July 28, 2025 • 9 mins
Warner met Hulk Hogan and has an incredible story to tell us. What's happening with our local sports teams? Warner has the info.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, let's get to the great Warner Wolf, the legendary
sportscaster with us every Monday at seven thirty five. So
CC Sabathia gets into the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
That so water.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
That's that's three from the two thousand and nine team.
Is that going to be it? Or might there be
one more?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I'm not sure, but I'll tell you what. Certainly the
five guys who were inducted yesterday deserve it, Ichiro Wagner, Sabathia,
Dick Allen, and Theve Parker. But to me, how about
the two guys who are not in. John Franco had
more saves than Billy Wagner four hundred and twenty four saves.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Why isn't he in?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
And the other guy is Tommy John who won two
hundred and eighty five games. That's more than sixty six
other pitchers who are in the Hall of Fame. I've
never understood that.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I don't get that either. That's a great point. I
didn't even think about ko No.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Oh, yeah, you had more safe than Billy.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Wagner's and he pitched more years. So you know, it
depends who's voting, who's in this year, who's voting for him,
so they I got a quick story about Hulk Hogan.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Oh great, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I interviewed him once at Channel two in the nineteen eighties.
I asked him about the many cuts and scars he
received in the ring during his career, and he said
when he was first starting out, to make a little
extra money, the promoter would give him an extra fifty
(01:37):
dollars if he would sneak a razor blade into the
ring and tuck it under his trunks and cut his
own forehead, which would bleed profusely. Yeah, I see it
on your far. You ever cut your fehead?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, I But apparently they cut there. I've seen a
documentary on pro wrestling where they talked about them using
razor blades and they all cut their foreheads only because
there's some looser skin up there and it bleeds into
your eyes.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Right, Yeah, it just looks more impressive.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
All the money here, here's a blade.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Well, man, when you talk to him, was he out
of character?
Speaker 3 (02:16):
You know? He was out of character? He was, he
said out he was like talking to a normal person.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yes, I can't even imagine the math character.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yeah, yeah, it was. It was good. You know. Hey,
you know the first exhibition game NFL season takes place Thursday,
and the Lions are two and a half point favored
over the Chargers. The only thing dumber than making a
point spread for an exhibition game are the people who
bet on the point spread. You don't know who's playing
(02:48):
for how long, and you're watching guys you may never
even see again.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
The bow of the week has to go.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
To Aaron Boom. Friday night, he takes out Will Warren
in a two to two game against the Phillies with
two outs and nobody on in the sixth inning, he
brings in four relief pitchers who proceed to give up
nine hits and ten runs, and the Yankees lose twelve
to five. Why because Warren had thrown eighty nine pitches.
(03:19):
Who cares? YEA, yeah, what's the score? And how's he doing? Hey?
You talk about depending on what team you pitch for.
Pirates right hander Paul Skeens has an urn run average
of one point eighty three, but his record is only.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Six and eight for the last place Pirates.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
He's lost four games by the score of one or
two to one and has eight no decision games which
he allowed only two runs. So I'm thinking if Skeens
pitch for a team like the Yankees or Phillies or
Dodgers or Jays, he would be fifteen and two rather
(04:05):
than six and eight. In a shot at the cy Young, Oh,
Senior citizens, you have a new hero. Forty five year
old Kansas City left hander Rich Hill, just recalled from
the Miners. Not only becomes the oldest active player in
the majors, but he's now in his twenty first year
and tied with Edwin Jackson for playing for the most
(04:28):
franchises fourteen different teams. He can't hold a job, all right, Tom,
now for the three stooges. Okay, stage number one. All
the print media and fake paid protesters who reported that
(04:48):
CBS is letting Stephen Colbert go because of Colbert's political views,
wrong newspaper heads. The bottom line is that Colbert was
losing advertisers and the ratings were low. The show is
losing between forty to fifty million dollars a year, plus
(05:09):
is salary. Larry, you've been around TV long enough. We
used to say you could put Charles.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Manson on TV as long as it's pulled in the ratings.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Right. I'm sure you've experienced that's.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
The way of work.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Yeah, that the whole thing is ridiculous. I'll tell you
what though, all of them have to be worried. It's
not about politics. Late night TV is dying.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Yeah, it's money, ratings, yep, yep. And the advertisers.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
That's it.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
They don't care about anything else. That's our business, or
it was our business, all right' Studge number two New
York City Controller Brad Lander, who was quoted as saying,
Zoean Mandani does not have an anti Semitic.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Bone in his body. What wait a minute, Brad, what
have you been smoking? What else do you call a.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Person who denies the Holocaust and who calls for the
global in funna the destruction of Jews in Israel? Put
down that weed, Brad.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
This guy, what is he thinking?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
At stuge number three? You know the Mets shortstop that
Francisco Lindore. He said that Yankee shortstop Anthony Volpi is
a great defensive shortstop, great defensive shortstop. Stop the music
unless there's another shortstop named Anthony Volpi. The Yankee shortstop
(06:45):
Volpi is tied for the most errors in the league
by a shortstop, with thirteen. By the way, Larry, do
you know why it takes longer to run from first
to third than from any other base?
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Well, from first to third because you have to go
to second.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
No, because there's a short stop in the middle.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Hey, what do we have a talk back for you?
Can you? And I think there's a question with us
here you go.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
I know you're gonna have Warner Woolf on today, so
uh yeah, you need to ask him a question. What
does he think about Edwin Diaz, the closer from the
New York Mets, Because the man is driving Mets fans
crazy because he just cannot come in and close one
game up easily. He has to put men on base.
(07:34):
I don't understand it. Ask him that question for me.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Thank you, Well you just did it.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Go ahead, ask me that question. Well, the caller is right.
He Diaz is the only closer I know who puts
He puts excitement into the routine. Save oh man, when
he comes in the ninth then it's it's the only
(08:01):
time you hear the fans you oh.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Like in unison instead of a boo, just just a
large sigh out of the stadium. You know, I like
this water about talkbacks with a question for you did
you Did you like that?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
I think we should try to do that more often.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Yeah, as long as I have an answer, Yeah, yeah,
go ahead, sure, I like that.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Yeah, it was perfect. Do you have a day in history?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
No?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Today, Absolutely nothing happened today.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Well they weren't strong enough. See, it's got to be
something that grabbed you. So, I mean a lot of
things happen, you know, crickets, and yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I get I'm so happy that you are pounding the
drum beat constantly about pitch counts because I think that
there are a lot of people out there that are
are upset about this and just want to get rid
of analytics, at least the over obsession with analytics in
all of sports, but especially baseball.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
You're absolutely right. I'm just I'm thinking that the old managers,
man I once, you know, I worked with Bob you Gert.
He talked about Bob Gibson. He said the managers were
afraid to come out to the mound, or or they
(09:32):
get to the mound, Gibson would say, what are you
doing out here?
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Yeah, it is good, it's incredible. It's just it's ruining
the game, or analytics is ruining the game. It's just
not as fun anymore.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Wonder Wolf legendary sportscaster with us every Monday at seven
thirty five.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Thanks a lot, Warner, all right, thank you then,
Yeah, let's get to the great Warner Wolf, the legendary
sportscaster with us every Monday at seven thirty five. So
CC Sabathia gets into the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
That so water.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
That's that's three from the two thousand and nine team.
Is that going to be it? Or might there be
one more?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I'm not sure, but I'll tell you what. Certainly the
five guys who were inducted yesterday deserve it, Ichiro Wagner, Sabathia,
Dick Allen, and Theve Parker. But to me, how about
the two guys who are not in. John Franco had
more saves than Billy Wagner four hundred and twenty four saves.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Why isn't he in?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
And the other guy is Tommy John who won two
hundred and eighty five games. That's more than sixty six
other pitchers who are in the Hall of Fame. I've
never understood that.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I don't get that either. That's a great point. I
didn't even think about ko No.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Oh, yeah, you had more safe than Billy.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Wagner's and he pitched more years. So you know, it
depends who's voting, who's in this year, who's voting for him,
so they I got a quick story about Hulk Hogan.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Oh great, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I interviewed him once at Channel two in the nineteen eighties.
I asked him about the many cuts and scars he
received in the ring during his career, and he said
when he was first starting out, to make a little
extra money, the promoter would give him an extra fifty
(01:37):
dollars if he would sneak a razor blade into the
ring and tuck it under his trunks and cut his
own forehead, which would bleed profusely. Yeah, I see it
on your far. You ever cut your fehead?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, I But apparently they cut there. I've seen a
documentary on pro wrestling where they talked about them using
razor blades and they all cut their foreheads only because
there's some looser skin up there and it bleeds into
your eyes.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Right, Yeah, it just looks more impressive.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
All the money here, here's a blade.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Well, man, when you talk to him, was he out
of character?
Speaker 3 (02:16):
You know? He was out of character? He was, he
said out he was like talking to a normal person.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yes, I can't even imagine the math character.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yeah, yeah, it was. It was good. You know. Hey,
you know the first exhibition game NFL season takes place Thursday,
and the Lions are two and a half point favored
over the Chargers. The only thing dumber than making a
point spread for an exhibition game are the people who
bet on the point spread. You don't know who's playing
(02:48):
for how long, and you're watching guys you may never
even see again.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
The bow of the week has to go.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
To Aaron Boom. Friday night, he takes out Will Warren
in a two to two game against the Phillies with
two outs and nobody on in the sixth inning, he
brings in four relief pitchers who proceed to give up
nine hits and ten runs, and the Yankees lose twelve
to five. Why because Warren had thrown eighty nine pitches.
(03:19):
Who cares? YEA, yeah, what's the score? And how's he doing? Hey?
You talk about depending on what team you pitch for.
Pirates right hander Paul Skeens has an urn run average
of one point eighty three, but his record is only.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Six and eight for the last place Pirates.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
He's lost four games by the score of one or
two to one and has eight no decision games which
he allowed only two runs. So I'm thinking if Skeens
pitch for a team like the Yankees or Phillies or
Dodgers or Jays, he would be fifteen and two rather
(04:05):
than six and eight. In a shot at the cy Young, Oh,
Senior citizens, you have a new hero. Forty five year
old Kansas City left hander Rich Hill, just recalled from
the Miners. Not only becomes the oldest active player in
the majors, but he's now in his twenty first year
and tied with Edwin Jackson for playing for the most
(04:28):
franchises fourteen different teams. He can't hold a job, all right, Tom,
now for the three stooges. Okay, stage number one. All
the print media and fake paid protesters who reported that
(04:48):
CBS is letting Stephen Colbert go because of Colbert's political views,
wrong newspaper heads. The bottom line is that Colbert was
losing advertisers and the ratings were low. The show is
losing between forty to fifty million dollars a year, plus
(05:09):
is salary. Larry, you've been around TV long enough. We
used to say you could put Charles.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Manson on TV as long as it's pulled in the ratings.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Right. I'm sure you've experienced that's.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
The way of work.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Yeah, that the whole thing is ridiculous. I'll tell you
what though, all of them have to be worried. It's
not about politics. Late night TV is dying.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Yeah, it's money, ratings, yep, yep. And the advertisers.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
That's it.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
They don't care about anything else. That's our business, or
it was our business, all right' Studge number two New
York City Controller Brad Lander, who was quoted as saying,
Zoean Mandani does not have an anti Semitic.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Bone in his body. What wait a minute, Brad, what
have you been smoking? What else do you call a.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Person who denies the Holocaust and who calls for the
global in funna the destruction of Jews in Israel? Put
down that weed, Brad.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
This guy, what is he thinking?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
At stuge number three? You know the Mets shortstop that
Francisco Lindore. He said that Yankee shortstop Anthony Volpi is
a great defensive shortstop, great defensive shortstop. Stop the music
unless there's another shortstop named Anthony Volpi. The Yankee shortstop
(06:45):
Volpi is tied for the most errors in the league
by a shortstop, with thirteen. By the way, Larry, do
you know why it takes longer to run from first
to third than from any other base?
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Well, from first to third because you have to go
to second.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
No, because there's a short stop in the middle.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Hey, what do we have a talk back for you?
Can you? And I think there's a question with us
here you go.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
I know you're gonna have Warner Woolf on today, so
uh yeah, you need to ask him a question. What
does he think about Edwin Diaz, the closer from the
New York Mets, Because the man is driving Mets fans
crazy because he just cannot come in and close one
game up easily. He has to put men on base.
(07:34):
I don't understand it. Ask him that question for me.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Thank you, Well you just did it.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Go ahead, ask me that question. Well, the caller is right.
He Diaz is the only closer I know who puts
He puts excitement into the routine. Save oh man, when
he comes in the ninth then it's it's the only
(08:01):
time you hear the fans you oh.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Like in unison instead of a boo, just just a
large sigh out of the stadium. You know, I like
this water about talkbacks with a question for you did
you Did you like that?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
I think we should try to do that more often.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Yeah, as long as I have an answer, Yeah, yeah,
go ahead, sure, I like that.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Yeah, it was perfect. Do you have a day in history?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
No?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Today, Absolutely nothing happened today.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Well they weren't strong enough. See, it's got to be
something that grabbed you. So, I mean a lot of
things happen, you know, crickets, and yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I get I'm so happy that you are pounding the
drum beat constantly about pitch counts because I think that
there are a lot of people out there that are
are upset about this and just want to get rid
of analytics, at least the over obsession with analytics in
all of sports, but especially baseball.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
You're absolutely right. I'm just I'm thinking that the old managers,
man I once, you know, I worked with Bob you Gert.
He talked about Bob Gibson. He said the managers were
afraid to come out to the mound, or or they
(09:32):
get to the mound, Gibson would say, what are you
doing out here?
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Yeah, it is good, it's incredible. It's just it's ruining
the game, or analytics is ruining the game. It's just
not as fun anymore.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Wonder Wolf legendary sportscaster with us every Monday at seven
thirty five.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Thanks a lot, Warner, all right, thank you then,
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