll tell you why. Anyway.

02:12:05.83
LJ
That's my last one. That place is a dump. And we'll, like I said, once I say my list, the same parks we've been to, we'll, we'll rate.

02:12:11.42
William Hernandez
Yes. Yeah.

02:12:13.34
LJ
We'll, we'll, we'll talk about why, you know, cause there's a, there's a bunch of different things included into the listing.

02:12:16.96
William Hernandez
Right.

02:12:19.40
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

02:12:20.60
LJ
Number 12, right field where the Chicago White Sox play.

02:12:26.88
William Hernandez
I tried. Now it's it's right. It's guarantee rate field.

02:12:29.89
LJ
Yeah.

02:12:30.60
William Hernandez
I still have it as U.S. Cellular. Go ahead. That's a bad one.

02:12:33.33
LJ
11, the Rogers Center in Toronto.

02:12:36.40
William Hernandez
Ooh. Good one.

02:12:39.03
LJ
I'm going to be fair with that one. It's been a long time, but I still didn't like it.

02:12:42.34
William Hernandez
That's a shithole.

02:12:43.62
LJ
Number 10, Yankee Stadium.

02:12:46.44
William Hernandez
Wow.

02:12:49.12
LJ
Number 9, the great American ballpark in Cincinnati.

02:12:53.01
William Hernandez
Hmm.

02:12:55.19
LJ
Number eight, Nationals Park.

02:12:58.35
William Hernandez
Hmm. Okay.

02:12:59.91
LJ
Number seven, Wrigley Field.

02:13:03.30
William Hernandez
Interesting.

02:13:04.52
LJ
Number six, American Family Field.

02:13:10.76
William Hernandez
Or Mila Park.

02:13:12.23
LJ
Or Miller Park. Number five, Citizens Bank Park.

02:13:18.64
William Hernandez
Interesting.

02:13:20.70
LJ
Number four, Citi Field.

02:13:23.52
William Hernandez
Okay. yeah number They're my number four too, by the way. It's funny.

02:13:26.67
LJ
Number three, Camden Yards.

02:13:30.06
William Hernandez
Okay.

02:13:31.32
LJ
Number two, Fenway Park. And number one, PNC Park.

02:13:37.89
William Hernandez
Wow. So I will say this. We have to say number ones. BNC.

02:13:45.63
William Hernandez
We love BNC.

02:13:45.76
LJ
and to and and And listen, and they're not even done doing what they were doing within that stadium or maybe a little bit around.

02:13:49.61
William Hernandez
Right. Yes.

02:13:51.65
LJ
But whatever they had there right now was good enough to be my number one.

02:13:54.49
William Hernandez
Yeah, I agree. I mean, the view alone, number one. Because that view is fucking amazing. Holy fucking shit. If you haven't gone to see ah a baseball game at PNC Park, I think we can say we highly recommend going to that stadium.

02:14:10.01
William Hernandez
Okay. I've got 17 on the list.

02:14:14.33
William Hernandez
Number 17, the Oakland Coliseum.

02:14:17.71
LJ
No, yeah, I've never been there.

02:14:18.40
William Hernandez
What a fucking shithole. God, it's awful. 16, U.S. Cellular Field. Number 15 is Long Depot Park.

02:14:30.79
William Hernandez
Number 14, Sky Dome or Rogers Center. Number 13, it's called something else now, but I know it as Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati Reds.

02:14:42.41
LJ
Yep.

02:14:42.91
William Hernandez
Number 12, Yankee Stadium. Number 11, Bush Stadium. The new one. Not the old one.

02:14:49.75
LJ
st St. Louis. st louis

02:14:50.82
William Hernandez
The new one. Yes. Number 10, Ridley Field. Number 9, Nationals Ballpark. Number 8 is Citizens.

02:15:03.44
William Hernandez
Number 7 is Chewist. Atlanta Braves.

02:15:07.79
LJ
Downtown Atlanta.

02:15:10.79
William Hernandez
Fuck you. Number 6 is Candom Yards. Number five is Fenway Park.

02:15:21.02
William Hernandez
Number four is Citi Field. Number three is Miller Park or Great American Insurance, whatever the fuck it's called now.

02:15:30.86
LJ
American and family field makes you feel good inside.

02:15:32.51
William Hernandez
Yeah. number two Number two is AT&T Park, which is the Giants.

02:15:40.09
LJ
Yep.

02:15:40.17
William Hernandez
And then, as we said, number one is pnc Now, as far as, I'm curious, of the ones that we've been to, which one do you think has the best stuff around it for before and after the game?

02:15:58.85
William Hernandez
Because I know what mine is, but what is Okay.

02:16:04.50
LJ
um

02:16:08.93
LJ
Even though there's seven on the list ah do ah do like I do like Wrigley But the reason why they're so low Is because those people can't shut the fuck up When there's a game going on

02:16:13.98
William Hernandez
okay

02:16:19.74
William Hernandez
ah Yeah, that's why I'm on it solo too. Yeah, 10. Yeah.

02:16:23.88
LJ
Okay That's part of the reason why they're they're low on my list I also That's If was to pick the best one

02:16:26.62
William Hernandez
And you also have to piss into a sink. The trough.

02:16:35.06
LJ
cause there's ah there's a I liked what PNC did on Outside of the Park, where like where you just ri you could just essentially just cross the street and there was a fucking lovely bar, go a couple of other blocks, and there's somewhere else to go.

02:16:42.83
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:16:45.48
LJ
ah

02:16:48.25
LJ
I'm going to go with Fenway Park.

02:16:51.89
William Hernandez
Interesting. Okay. So I've got, and we're talking strictly about the neighborhood. i would say Wrigley Field only because it's in a neighborhood and there were just, you turned around down.

02:17:07.20
LJ
Yeah, I can't argue with that. I can't argue with that.

02:17:08.51
William Hernandez
Yeah. Down that Clark street, there's fucking bar. And we went to one of them, the Jets bar.

02:17:15.16
LJ
Mm-hmm.

02:17:15.38
William Hernandez
Remember?

02:17:15.62
LJ
No, no, no.

02:17:15.66
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:17:16.02
LJ
Yeah, yeah, yeah. that I can't argue with that.

02:17:17.06
William Hernandez
there are They're a fucking... And then what's the Burpee's Bleachers that's in Centerfield? Awesome bar to go to before and after. I would say, though, Fenway Park's a close second because there's a lot of shit to go to around Fenway Park.

02:17:25.40
LJ
Yep.

02:17:31.39
LJ
Mm-hmm.

02:17:32.01
William Hernandez
And, you know, Wrigley Field works for the transportation. the red The red line's right there. You're just right off the fucking train. Same thing with Fenway. Train's fucking right there.

02:17:38.81
LJ
um I'll also say this about Fenway. I like their old feeling more than Wrigley Field.

02:17:43.74
William Hernandez
Yes, I agree with that. I completely agree with that. Don't forget...

02:17:46.85
LJ
Even though I couldn't buy fucking Cracker Jacks, I had to go to a different line as I spoke about before, but whatever. you You guys can get a pass.

02:17:54.43
William Hernandez
Don't forget Fenway actually renovated, like, a lot. Wrigley has not done as many renovations as Fenway.

02:18:01.89
LJ
Just that that just ah whole chitchat, that really rubbed me the wrong way when we went to that Wrigley game. And everybody around us was talking and...

02:18:08.03
William Hernandez
Well, dude. that Yeah, like...

02:18:11.34
LJ
ah it just really rubbed me the wrong way.

02:18:13.76
William Hernandez
Guys, you for for Cubs, I think Luke's a Cubs fan. But he's a hardcore Cubs fan. He's not like, you know, he goes to the game and watches the fucking game. But people know the Cubs fans. I go there because it's like, ah it's the largest outdoor bar in the world, basically, is what I call it.

02:18:27.76
William Hernandez
Because people are not there to fucking watch the games.

02:18:28.70
LJ
That's how they acted that day and it drow it drove me nuts.

02:18:29.99
William Hernandez
Yeah. Almost in the same way as the bleachers in Fenway Park. Remember that shit?

02:18:35.46
LJ
Oh, my God.

02:18:37.72
William Hernandez
It's bad.

02:18:37.94
LJ
But you just know not to sit there again. Wrigley Field, no matter where you sit, it's happening.

02:18:39.85
William Hernandez
Right. Yes, exactly. I completely agree.

02:18:43.52
LJ
That's the difference.

02:18:44.51
William Hernandez
Yeah, that's a huge difference.

02:18:44.74
LJ
Because where we sat in Fenway Park other two times, it was beautiful. No one talked.

02:18:48.24
William Hernandez
Yes. Yes.

02:18:49.62
LJ
Everybody was watching the game. it was It was beautiful.

02:18:51.03
William Hernandez
Yes.

02:18:51.86
LJ
I thought I was like in a twilight zone.

02:18:52.45
William Hernandez
Agreed. Agreed. I will say and I like Citizens because of because we like that whole setup that they had.

02:19:04.52
William Hernandez
All the stadiums are there that.

02:19:04.92
LJ
i like this i'm not Like I said, I'm not going to be biased in my hate toward that shitty-ass city, as we all know how I feel about those people, and that's dump.

02:19:05.92
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:19:16.59
LJ
But the setup they have with all the stadiums and where it's located, it's good.

02:19:20.08
William Hernandez
It's nice.

02:19:21.71
LJ
The train is right there.

02:19:21.78
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:19:23.11
LJ
They got that one bar, which is fine.

02:19:23.11
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah

02:19:25.79
LJ
But the setup altogether, it looked like it was easy to get in and out if you drove there. So in that aspect, it had to be fair, which is why they were five.

02:19:35.02
William Hernandez
a

02:19:35.50
LJ
And because I wasn't going to put them, even though I'm not going to say this out loud or between the lines, which is why they're only one behind Citi Field.

02:19:42.04
William Hernandez
Yeah. Well, I...

02:19:43.00
LJ
Because there is, whoever's not been to Citi Field, there is not, that's going to soon change, but there's nothing around there.

02:19:43.41
William Hernandez
Right. That's going change. was about to say yes. Yeah, nothing. Yeah, it's bad. It's really bad. Well, think, I think city field has a, because there's nothing around Miller park either.

02:19:57.77
William Hernandez
There's nothing around Miller park. I think city field, if I had to do this list, once everything starts opening up at city fields, like the surrounding area.

02:20:04.29
LJ
That's different. You just redo it. They'll go up to me.

02:20:06.19
William Hernandez
Yeah. They're going to go up to number three, at least.

02:20:08.05
LJ
I'll be biased. There'll be bias.

02:20:09.07
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

02:20:10.04
LJ
But Miller Park, see, that's the difference too with them. You just said Miller Park and City. We could, whether it was just two bars or whatever, we could still walk there.

02:20:19.62
William Hernandez
That's a good point. Yeah, we did that. We did that for Miller Park.

02:20:21.39
LJ
We can't, you can't even walk anywhere for Citi Field.

02:20:22.16
William Hernandez
Right. ah For Citi Field. Yeah.

02:20:25.89
LJ
You can't even walk anywhere.

02:20:27.34
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:20:27.75
LJ
There's literally nothing within Citi

02:20:31.68
LJ
a five mile radius, would you say? Three to five miles?

02:20:33.37
William Hernandez
Well, there's stuff at Main Street. You can take the train to Main Street.

02:20:37.08
LJ
That's still, to me, that's not, I'm not walking from city fields.

02:20:38.20
William Hernandez
Yeah. Right. No, no, no.

02:20:40.04
LJ
I'm talking about, walk at least you could walk.

02:20:40.37
William Hernandez
Right. Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

02:20:42.75
LJ
I'm not walking from city to main street, whether you could do it or not.

02:20:44.46
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:20:45.34
LJ
I don't think I'm doing that.

02:20:45.44
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah yeah Yeah. That's a good point. That's a good point.

02:20:49.51
LJ
p um Yeah, go ahead.

02:20:50.41
William Hernandez
So my head, no, no, go ahead. We're gonna say.

02:20:53.71
LJ
There was another park that is not really high on the list, but I don't have as much as a problem with it as a lot of people had. Because I heard a lot of bad stuff about this park.

02:21:01.24
William Hernandez
Okay.

02:21:04.39
LJ
It's this, it's that. I actually enjoyed myself. I actually liked the park. And that's the it's called something else now. I don't know the name, but as you said, ah the Great American Ballpark where the Cincinnati Reds played.

02:21:14.44
William Hernandez
Oh yeah. Ah,

02:21:17.71
William Hernandez
I don't know. I like the area because that worked out really well for us. we were able to walk to the ballpark.

02:21:21.52
LJ
The view was fine. I like the view from the back of the stadium.

02:21:22.83
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

02:21:25.34
LJ
ah Plenty of good food options within the stadium.

02:21:25.66
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah, they were. Yeah.

02:21:29.71
LJ
um I didn't have as much problem with it as as a lot of people had. Because you have to take it into a into consideration, not just the stadium. You got to take what the neighborhood offers.

02:21:39.66
William Hernandez
but Yeah, i agree.

02:21:40.66
LJ
I'm not going to lie. One of the biggest reasons why they are low on the list, though, is because when I go to a bar at 10 o'clock at night,

02:21:46.84
William Hernandez
Oh God. Yeah.

02:21:47.71
LJ
I expect to order food and get food and not you tell me the bar is, the the kitchen's closed.

02:21:53.33
William Hernandez
That was bad.

02:21:54.56
LJ
I'm from New York, you fuck.

02:21:58.18
LJ
What are we, the elderly? That your shit is closed at 10?

02:22:03.35
William Hernandez
That was bad. That was bad. i will say for my, uh, Oakland Coliseum experience, my fucking God, Not only is there nothing, the only thing that they get from me is that the train's right there.

02:22:17.98
William Hernandez
There's nothing around the stadium. The shit's falling apart. I paid $18 for a shitty burger. They actually had good beer, which was one of the good things about it.

02:22:26.79
LJ
no

02:22:31.38
William Hernandez
I was able to get a seat for $40, 10 rows behind home plate. But my God, what a terrible place to watch a game. It was awful. Awful, awful, awful.

02:22:41.56
William Hernandez
I get it. I get, I understand why the owner is doing what he's doing, but they they should have tried to build another ballpark there um in Oakland.

02:22:52.93
William Hernandez
by We'll have to go to Vegas when they ah when they get settled there in whatever, three or four years, if we're not dead by then.

02:23:00.54
LJ
ah touch on a We could touch on a couple more here because I actually got a dinner reation reservation soon.

02:23:03.58
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's fine.

02:23:06.62
LJ
um You shouldn't have to go to a ball game and wear a bulletproof vest. I.E. tell them.

02:23:13.22
William Hernandez
Thank you. Thank you. stay

02:23:14.41
LJ
Yankee Stadium.

02:23:15.30
William Hernandez
Thank you. Wow.

02:23:20.12
LJ
thats that That was a joke.

02:23:21.65
William Hernandez
Yes.

02:23:22.87
LJ
But even Yankee fans don't like Yankee Stadium because that's what they've told me out of their own mouth.

02:23:26.27
William Hernandez
Yeah. I've heard that as well.

02:23:27.48
LJ
So I'm not taking shots.

02:23:28.12
William Hernandez
Yes. Yes.

02:23:31.86
LJ
But I don't like the stadium.

02:23:34.35
William Hernandez
i don't like it either.

02:23:35.81
LJ
I think their food options suck. I don't remember their beer options because the last time I went there, I went with ah Melissa's dad and his wife and Melissa's sister.

02:23:46.88
LJ
Um... I think they, if I'm not mistaken, the old stadium used to be open. used to be able to hear the train. Now you can't hear because I think it's sealed, right?

02:23:54.21
William Hernandez
They don't do... It's sealed. Yeah, it's sealed.

02:23:56.66
LJ
They closed it however they did it, which makes it very...

02:23:57.23
William Hernandez
Yeah, it's closed. Yes.

02:24:00.79
LJ
In an open stadium, it sounds weird, but when you walk around Citi Field at least could or like Citizens Bank Park, I'll give them a shout out, or even Nationals Park because it's kind of built the same way, you can feel the breeze.

02:24:06.43
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:24:11.13
William Hernandez
Yeah, it's open.

02:24:11.72
LJ
It's hot within the...

02:24:11.89
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

02:24:15.13
LJ
uh however you call it the walk yeah the walkway around whatever whatever level the promenade yeah around whatever level you're on whatever it's called whatever you want to call whatever level you're on when you walk around it's hot you can't breathe oh i sat in the bleachers one year there i would never do that again and and i'm talking about that it was like a 90 degree day bro i had to buy

02:24:15.51
William Hernandez
ah walk Like the walkway. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The rotunda, as they say. Yeah. The promenade rotunda. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. yeah yeah

02:24:32.25
William Hernandez
Oh God.

02:24:39.36
LJ
I had a, I don't, where the hell did I go? Cause I didn't buy a Yankee shirt. I found maybe a hard rock cafe shirt.

02:24:46.32
William Hernandez
Oh yeah.

02:24:46.59
LJ
My, my shirt was like, I just finished playing basketball.

02:24:46.60
William Hernandez
it' a hard rock compar Yeah.

02:24:50.24
LJ
It was drenched. I said, I will never sit in the bleachers again. Never, never. But I just don't, I don't like the stadium. I don't like, I don't like any of the balls or I'm not taking shots.

02:25:01.99
LJ
It's just, this my opinion. I just don't, I don't, I just don't, I just don't like the stadium.

02:25:03.01
William Hernandez
Yeah, no, I know. I know.

02:25:05.67
LJ
I just don't like it

02:25:08.16
William Hernandez
um One thing I'll give a shout out to Chewers Field, um even though it's the Braves. what Whatever's around it, that's exactly what the Mets should be going for. They've got fucking stores, apartments, fucking restaurants. When we go down there to visit Eric, you'll you'll see. it's It's actually, what they've got going on there is actually is actually really good.

02:25:30.11
William Hernandez
So i will I will give them that. harm

02:25:33.54
LJ
two of the two Two that we agreed on, that which is at the bottom, bottom of your list, bottom of the line, Rayfield, the White Sox, there is absolutely nothing.

02:25:40.09
William Hernandez
Oh God. Awful.

02:25:41.61
LJ
That stadium fucking it sucks. it was like

02:25:44.15
William Hernandez
It's awful.

02:25:44.84
LJ
There was nothing to it. And you wouldn't you would have known better than me, but we went there, what, two or three games? The first game, I was like, this place sucks.

02:25:50.54
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. And I've been there a lot more than you have. Yeah.

02:25:54.32
LJ
And only the only reason why it was crowded because the Mets were in town.

02:25:56.77
William Hernandez
Right. Exactly. Yeah.

02:25:58.21
LJ
Because that place is, what a snooze fest. It was terrible. and Lone Depot Park.

02:26:06.84
William Hernandez
Our favorite, your favorite.

02:26:08.39
LJ
You said it spot on.

02:26:08.95
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:26:10.27
LJ
No personality. It felt like there wasn't enough, like, tell me if I'm off base. it's It seems like there wasn't enough stuff in the stadium.

02:26:21.37
William Hernandez
There wasn't. There absolutely wasn't.

02:26:22.99
LJ
was like an empty space.

02:26:23.19
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

02:26:26.01
LJ
as you walked up, you get what I'm saying?

02:26:27.50
William Hernandez
Yeah, I get it.

02:26:28.05
LJ
Especially in that back part where the ball was, that that was kind of cool because that was like center field.

02:26:28.22
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah Yeah. yeah Yeah.

02:26:33.13
LJ
But I feel like they could have put more in that area.

02:26:35.80
William Hernandez
yeah It's the opposite of Citi Field.

02:26:38.50
LJ
it's It's, yes, it was weird. But here's my biggest gripe with Lone Depot Park. location

02:26:48.50
William Hernandez
ah Awful.

02:26:50.40
LJ
Guys, do you know that you built your stadium in Miami? As much as I don't like the city, it's still Miami. You get what I'm trying to say?

02:26:56.80
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah, exactly.

02:26:58.66
LJ
There is nothing. There is really nothing happening around there.

02:27:02.89
William Hernandez
No, it's crazy.

02:27:03.79
LJ
Except a few people homes. And like I said before, and they let their cocks from walk around on their lawn.

02:27:12.44
William Hernandez
he

02:27:12.53
LJ
All their cocks are out.

02:27:15.51
William Hernandez
Guys, he's talking about ah ah chickens.

02:27:21.96
LJ
That place is a fucking dump.

02:27:25.79
William Hernandez
It's really bad.

02:27:26.82
LJ
It's bad. Jerry from the fan, he said he loves that stadium. I said he's doing drugs.

02:27:31.52
William Hernandez
i don't know. Yeah. That's insane to me. Oh God. That's funny.

02:27:39.65
LJ
That's about it. That's says ah that's.

02:27:40.54
William Hernandez
Yeah.

02:27:42.78
LJ
Yeah, because to me, I'm not speaking for him, but he he know we we probably got the same ideas. What's big about going to a stadium is if you're going to pay a lot of money, at least let the beer be good inside.

02:27:56.14
William Hernandez
Yep.

02:27:56.82
LJ
And when you leave, if you want your night to continue, you got to have something around the stadium.

02:27:56.83
William Hernandez
I agree.

02:28:00.59
William Hernandez
Yeah, I agree.

02:28:01.21
LJ
Food, another bar, something.

02:28:04.59
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah.

02:28:05.43
LJ
Something. You have to you have. Because that's how you continue to keep people to stay there.

02:28:10.00
William Hernandez
Exactly. And I would say like the best ones that have it is is is PNC, Candom Yard wasn't bad.

02:28:18.62
LJ
yeah yeah because you also got the seaport there

02:28:20.32
William Hernandez
Right. The Seaport, Wrigley Field, obviously. ah Let's see what else.

02:28:27.53
LJ
shit i've heard that's a nice stadium shit we're still talking about the pnc park that bought it that you had that delicious steak that they cooked it on a rock

02:28:27.58
William Hernandez
AT&T. I know you haven't been to AT&T, but they there are things around. Yeah, there were things around AT&T.

02:28:35.78
William Hernandez
Holy shit, bro. That shit was fucking amazing. Damn. That was really good. Really fucking good. So. All right.

02:28:48.09
William Hernandez
Are we good here? We're good?

02:28:49.11
LJ
We're good.

02:28:49.13
William Hernandez
Because I got to fucking pee really bad. And you know, you got to go.

02:28:52.50
LJ
Yeah, we're good.

02:28:52.59
William Hernandez
So, all right.

02:28:53.09
LJ
We're good here.

02:28:54.37
William Hernandez
That's going to do it for us for episode number 42. Oh, by the way, what are we recording next week? Monday, Tuesday, what's going on?

02:29:02.18
LJ
I'll text you.

02:29:03.05
William Hernandez
Okay, cool. Yep, that's going do it for us. Episode number 42. This was a really good one. i and i I enjoyed this one, even though I'm i'm a little drunk and I got a fucking pee really bad.

02:29:12.96
LJ
I got I got to start drinking, too.

02:29:13.06
William Hernandez
But, um yeah, all right. I'm Will Hernandez here for Lee J. Perilla, and we will see you next week. Peace out.

02:29:23.48
LJ
Later.