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April 30, 2020 96 mins
As the 2020 season of rolls on, Jay welcomes his friend Erika Fernandez on to the Pod, checking in from New York City. Queens to be exact!

Erika is a sports writer, blogger, and full-blooded New Yorker who has covered everything from Boxing to the NBA -- Yes, it's the Knicks, but still... -- and she joins us (Convo starts at the 17:00 mark) to talk about her journey including:

*How the city has responded in the face of COVID-19
*How her Brother's Influence led her to be a lifelong fan of the Mets
*How much she LOVES Philly
*What got her started in Sports Media
*Why Baseball isn't boring, You Are!
*How she uses her Spanish speaking ability to her advantage
*How it felt to cover games in Madison Square Garden
*Her biggest Sports Heartbreak
*Why she describes herself as a "nice a**hole"

Plus Jay has a few words for the dummies rushing to "open the country" as COVID continues to kick our arse.

For more info on preventing COVID-19, got to http://cdc.gov

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