April 25, 2024 • 46 mins
Episode 492 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with the newly retired John Sterling.
Sterling, who was the radio voice of the Yankees for 36 seasons before stepping away from the job in mid-April, talks about his decision to retire now and clarifies reports on his health. He also addresses the social media backlash the Yankees faced after giving him an 83-inch television as a retirement gift.
Sterling also shares the advice he'd give the person who succeeds him as the Yankees radio play-by-play person, shares this thoughts on his "streak" of calling 5,060 straight games and remembers his time as a sports-talk radio host.
Sterling also reveals the one Yankees player who asked him to change his famous home run call and talks about the role Mike and the Mad Dog played in helping the home run calls become a thing.
Following Sterling, Sal Licata from WFAN and SNY joins Jimmy for the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week's topics include the NFL Draft, Aaron Boone's ridiculous ejection, the upcoming unedited "Roast of Tom Brady" on Netflix, Taylor Swift's new album and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome everyone to SI Media with Jimmy Traina. Thank you
so much for listening. We have a show near and
dear to me as a big Yankee fan, I am
lucky enough to tell you that John Sterling, the voice
of the New York Yankees who is now retired, is
the guest on this week's podcast, followed by our Train
of Thoughts segment with Sal Locata. So I had to
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speak to John, did my best to do something with them.
You know, he's not a huge podcast zoom guy, so
he was kind enough to bear with me and gave
me twenty solid minutes on his career as the voice
of the New York Yankees. So hopefully you guys enjoy it.
If you've missed any recent podcasts, make sure you check
them out. We had a great episode that dropped on
(00:46):
Friday with Milika Andrews, and then earlier that week we
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helps tremendously. All right, let's get to it. The Voice
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of the New York Yankees, John Sterling, followed by train
of thoughts, all right here, right now on SI Media
with Jimmy Tryner all right joining me now. A bittersweet
because I love having him on. I don't love the
reason he's on, But retirement or no retirement, he will
always be the voice of the New York Yankees, John Sterling, John,
(01:30):
thanks for doing this. How are you well?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
It's my pleasure and I feel very good about the retirement.
It was time and so now I can basically do
what I want any day.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
So there, what question are you most sick of getting
since this news broke that you were retiring as the
Yankees radio voice.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Well, I think people want to know if I'm healthy,
And you know, I've been on the air sixty four years.
I know that's it's unbelievable. My first day on the
air was February first, nineteen sixty Give an idea how
long ago it was. So, but anyway, I am fine,
and that isn't why I retire. Retires. I couldn't do
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it anymore. You know, I've worked so long and I
want to stop working.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
That simple, right, Yeah, you know, And I think maybe
what's a little confusing to people, if that's the right word,
is the voice is still there. I mean, you've got
those pipes have not faded in any way, shape or form,
which is quite a blessing.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
That part is amazing. And the games themselves, just doing
the game, that's the easiest thing in the world, but
everything else about it is tough. So yeah, So.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
I know you're not on Twitter, and I don't know
if you know those I know a lot of people
who aren't on those things have people tell them things
about what people are saying. And I'm just going to
start with this to get it out of the way
and then we'll have some fun. Have you been aware
that the Yankees have gotten some backlash because people feel
like the gift they gave you, which was an eighty
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three inch television, was sort of maybe cheap and not
as grand or as expensive as a gift should have
been for all the work you did. And what do
you say to that?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Now, I'll tell you, honestly, though, you have to believe me.
I believe you now, I can't believe all the fuss
and feathers about or by retirement and the Yankee stage
a beautiful day. My kids were all there and it
was great. I don't want any gifts. And as far
as far as the TV, we don't know what we're
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going to do with it yet, you know, but we'll
think about some things. I don't have any room for
it by place.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Eighty three inches is quite a size for television. That's
but you said, you said to me, and you said
to others. Your playing in retirement is to watch all
the Yankee games, all the met games, all the games
on ESPN, MLB Network, the NHL playoffs, the NBA playoffs.
That's that sounds at least like a really great plan
for retirement to me.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, you know, I think last night, for example, I
watched hockey, basketball, and baseball. So this time of year
is terrific. I'm a great sports fan. I'm never going
to stop doing that. And you know, my kids are
all around here, my friends are all around here, so
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you know, I'll have dinners with them and when a
game is on, I'll be watching them.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
You talk about being a great sports fan, you know,
so many people know you as the voice of the Yankees.
You did the games for thirty six seasons, over five
thousand regular season games, turnsaline and playoff games, and we
can get into all that, but you were a sports
talk radio host long before. I don't know about long before,
but maybe in conjunction with play by play you can
maybe if you want to break down the timing of
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when you started each. But I'm just curious, once you
got into the Yankee gig, was it that you couldn't
really do sports talk anymore? Did you not have the desire?
Did you ever want to get back into it? Does
it still appeal to you doing sports talk radio?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Well, I did a general talk show in Baltimore in
the sixties and TV, and then in the seventies at MCA,
I did what I should have been doing a sports
talk show, and I did one year in Atlanta WSB,
and then I did the Hawks and Braves and then
the Yankee. So you know, when you look at it, Jimmy,
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I have had the most full career and I think myself, frankly,
is a very very fortunate human being.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Tell me what you loved about doing sports talk radio
and what you hated about doing sports talk radio.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Well, I didn't really hate anything about it. Once you
got on a subject, it beat it to death. But
you know, that's part of the talk show scheme. I
didn't have any problems with anything.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Frankly, that's great, that's great, And I feel like sports
talk has changed so much over the years. Do you
listen to it now?
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Well? Every now?
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Then?
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Yeah, you know, I don't know. You know, it still is,
you know, debating, you know, what the Knicks should do,
what the Mets should do, what the Yankees should do,
you know that kind of thing. And yeah, first of all,
it's a it's a it's become a great radio programming tool.
There's a because of w f A N and the
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success there is a sports talk station in every city
and every town.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yeah, I think, yeah, Well, I mentioned some of the numbers.
Thirty six seasons with the Yankees, five fortunate in twenty
regular season games, total, eleven playoff games, and then I
think doesn't get enough attention. The streak of five thousand
and sixty straight games from eighty nine to two thousand
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and nineteen.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
You want to hear this, Jimmy, Sure. The streak is
the streak is a lot longer. It began with my
first Hawks game at the beginning of November in nineteen
eighty one, and I never missed the game until mid
twenty nineteen. But people who put those numbers together, which
by the way, are completely out of board. Who cares?
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But I missed two games in my first year because
my sister died and I had to you know, it
was three days because they were in Seattle and there's
a day off or whatever, and that's it. That's I
don't call that missing games. I call that a death
in the family. So actually it's a lot more than
five thousand. But who cares doesn't do anything for me.
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Who cares?
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Well, that's impressive, it's an impressive feather in the cap, right,
I think.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
I think, tell me, oh my god, you mean going
to every single game and broadcasting it from from the
from the Yankees of eighty nine to twenty nineteen. Well,
that's a long time, a lot of games.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
A lot of games. Tell me if you have a story,
I'd love to know if you have a story or
a memory of almost missing a game, whether it was
because of a travel incident late to the park, You
ever have a close call.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
No. And to add to that, in the eighties, you know,
I'm broadcasting the Hawks, and the Hawks are in a
division with the Central they called it, and they were
cold to other places Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland in Indiana,
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and the team would fly early because that was the
NBA rule. There was a chart of it, and the
NBA rules you have to take the first flight. So
you got there. And I never flew with the team.
I flew in back of it. And in the eight
years I did it in all those wintery months, I
never got stuck. So if you say to yourself, boy,
(09:13):
is he lucky, You're right.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Well, yeah, there's always a little luck involved in anything.
It's interesting because you talk about the Hawks a lot,
and when your retirement became public on social media, outside
of all the Yankee stuff, which we'll get into, the
clip that came up more and more and more than
anything as an old Braves game from I believe it
(09:37):
was a fourth of July game that went like a
million innings deep into the night. I just curious your
memories and so many people brought up that game, your
memories of that game, and when you look back on it,
what you think about that game and what that was like.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
It was a crazy night. There was a rain delay
in the first nine innings, and then the Mets, a
much better team, had a three run lead in the
thirteenth and a really nice guy right hand hitter, gosh,
just just went out of my head, Terry Harper, and
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Terry Harper had a three run home run against the
fowl Screek. So the game went on, and then the
Nets billed up a three run lead in the eighteenth
and the worst hitter in sports, Rick Camp came up.
There was no one left on the bench in Camp
at a three run home run to tie the game.
You know, that's what everyone remembers and see. But actually
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in the nineteenth inning he gave up five runs, so
that was the end of that game.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
So that is an all time regular season game right there.
Did the home run calls that you became known for
with the Yankees especially, did that ever become almost a
burden in a way because it just became this thing
and then you had to come up with something and
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people were grading it and people are evaluating everyone, And
did you did you ever have a time where you
were like, oh god, I wish I didn't have to
do this anymore with the home run calls, or did
you always love it, always embrace it.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Well, one thing, Jimmy, you're right about it was never
intended to be for every player. I did those kinds
of things before, Dominique is on your feet and things
like that. But then one day Bernie had a home
run and I said, burn baby, burn in it, and
it took off. And then there were you know, all
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the others, Robbie Cano and a Rod and Bobby and
Bray You and on and on and on and out
going into this here. It became a thing where I
have to do it for everyone, which wasn't the intention. However,
you can't ignore the fact that it had such great wings,
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great success. So I was very lucky.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Did I'm sure you heard from everyone with suggestions on
home run calls. I'm curious. Did a Yankee player ever
suggest their own home run call to you?
Speaker 2 (12:06):
No? But Nick Swisher did not like my call on him. Called.
I called him jolly old saint Nick. He said, makes
he's selling an old fat man. So I said, okay,
And so then I came up with swish Alicia's so
all right.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
So we had a correction by Nick Swisher. Then oh no,
was it? Do you know? I mean, listen, If you
don't know this, I don't blame me, But for some
reason in my head, that burn, baby burn, that first one.
I remember it being a day game in Minnesota in
the old metrodomes is does that ring a bell? Or
am I wrong on that?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
I don't remember?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Okay, and tell me if I'm wrong about this as well.
I feel like did Mike and the Mad Dog play
a huge role in the home runs becoming a thing?
Because I remember I was a huge Mike and the
Mad Dog FA and listener, and I feel like they
were the first one to really start playing your calls
every single day on their show. It was did you
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do you remember it being that way? Or was it
already a thing before they jumped on the bandwagon.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I think they helped me inordinately. But I was first
told about it by the Yankee team doctor guy named
Stuart Hershad. He said, John, you know, listen to Mike
and Mentog. They do nothing but play your calls, and
I will relate one story to you about that. Yes,
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in nineteen ninety six, Yankees played Baltimore. That was a
Jeffrey Mayer game, and in the eleventh inning Bernie hit
one out too in the game. So I told my
wife and they're friends with her, go downtown to this
bar that we always went to and after the post game,
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I'll meet you. I'll drive down. And the post game
took for ever. So when I leave in the stadium,
Mike and the Mad Dog are still on what were
they doing? A five hour show? And I'm driving downtown
and they must have played the Bernie Williams home run
about twenty jibs. That was a wonderful feeling.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Wow, that's great. That is great. I we talked a
little about it, the longevity of the career, all the
jobs you've had. Is there a venue in any sport
that you have not called a game in that you
wish you could have called one game in if I had,
If you had to pick one venue.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Yeah, ebbits Field, Right, Well that.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Finally, but something something before your time.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
I loved I loved ebbits Field. I love the nooks
and crannies and the color of it. Yeah. I know
that in later years it became a dumb but I
love it. And every time I see it, you know,
on an old or TV or something I get a
little bit excited. I like little ballparks with a lot
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of high walls and nooks and cramis.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, I was fortunate enough. I'd love to get you
take it. I've always said my favorite stadium that I've
been to. This is a long time ago, but right
before they tore it down, I got to go to
I saw games in old Tiger Stadium that I thought
that was such an underrated ballpark.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I think so too. And I'll tell you coming there
instead of going to the booth, sometimes I go up
the next flight of stairs, little flight of stairs, and
I'd be in the second deck, and I thought the
best seat in the world was in the upper deck.
And Tiger Stadium, you're over the field. Yeah, And I thought,
boy if I did, if I could see eighty one
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games there, I really would love it.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Yeah, of course, but yeah, that stadium should be mentioned
with the Fenways and the Wrigleys. As far as I'm concerned,
it was a great ballpark. Tell me about I want
to just go back to the AM. I can we
go on a little longer you okay, okay, okay. A
couple of things on the retirement. I know you're sick
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of talking about it. Just curious if if you're if
your you know, I don't know what the fan plan is.
I would assume they will announce a full time replacement
and they came to you for some advice. What advice
would you give them.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
I would tell that guy or gal to be yourself,
find your own style and you know, grow with it,
and that's all I would tell. But just be your
own person.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
See one thing, Jimmy. One thing about this unbelievably long
career sixty four years. The thing I did best is
so easy. It's extemporaneous. And I did talk shows, I
did disjockey shows, and I did play by play. Well,
if you look at them, all three are spontaneous and
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so there's no script. You go in and just you
do your dis Jackie show, you do your your ballgame,
your talk show. But it's all ex tamboraneous. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
We just touched on advice for your replacement, and you
said be yourself. And I do think so many I
think in broadcasting, so many people forget it's supposed to
be entertaining. You're supposed to be an entertainer and it's
supposed to be fun. You from day one I feel
like you got that. Was it always that way for
you always knew it was entertainment, even if you're doing
play by play, and you know you always brought some goodhead.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Well, Jimmy, I live life by the seat of my
pants and I broadcast by the seat of my pants.
So when I go on to do something, I just
do it. So I'm going on their being myself and
whoever that next person is, that person should be themselves too.
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Now with that, I'll tell you one thing. Good friend
of mine, who you know has written for all the
big newspapers, Wally Matthews. He once had a good line
and he said, the only people who don't love Stirling
are the people who consider baseball as important as a
heart attack.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Exactly. Well, my favorite I would love it when you
and Susan would talk about Broadway shows and you'd break
into song in the middle of the game. I mean,
I love that. The reaction to your retirement.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Blown away, just blown away me Andy fuss about it
and Debbie Timmon, but on another great show at the
stadium and my kids are all there, and obviously it's
a day that I won't forget. I was blown away.
I'm blown away by forty five thousand people channing my
name to gee. All of that was great, and I
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thought it was kind of funny. My homely face was
on the cover of both newspapers. So anyway, they've treated
me unbelievably well. So have the Yankees, so has fan
and now it's up to me to short everything out
for my next life.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Well you deserve it. I thank you for all of
your years entertaining me is the Yankee Voice. I thank
you for doing this podcast. Do you have any opinion
on podcasts? While we're while we're wrapping this up.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
There's a lot of talk.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Yeah, and you you're talked out, so you've done a
lot of talking this whole week. So I will let
you go. And again, I thank you for keeping me
entertained all these years.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Thank you very much. Jimmy appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
Take care all right. Joining me now as he does
every week for hour Train of Thoughts segment from wf
AN Radio in New York, s n Y TV in
New York, My buddy Salakata Sal, how's it going great?
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Another week? It's enjoyable. Actually with New York sports, weather's
starting to getting a little bit better. I'm enjoying life,
Jimmy the move, I'm sort of get settled in all good.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Right now, there's a first. I was gonna say, this
has to be such an easy time to do sports
talk radio in New York. You have the Knicks roling,
you got the Rangers are in the playoffs, and the
Mets turned it around, and the Yankees are always generating
some buzz. So good time to and you have the
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NFL Draft this week, which I'm sure you don't care about.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Yeah, it's fun. It's been a this is a great
this is a great week. No, we do care about
the draft, obviously, get it. Get pumped about that. With
the Giants and Jets picking where they are. It sucks
that it's against Knicks Game three, but you know whatever, Yeah,
this is I mean, this is what we live for here,
Knicks and Rangers.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Now.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
I remember too, You and I grew up listening to
Mike and the Dog talk about the Knicks and the Rangers.
You know, twenty five thirty years ago whatever that hadn't
happen because the Knicks has been bad for so long.
So to be able to be on and talking about
them and get into a series, I love it. Man,
it's great.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Well, I feel like the draft is a perfect TV
two type of thing to watch, so you can balance.
Although I will say, I mean I wanted to bring
this up with this leader. I will say for the
draft this year, I think I'm gonna go straight Pat
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McAfee show. He's got Belichick, he's got Belichick as his
co host.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
They're doing like a lot of draft show. Yeah, and
how how do we get the picks? Like, do they
announce the pick to carry that? How does that go that?
Speaker 1 (21:23):
I'm not sure. I'm sure they just announce it. I
mean the picture, I.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Still like old school hearing the music, the pick is in,
commissioner walks up, announce the pick. Then I'm fine with
the reaction. But I want old I don't even look
at social media. I want to watch and have that surprise.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yeah. I mean the only way you can do that
is if you're not on social media. Yeah, because the
picts are always on social media ahead of time. So
it's ruined.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
It's ruined the drafts. You can't do it right right.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
But I'm I'm fascinated one to see Belichick, you know,
discuss the draft and get his insight to how he
evaluates players, and I'm fascinated to see the combination of
Belichick and McAfee.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Yeah I could. Yeah, I either. If I don't watch it,
I's going to read your column about it.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Right, so I can pot them on YouTube watch the
Knicks on one TV, And I don't know if the
Yankees are playing a maneuver it.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
See, that's I got to be locked into next situation.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Yeah, yeah, but I want to.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Know what's going on with the draft obviously.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
But I'll just say one thing about the Knicks, and
this is going to be old by the time this
comes out. Whatever happened, happened? Fouls, no fouls. This the
six is to say they're going to file a grievance.
What do you think is going to happen? You think
the NBA is going to make you replay the last
thirty seconds? Like what? I don't I you know, I
think I may have pitched this once before to s I,
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but like I would love to see a story like
outside of the George Brett Pintar game, has there ever
been a protest or grievance in the NBA that's ever
been useful? I don't what is the point of this.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Yeah, playing the game under protest.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Yeah, and what happens? Nothing? Nothing, nothing, They're not going
to replay the game. So what are the sixers doing?
Speaker 3 (23:11):
Right?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
I mean one thing that should be protested. No, no,
protest is not the right word. But I just want
to say one thing about the Aaron Boone ejection. The
insane part of that to me is that MLB is
going to do nothing.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
What do you want to do?
Speaker 1 (23:29):
You can't suspend the umpire for a week?
Speaker 2 (23:31):
All right?
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Let me ask you something like, and not to compare
apples to oranges here, but what do you think's worse
Angel Hernandez or what went else that did the other day?
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Angel Hernandez?
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Right, and they don't do shit with him? Right, So
now we're going to suspend this guy for I think
he made Now he shouldn't have been as aggressive. He
woke up on the wrong side of the bed. He
was going after Boone. But like the fact that he
heard something. You know, there's fifty thousand people there, really,
well whatever hover many people there. I know it's an
afternoon game, it's against the eighties, but you know what
I'm saying, like, how is he supposed to decipher? He
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could have less rabbit ears, yes, but for him to
decipher whether he came from somebody in the dugout of.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
The stands like, that's not the issue. That's not the issue.
The reason he should be suspended is because he said
two things. One I don't he goes, I don't care
who said it. Oh, that's the whole point of the ejection,
you dope, So you should care who said it.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
True.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
So here's the thing. If he comes out after the
game goes, you know what, so the video I messed up,
shouldn't have thrown him out? Then no, you don't suspend
the guy. People make mistakes. I don't care who said it.
And then after that gave all these quotes saying like, well,
it doesn't matter who said it. He's the manager of
the Yankees, he's the representative. So he goes, well, yeah,
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that's no, that's why he should be suspended.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Yeah, I'm not going to disagree with that. I don't
know about suspending. But he's clearly in the wrong many
times over. Except if made a mistake, take some accountability
and move the fuck on. But the fact that you're
in denial and clearly had an ax to grind that
shows an issue. But I do think it's a problem
with baseball with guys like Angel Hernandez and these guys,
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these old school guys that try to wield that power stick.
It's it's frustrated.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Angel Hernandez being completely inept at his job and being
someone who has no business being a major leaguempire has
nothing with this guy.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
This He also is on a power trip though, And
you're right, like, I get.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Well, they're saying it's five pitches into the game, it's
the first inning, it's the first batter, and he says,
I don't care who said it and throws out the manager.
You can't do that. Yeah, so that's.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Clearly though he probably you know, Boone does have a history.
Now I love that Boone gets on these guys, but
he has a history. Clearly Wentel Sad or whatever had
taken that into account.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
But even if he has a history, the guy, he
didn't say anything. The guy threw him out and then said,
I don't care.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
Well, it's funny. It was funny to watch it back.
And he didn't yell another word out of you're done.
And Boone's like and literally sat since theread takes it,
he takes that dismissive, disrespectful talk, doesn't say anything and
still gets thrown out of the game.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Well, the best part is he was throwing out while
he's looking at his fingernails. That was the best part
of the all. He's looking at his fingernails and the
guy throws him out. Great job by yes, picking up
that audio. Yeah, I have to give them credit because
I ripped them to shreds after they on Saturday morning?
Can you explain to me how you don't carry the
John Sterling press conference?
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (26:31):
You? You wrote was exactly how I felt, not even
about the yes thing, but just about how important it was,
so much so that I left the house torn and
air and had to go to the post office. I
wanted to get back inside to not miss it, but
I didn't get back in time. So I sat in
my car for fifteen minutes terribone was listening to every
(26:52):
word of Sterling, to a point where I got in
My wife goes, where the fuck were you? You're supposed
to be in here? Fifteen I go. So I had
to listen to something like I gotten trouble because I
wanted to hear stolling. That's how important that was. I
could not believe that they didn't carry it. I didn't
know that until I read it, because yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Because I was running around doing stuff, raced home to
get home at eleven thirty to watch it, and I
put it on and they're giving me Bob Lorenz, John
Floherty and some guy I don't even know, Dave Valley,
who has no why he's on a Yankee show I
don't understand. And then and then I'm like, is it?
But it was? Here's the thing. They Yes kept promoting
(27:29):
tune in for the John Stowing Ceremony to an in
for the John Stowing Ceremony too, so I'm like, how
could they? And then I'm like, I put on the
fan and it was on.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
My blood was boiling when I heard it on the
fan because that means Yes, just decided not to put
it on. Ridiculous as them a decision as you can have.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
And I'm with you too. I had no idea who
the other guy was. I knew a little Renz and
flowered and I'm like, who, what was this? And they
said Dave and I'm like, Dave who? And then I'm like,
when you show who the guy is? Because I don't
know who it is, and I obviously I remember him
as a player, I do not remember him as a Yankee.
Was he ever even a Yankee?
Speaker 1 (28:00):
I don't think so, I don't think. I don't know.
But remember, here's what I found funny about it too.
Remember last week I briefly touched on I said, the
Yes booth, everything about the Yes telecast is stale, and
the entire everything about the Yes productions of Yankee games
needs a revaw. And then here they are dragging in
another analyt. They have eight every day. It's someone new.
(28:23):
It's ridiculous. I'll tell you what I'm looking forward to
more than anything in all of sports right now. May fifth,
It's a Sunday night, May fifth, eight o'clock, Netflix Live,
not edited. The roast of Tom Brady. I cannot wait.
(28:48):
Here's why.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Who's doing it?
Speaker 1 (28:51):
Well, Kevin Hart's the host. But here's what up my
level of intro. I would I would have probably watched
it if no matter what. But this is what makes
this now a must watch and get locked in, locked
in live, unedited. Those Comedy Central roles are all edited.
(29:11):
This is going to be live, so who knows if
they start with the Giselle jokes there is that they
can't edit them out.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
What's what's the purpose behind this? Just just your entertainment.
Brady's getting paid and he's like, yeah, whatever, I'll do it.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Yeah. Netflix probably is given him eight billion dollars, that's
what it is.
Speaker 3 (29:30):
I mean, I don't know if I have as much
interest in that as you do. I would I be
curious to check it out after the fact.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
Maybe, but I just love that it's going to be live.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
Now. I'd rather be older, respect to Kevin Hart. I'd
rather see Jeffrey Ross unedited and live. That would be
something I agree.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
One of the one of the highlights of my like
entertainment career was when I got to go to the
Howard Stern birthday show. Yeah, and Jeffrey Ross and Joan
River together did a did like a roast of Howard
and Robin, and it was like top five funniest things
I've ever I've ever seen in my life. I can't
(30:10):
even repeat the jokes. Like, if anyone goes and looks
that up, I mean, listen, you're now canceling Jeffrey Ross
and John Rivers. But like I can't even begin to
tell you. I mean, just one inappropriate joke, hysterical.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
I'd love to see Jeffrey Ross doing that's great.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Oh my god, but him and Joan Rivers together was
it was, I don't remember that. I don't want to
make I don't want to say the joke if I
don't tell it right. No, no, I know, this is
Joan Rivers joke, not my joke. This is what happened.
She goes, she was talking about Howard, and she's talking
about Howard being ugly, and she goes, you're so ugly.
(30:53):
If your face was a car, it would be Paul
Walker's Porsche. Oh Walk, Wait, but here's why. Now okay, fine,
now see what you just did. Oh my god, that's
what the entire arena did. So then that launch jone goes,
you're booing You think I give a shit? She goes,
do you think I give a fuck? I'm eighty years old?
(31:14):
What are you gonna do now? Book me? I don't
give a fuck. Keep booing me. And that was that
was way funnier than the joke, like she just started
ripping the crowds to ripping the crowd to shreds.
Speaker 3 (31:24):
For booing her too.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
She goes, I'm eight years old. What are you gonna do?
Not book me? It was the funny.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
I love Joan Rivers, always have, but you're.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
One hundred percent right. Like Jeffrey Ross would be a
billion times better than Kevin Hart, and I like Kevin Hart.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
I'm sure it'd be good, but come on, you're gonna
do a roast, there's only one guy to get. I agree,
especially to that magnitude with Brady. Netflix Live, pay jeff
Ross whatever it is he needs.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
There's one thing about the Netflix special that I can't
figure out if it's good or it's bad. They haven't
there's no list of who's roasting, so I don't know.
You know.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
That's what turned me off to the Comedy Central ones.
I've never been big into it, but like and I
love like the situation, but I don't want to see
him do any roasting like they had these people come
in and write the jokes for them. I'd rather just
Jeffrey Ross do it. He's the master at it. Let
him do well.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
It's always like a group of like twelve fifteen people.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Yeah, it's too much stupid. Well like that dude, Anthony
Jesselneck was pretty good at it. He's funny, like actual
comedians that can do it, I think we're good.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
Well, I don't agree with that, only because the comedians
are the ones writing the jokes, even for the non comedians.
So something like like there was there was a roast
of I don't remember who it was, Blake Griffin did
the roast. Oh, I know what it was. It was
Alec Baldwin. It was the roast of Alec Baldwin. For
(32:53):
some reason, Blake Griffin was part of the roast of
Alec Baldwin, right, and he was hysterically funny. He was
hysterically funny. And like you know, there was a I
don't know, there's I don't mind if it's not a
comedian if the stuff is funny. But what's interesting with
the Brady one is you don't I don't there's zero information,
(33:16):
So like, is Gronk going to show up and be
a roaster? Like that's probably not going to be right,
not going to be good. But I, like you said,
if you get just Jeffrey Ross and some other comedians.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
Then how about Bill Belichick.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
I mean, I'd love to see it. Imagine Belichick trying.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
To do a roast Brady.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
But I'm looking forward to that that's on May fifth,
and it's going to be live. Did you listen to
Taylor Swift's new album? Come on?
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Do you think I listened to Taylor swift new album?
Speaker 1 (33:45):
I don't know. Sometimes you surprise me and you're like, well,
you listen, It's the biggest thing in the world, so
you got to do it. You got to you know,
sometimes you have that mentality.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
Do you remember? No, do you like, I'm not a
post listening to it. I've got nine billion things on
my list. Taylor Swiss albus not one. As a matter
of fact, I didn't know she came out with an album,
but then it came up. Do you remember Do you
remember last year we talked about this or two years
ago we're doing the podcast, and I told you that
my producer at the time took off of work to
(34:15):
listen to it.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
I do remember that.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yeah, he did it again. Michael Fliegelman at the fan
it came up again. He took awful work to listen
to the album.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
I don't believe it. I just how could you not know?
When that album came out the next day, every single.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
Tweet, No, I saw like I didn't know what was
coming out, right, And then I saw a little bit
about it, and then I was just like, oh, this
came out. They're like yeah, midnight, and then you know whatever,
that was it, right?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Yeah, I mean I didn't know it was coming out either.
But then when I woke up the next day, every
tweet was about this album, and I'm just like, you know,
I don't get it.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
I did read one story where like one song I
guess was taking shots to Kim Kardashian.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
I saw the tweets about that.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
Yeah, yeah, so what I that's my extent of it.
But I haven't taken the time to listen to her yet.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
I'd be Tim Kim team Kim K over Taylor. I
have no I mean, I'm not a Taylor Swift person.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Yeah, I mean I'm not necessarily either, but I don't know.
I got to do more research on that one before
I make a decision. I'm just listen, it's got to
be based, you know what.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
All we basing it also, I was basing it just
doumb looks.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
You know.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
I've always I've always been a Kim K fan. Yeah, yeah,
we do.
Speaker 3 (35:34):
This conversation off the air.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
I just I don't know, like, I don't I've never
gotten to Taylor, so, I mean it is amazing though,
Like she comes out with this album, it sets a
record for like the Spotify streams and this record and
everything is a record for her. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable.
(35:56):
And you know the Travis Kelcey thing. I wonder, like
next season, if it's going to be calm down at all,
like it has to be. It can't be like the
way it was this past season.
Speaker 3 (36:07):
No, but it still be a thing. Yeah, definitely, definitely
to I would think to a lesser extent, right, can't
be can't be as big of a deal anymore. Oh,
here's tell us what like? Yeah, no shit, I mean
I would hope. So where it will ramp up is
if they get engaged right right, that'll take it to
another level. Or if she's pregnant or whatever like that'll
(36:28):
take it to another level.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Yeah, you said you didn't listen to their album.
Speaker 3 (36:33):
You go.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
You said you had eight million things on your list.
We should one day, we should get the list. I
want to know what's on the list.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
I'm gonna I'm gonna read you text message that I
got from my wife during my radio show today all right,
we had an electrician come to the house. He's got
to do work on the house, whatever it may be.
He can't. They don't come on weekends. I'm at work
during the day. Like so, I told my wife, and
she's been dealing with a lot. I give her credit
(37:03):
for it, okay, but I told her today, all right,
they may you know, power may be out at times.
I don't know how long they're gonna be there, maybe
a few hours or whatever. She goes, they're still here.
This is at eleven fifty seven am. They got there
at eight, Like, of course they're still going to be there.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
They're basically rewiring the house.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Yeah, they're still here. They keep switching power on and off.
I'm like, all right, I'm sorry you have to deal
with this, but that's you know what what it is.
He goes, you lied, you said one hour, you used me.
You don't care about me. I feel like you kept
me hostage in my own house. Now I'm doing a
radio show and my phone's going nuts. You asked, because
(37:43):
I did say the other day. I go, you know,
when are we going to start unpacking here? Because she
doesn't unpack the boxes, that's up to me. She's taking
care of the baby and doing other stuff.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
So you just said she doesn't unpack the boxes. That's
up to you, that's your job. Well then you said
to her, when are we going to unpack? Yeah, so
you want playing some psychological warfare.
Speaker 3 (38:03):
I can't do it all on my own, Like, you
gotta do something with the boxes. She was sick this weekend,
so she throws that in there. She goes, this is
the quote I was waiting for her. Salakata only bold,
only looks out for himself. And then she said, they
said they'll be done hopefully two thirty three. Like it's
just the point.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
Of well, you didn't know that they were going to
be there that long.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
I mean, what they're coming for the day? Like he
come on, Like, what do you want me to do
about it? Anyway, That's one of the eight million things
that I got going on. My wife getting on eat,
we got to change the licenses over, we got to
do food shopping and this, and it just doesn't end.
I don't have a second for Taylor Swift's new album.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
I mean, if I had nothing on my list, I
still wouln't listen to Taylors's album. But I'm glad I
got you all rolled up. But here did you tell
your wife it was going to take an hour?
Speaker 3 (39:01):
I don't think I said an hour. I said they'll
probably be here for a few There's no way I
said an hour. I know what I said was here's now,
now that I think about it, what I said. I said,
the power might be out for a little while, maybe
to have it out for an hour or something like that,
Not that they weren't going to be there all day,
clearly not going to be there for an hour, but
maybe I said you might be without power for a
little while, for an hour or so.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
This sounds like the classic husband and wife miscommunication.
Speaker 3 (39:28):
I say, there are these years what she wants to hear.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
I don't want to defend. I don't want to just
you know, defend you on it. But even whether they're
there for one hour or eight hours, how are you
supposed to take care of it if you're at work?
Speaker 3 (39:40):
Well I'm not. But it's the point of her, again
being inconvenience, which I get. I just don't know the like,
what am I supposed to do about it? Right? Like
we got unless you want to come do the show
would be te for four hours, I'll hang out home, Like,
we really don't have any other options. So it's more like,
and I know she does really mean all those things.
(40:01):
At least I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (40:06):
Na.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
She's frustrated, and I get it, but like it's the
point of that moving in and doing the ship.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
It just it's never it's never gonna end. That's the
thing with moving well, at.
Speaker 3 (40:17):
Some point, at some point the workers will stop coming there.
We're getting to that point. We're just not there yet.
But it's always something like you did you.
Speaker 1 (40:26):
Did you say to her that you would stay home
with the electricitis and she can break down Nick Six's
And No.
Speaker 3 (40:33):
I didn't fire back. This is one of those I
knew how to lay off the gas, Kimmy, even I
have my limits, And I said, it's okay, I'm sorry
you have to deal with this. I really appreciate understand.
You know, tomorrow will be home half a day. And
she's like, I'm going out tomorrow on my own. Ago, Absolutely,
go ahead, do what you gotta do. I'll watch the Mira.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
It would have been great if you said, do you
think you can break down the Hartenstein offensive rebound?
Speaker 2 (40:57):
No?
Speaker 3 (40:58):
I did when I was on the open I didn't
say that. I used to use that one didn't go
over well.
Speaker 1 (41:04):
The OVID nights you had full sympathy from everyone. Yeah,
this is now. Now you're you know, you're supposed to
be home at a reasonable hour, and then when you
get home, you're watching the NBA Playoffs, the NHL Playoffs,
the Yankees and the Mets.
Speaker 3 (41:15):
Yeah. I did leave out that I am going to
the Ranger game tonight. She does not have to know that.
Speaker 1 (41:20):
Well, see, yeah, you really you're a piece of work.
You tell your wife's stuck at home with the electricians
and no power, and you convenient conveniently leave out that
you're going on the Ranger game.
Speaker 3 (41:31):
Well, I do have to work at s NY afterward anyway,
So in between shifts while I need to kill some time,
why not go to game two if the world's most
famous for a little while.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Now, when you told her you were on the Ranger game,
how did that go down?
Speaker 3 (41:46):
I didn't tell her that.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
She doesn't know you're going to the Ranger game?
Speaker 3 (41:50):
Correct, Oh my god, I told her I'm working late.
That's what I do in between? Really is irrelevant?
Speaker 1 (41:57):
You're going to tell her at some point?
Speaker 3 (41:59):
Yeah, yeah, but I'm I'm gotta pick that spot when
that's gonna.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
Oh my god. All right, well this is a cliffhanger.
Next week we'll find out how it went. When South
told his wife he decided to go to a Range
of playoff.
Speaker 3 (42:13):
Game, say your prayer for me. I might need it.
Speaker 1 (42:16):
I mean, listen, if you have to work after the
Range game, it's not like you could. It's not like
you could have come home.
Speaker 3 (42:22):
Right, So that's one in my favor. Where it's not
going to be in my favor is that I've you know,
since we moved into the new house, we've had major
you know, I'm just trying to tighten things up and budget.
Speaker 1 (42:33):
You're paying for these tickets?
Speaker 3 (42:36):
Well all ticket, Yes, I paid for all ticket.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
Oh so now it's gonna tell.
Speaker 3 (42:43):
You she's yeah, she's gonna hear that I went to
the game, and she's gonna the first thing is gonna
say how'd you get tickets? And when I say, well,
you know, if I tell her the truth, I'm gonna
say that I paid for them. If I tell her
the truth.
Speaker 1 (42:55):
Oh yeah, now you're in trouble this. Listen. If you listen,
you set it up where Okay, you have to be
on the air at s n Y at ten thirty.
You have a couple hours to kill. You go to
the Ranger game. Okay, well, but now you drop in
that you're paying for your ticket.
Speaker 3 (43:11):
Well, I mean help me get into the game.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
Oh, you're immediate person. I thought maybe you got a
free So now what So now you're paying for the
ticket and not telling Now it's a it's an NHL
playoff tickets, so I'd assume it's not a fifty dollars ticket.
Speaker 3 (43:26):
No playoffs, it's not a fifty ticket. Do you want
the exact number or do you I?
Speaker 1 (43:31):
Because we're friends, I think you should not give out
the exact number unless you plan on telling your wife
the exact number.
Speaker 3 (43:37):
It's not that bad of a number. But well let's do.
Speaker 1 (43:41):
Let me see if I can guess, because I don't
know anything about hockey. Like, if it was a Nick ticket,
it'd be like five hundred dollars the Rangers.
Speaker 3 (43:48):
Now, I will say that masson Square Garden.
Speaker 1 (43:51):
It's New York City. There's no way the ticket is
under two hundred. There's no way. Correct, don't tell me
you're going over three hundred.
Speaker 3 (44:01):
No, and and partially because I got hooked up with
a guy who was able to get them at like
no fees and whatever cost it is, and maybe two
sixty round one to sixty.
Speaker 1 (44:18):
I mean, you're not pacing yourself.
Speaker 3 (44:22):
No, that's I wasn't gonna go purposely this year because
of all that. And he the friend came to me
and was like, I got this, it's you know, good
section two sixty. I'm like, I gotta to take that deal.
I mean, I'm gonna have. The analogy I use with
my wife is like, if you saw a pair of
shoes on sale for like eighty percent off, get buy
the shoes. Matter of fact, here, let me give you
(44:44):
a hundred bucks, go buy some shoes. If you could
find something that might.
Speaker 1 (44:47):
Be the way to get out of the dog ass.
The last one, yeah, the last one, not the first part,
the last part, all right. So basically, now you're you're
telling me you got to tighten the budget. You're gonna
go basically spend three to four hundred dollars tonight because
you gotta get a drink. You're gonna get.
Speaker 3 (45:02):
Oh no, no, no drinks, no eating, although I do
need dinner at some point, but no I'm gonna I
want to just strictly go to the game. I gotta
be careful with that.
Speaker 1 (45:10):
Do me a favor when you go to the game.
In all seriousness for next week, get take a picture.
I want the I want the concession prices for a place. Okay,
you're you're like twenty bars like I want to know.
All right? All right, Well, hopefully Sal'll be on the
podcast next week. It is not dead in his new
house in Jersey. Uh, that's it, all right, enjoy the
Ranger game, all right, thanks, take care? All right, My
(45:33):
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so much for listening. We have a show near and
dear to me as a big Yankee fan, I am
lucky enough to tell you that John Sterling, the voice
of the New York Yankees who is now retired, is
the guest on this week's podcast, followed by our Train
of Thoughts segment with Sal Locata. So I had to
(00:24):
speak to John, did my best to do something with them.
You know, he's not a huge podcast zoom guy, so
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(01:08):
of the New York Yankees, John Sterling, followed by train
of thoughts, all right here, right now on SI Media
with Jimmy Tryner all right joining me now. A bittersweet
because I love having him on. I don't love the
reason he's on, But retirement or no retirement, he will
always be the voice of the New York Yankees, John Sterling, John,
(01:30):
thanks for doing this. How are you well?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
It's my pleasure and I feel very good about the retirement.
It was time and so now I can basically do
what I want any day.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
So there, what question are you most sick of getting
since this news broke that you were retiring as the
Yankees radio voice.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Well, I think people want to know if I'm healthy,
And you know, I've been on the air sixty four years.
I know that's it's unbelievable. My first day on the
air was February first, nineteen sixty Give an idea how
long ago it was. So, but anyway, I am fine,
and that isn't why I retire. Retires. I couldn't do
(02:16):
it anymore. You know, I've worked so long and I
want to stop working.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
That simple, right, Yeah, you know, And I think maybe
what's a little confusing to people, if that's the right word,
is the voice is still there. I mean, you've got
those pipes have not faded in any way, shape or form,
which is quite a blessing.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
That part is amazing. And the games themselves, just doing
the game, that's the easiest thing in the world, but
everything else about it is tough. So yeah, So.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
I know you're not on Twitter, and I don't know
if you know those I know a lot of people
who aren't on those things have people tell them things
about what people are saying. And I'm just going to
start with this to get it out of the way
and then we'll have some fun. Have you been aware
that the Yankees have gotten some backlash because people feel
like the gift they gave you, which was an eighty
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three inch television, was sort of maybe cheap and not
as grand or as expensive as a gift should have
been for all the work you did. And what do
you say to that?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Now, I'll tell you, honestly, though, you have to believe me.
I believe you now, I can't believe all the fuss
and feathers about or by retirement and the Yankee stage
a beautiful day. My kids were all there and it
was great. I don't want any gifts. And as far
as far as the TV, we don't know what we're
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going to do with it yet, you know, but we'll
think about some things. I don't have any room for
it by place.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Eighty three inches is quite a size for television. That's
but you said, you said to me, and you said
to others. Your playing in retirement is to watch all
the Yankee games, all the met games, all the games
on ESPN, MLB Network, the NHL playoffs, the NBA playoffs.
That's that sounds at least like a really great plan
for retirement to me.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, you know, I think last night, for example, I
watched hockey, basketball, and baseball. So this time of year
is terrific. I'm a great sports fan. I'm never going
to stop doing that. And you know, my kids are
all around here, my friends are all around here, so
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you know, I'll have dinners with them and when a
game is on, I'll be watching them.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
You talk about being a great sports fan, you know,
so many people know you as the voice of the Yankees.
You did the games for thirty six seasons, over five
thousand regular season games, turnsaline and playoff games, and we
can get into all that, but you were a sports
talk radio host long before. I don't know about long before,
but maybe in conjunction with play by play you can
maybe if you want to break down the timing of
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when you started each. But I'm just curious, once you
got into the Yankee gig, was it that you couldn't
really do sports talk anymore? Did you not have the desire?
Did you ever want to get back into it? Does
it still appeal to you doing sports talk radio?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Well, I did a general talk show in Baltimore in
the sixties and TV, and then in the seventies at MCA,
I did what I should have been doing a sports
talk show, and I did one year in Atlanta WSB,
and then I did the Hawks and Braves and then
the Yankee. So you know, when you look at it, Jimmy,
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I have had the most full career and I think myself, frankly,
is a very very fortunate human being.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Tell me what you loved about doing sports talk radio
and what you hated about doing sports talk radio.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Well, I didn't really hate anything about it. Once you
got on a subject, it beat it to death. But
you know, that's part of the talk show scheme. I
didn't have any problems with anything.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Frankly, that's great, that's great, And I feel like sports
talk has changed so much over the years. Do you
listen to it now?
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Well? Every now?
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Then?
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Yeah, you know, I don't know. You know, it still is,
you know, debating, you know, what the Knicks should do,
what the Mets should do, what the Yankees should do,
you know that kind of thing. And yeah, first of all,
it's a it's a it's become a great radio programming tool.
There's a because of w f A N and the
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success there is a sports talk station in every city
and every town.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yeah, I think, yeah, Well, I mentioned some of the numbers.
Thirty six seasons with the Yankees, five fortunate in twenty
regular season games, total, eleven playoff games, and then I
think doesn't get enough attention. The streak of five thousand
and sixty straight games from eighty nine to two thousand
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and nineteen.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
You want to hear this, Jimmy, Sure. The streak is
the streak is a lot longer. It began with my
first Hawks game at the beginning of November in nineteen
eighty one, and I never missed the game until mid
twenty nineteen. But people who put those numbers together, which
by the way, are completely out of board. Who cares?
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But I missed two games in my first year because
my sister died and I had to you know, it
was three days because they were in Seattle and there's
a day off or whatever, and that's it. That's I
don't call that missing games. I call that a death
in the family. So actually it's a lot more than
five thousand. But who cares doesn't do anything for me.
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Who cares?
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Well, that's impressive, it's an impressive feather in the cap, right,
I think.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
I think, tell me, oh my god, you mean going
to every single game and broadcasting it from from the
from the Yankees of eighty nine to twenty nineteen. Well,
that's a long time, a lot of games.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
A lot of games. Tell me if you have a story,
I'd love to know if you have a story or
a memory of almost missing a game, whether it was
because of a travel incident late to the park, You
ever have a close call.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
No. And to add to that, in the eighties, you know,
I'm broadcasting the Hawks, and the Hawks are in a
division with the Central they called it, and they were
cold to other places Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland in Indiana,
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and the team would fly early because that was the
NBA rule. There was a chart of it, and the
NBA rules you have to take the first flight. So
you got there. And I never flew with the team.
I flew in back of it. And in the eight
years I did it in all those wintery months, I
never got stuck. So if you say to yourself, boy,
(09:13):
is he lucky, You're right.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Well, yeah, there's always a little luck involved in anything.
It's interesting because you talk about the Hawks a lot,
and when your retirement became public on social media, outside
of all the Yankee stuff, which we'll get into, the
clip that came up more and more and more than
anything as an old Braves game from I believe it
(09:37):
was a fourth of July game that went like a
million innings deep into the night. I just curious your
memories and so many people brought up that game, your
memories of that game, and when you look back on it,
what you think about that game and what that was like.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
It was a crazy night. There was a rain delay
in the first nine innings, and then the Mets, a
much better team, had a three run lead in the
thirteenth and a really nice guy right hand hitter, gosh,
just just went out of my head, Terry Harper, and
(10:12):
Terry Harper had a three run home run against the
fowl Screek. So the game went on, and then the
Nets billed up a three run lead in the eighteenth
and the worst hitter in sports, Rick Camp came up.
There was no one left on the bench in Camp
at a three run home run to tie the game.
You know, that's what everyone remembers and see. But actually
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in the nineteenth inning he gave up five runs, so
that was the end of that game.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
So that is an all time regular season game right there.
Did the home run calls that you became known for
with the Yankees especially, did that ever become almost a
burden in a way because it just became this thing
and then you had to come up with something and
(10:59):
people were grading it and people are evaluating everyone, And
did you did you ever have a time where you
were like, oh god, I wish I didn't have to
do this anymore with the home run calls, or did
you always love it, always embrace it.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Well, one thing, Jimmy, you're right about it was never
intended to be for every player. I did those kinds
of things before, Dominique is on your feet and things
like that. But then one day Bernie had a home
run and I said, burn baby, burn in it, and
it took off. And then there were you know, all
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the others, Robbie Cano and a Rod and Bobby and
Bray You and on and on and on and out
going into this here. It became a thing where I
have to do it for everyone, which wasn't the intention. However,
you can't ignore the fact that it had such great wings,
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great success. So I was very lucky.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Did I'm sure you heard from everyone with suggestions on
home run calls. I'm curious. Did a Yankee player ever
suggest their own home run call to you?
Speaker 2 (12:06):
No? But Nick Swisher did not like my call on him. Called.
I called him jolly old saint Nick. He said, makes
he's selling an old fat man. So I said, okay,
And so then I came up with swish Alicia's so
all right.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
So we had a correction by Nick Swisher. Then oh no,
was it? Do you know? I mean, listen, If you
don't know this, I don't blame me, But for some
reason in my head, that burn, baby burn, that first one.
I remember it being a day game in Minnesota in
the old metrodomes is does that ring a bell? Or
am I wrong on that?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
I don't remember?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Okay, and tell me if I'm wrong about this as well.
I feel like did Mike and the Mad Dog play
a huge role in the home runs becoming a thing?
Because I remember I was a huge Mike and the
Mad Dog FA and listener, and I feel like they
were the first one to really start playing your calls
every single day on their show. It was did you
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do you remember it being that way? Or was it
already a thing before they jumped on the bandwagon.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I think they helped me inordinately. But I was first
told about it by the Yankee team doctor guy named
Stuart Hershad. He said, John, you know, listen to Mike
and Mentog. They do nothing but play your calls, and
I will relate one story to you about that. Yes,
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in nineteen ninety six, Yankees played Baltimore. That was a
Jeffrey Mayer game, and in the eleventh inning Bernie hit
one out too in the game. So I told my
wife and they're friends with her, go downtown to this
bar that we always went to and after the post game,
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I'll meet you. I'll drive down. And the post game
took for ever. So when I leave in the stadium,
Mike and the Mad Dog are still on what were
they doing? A five hour show? And I'm driving downtown
and they must have played the Bernie Williams home run
about twenty jibs. That was a wonderful feeling.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Wow, that's great. That is great. I we talked a
little about it, the longevity of the career, all the
jobs you've had. Is there a venue in any sport
that you have not called a game in that you
wish you could have called one game in if I had,
If you had to pick one venue.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Yeah, ebbits Field, Right, Well that.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Finally, but something something before your time.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
I loved I loved ebbits Field. I love the nooks
and crannies and the color of it. Yeah. I know
that in later years it became a dumb but I
love it. And every time I see it, you know,
on an old or TV or something I get a
little bit excited. I like little ballparks with a lot
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of high walls and nooks and cramis.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, I was fortunate enough. I'd love to get you
take it. I've always said my favorite stadium that I've
been to. This is a long time ago, but right
before they tore it down, I got to go to
I saw games in old Tiger Stadium that I thought
that was such an underrated ballpark.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I think so too. And I'll tell you coming there
instead of going to the booth, sometimes I go up
the next flight of stairs, little flight of stairs, and
I'd be in the second deck, and I thought the
best seat in the world was in the upper deck.
And Tiger Stadium, you're over the field. Yeah, And I thought,
boy if I did, if I could see eighty one
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games there, I really would love it.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Yeah, of course, but yeah, that stadium should be mentioned
with the Fenways and the Wrigleys. As far as I'm concerned,
it was a great ballpark. Tell me about I want
to just go back to the AM. I can we
go on a little longer you okay, okay, okay. A
couple of things on the retirement. I know you're sick
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of talking about it. Just curious if if you're if
your you know, I don't know what the fan plan is.
I would assume they will announce a full time replacement
and they came to you for some advice. What advice
would you give them.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
I would tell that guy or gal to be yourself,
find your own style and you know, grow with it,
and that's all I would tell. But just be your
own person.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
See one thing, Jimmy. One thing about this unbelievably long
career sixty four years. The thing I did best is
so easy. It's extemporaneous. And I did talk shows, I
did disjockey shows, and I did play by play. Well,
if you look at them, all three are spontaneous and
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so there's no script. You go in and just you
do your dis Jackie show, you do your your ballgame,
your talk show. But it's all ex tamboraneous. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
We just touched on advice for your replacement, and you
said be yourself. And I do think so many I
think in broadcasting, so many people forget it's supposed to
be entertaining. You're supposed to be an entertainer and it's
supposed to be fun. You from day one I feel
like you got that. Was it always that way for
you always knew it was entertainment, even if you're doing
play by play, and you know you always brought some goodhead.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Well, Jimmy, I live life by the seat of my
pants and I broadcast by the seat of my pants.
So when I go on to do something, I just
do it. So I'm going on their being myself and
whoever that next person is, that person should be themselves too.
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Now with that, I'll tell you one thing. Good friend
of mine, who you know has written for all the
big newspapers, Wally Matthews. He once had a good line
and he said, the only people who don't love Stirling
are the people who consider baseball as important as a
heart attack.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Exactly. Well, my favorite I would love it when you
and Susan would talk about Broadway shows and you'd break
into song in the middle of the game. I mean,
I love that. The reaction to your retirement.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Blown away, just blown away me Andy fuss about it
and Debbie Timmon, but on another great show at the
stadium and my kids are all there, and obviously it's
a day that I won't forget. I was blown away.
I'm blown away by forty five thousand people channing my
name to gee. All of that was great, and I
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thought it was kind of funny. My homely face was
on the cover of both newspapers. So anyway, they've treated
me unbelievably well. So have the Yankees, so has fan
and now it's up to me to short everything out
for my next life.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Well you deserve it. I thank you for all of
your years entertaining me is the Yankee Voice. I thank
you for doing this podcast. Do you have any opinion
on podcasts? While we're while we're wrapping this up.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
There's a lot of talk.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Yeah, and you you're talked out, so you've done a
lot of talking this whole week. So I will let
you go. And again, I thank you for keeping me
entertained all these years.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Thank you very much. Jimmy appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
Take care all right. Joining me now as he does
every week for hour Train of Thoughts segment from wf
AN Radio in New York, s n Y TV in
New York, My buddy Salakata Sal, how's it going great?
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Another week? It's enjoyable. Actually with New York sports, weather's
starting to getting a little bit better. I'm enjoying life,
Jimmy the move, I'm sort of get settled in all good.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Right now, there's a first. I was gonna say, this
has to be such an easy time to do sports
talk radio in New York. You have the Knicks roling,
you got the Rangers are in the playoffs, and the
Mets turned it around, and the Yankees are always generating
some buzz. So good time to and you have the
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NFL Draft this week, which I'm sure you don't care about.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Yeah, it's fun. It's been a this is a great
this is a great week. No, we do care about
the draft, obviously, get it. Get pumped about that. With
the Giants and Jets picking where they are. It sucks
that it's against Knicks Game three, but you know whatever, Yeah,
this is I mean, this is what we live for here,
Knicks and Rangers.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Now.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
I remember too, You and I grew up listening to
Mike and the Dog talk about the Knicks and the Rangers.
You know, twenty five thirty years ago whatever that hadn't
happen because the Knicks has been bad for so long.
So to be able to be on and talking about
them and get into a series, I love it. Man,
it's great.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Well, I feel like the draft is a perfect TV
two type of thing to watch, so you can balance.
Although I will say, I mean I wanted to bring
this up with this leader. I will say for the
draft this year, I think I'm gonna go straight Pat
(21:08):
McAfee show. He's got Belichick, he's got Belichick as his
co host.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
They're doing like a lot of draft show. Yeah, and
how how do we get the picks? Like, do they
announce the pick to carry that? How does that go that?
Speaker 1 (21:23):
I'm not sure. I'm sure they just announce it. I
mean the picture, I.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Still like old school hearing the music, the pick is in,
commissioner walks up, announce the pick. Then I'm fine with
the reaction. But I want old I don't even look
at social media. I want to watch and have that surprise.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yeah. I mean the only way you can do that
is if you're not on social media. Yeah, because the
picts are always on social media ahead of time. So
it's ruined.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
It's ruined the drafts. You can't do it right right.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
But I'm I'm fascinated one to see Belichick, you know,
discuss the draft and get his insight to how he
evaluates players, and I'm fascinated to see the combination of
Belichick and McAfee.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Yeah I could. Yeah, I either. If I don't watch it,
I's going to read your column about it.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Right, so I can pot them on YouTube watch the
Knicks on one TV, And I don't know if the
Yankees are playing a maneuver it.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
See, that's I got to be locked into next situation.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Yeah, yeah, but I want to.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Know what's going on with the draft obviously.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
But I'll just say one thing about the Knicks, and
this is going to be old by the time this
comes out. Whatever happened, happened? Fouls, no fouls. This the
six is to say they're going to file a grievance.
What do you think is going to happen? You think
the NBA is going to make you replay the last
thirty seconds? Like what? I don't I you know, I
think I may have pitched this once before to s I,
(22:45):
but like I would love to see a story like
outside of the George Brett Pintar game, has there ever
been a protest or grievance in the NBA that's ever
been useful? I don't what is the point of this.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Yeah, playing the game under protest.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Yeah, and what happens? Nothing? Nothing, nothing, They're not going
to replay the game. So what are the sixers doing?
Speaker 3 (23:11):
Right?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
I mean one thing that should be protested. No, no,
protest is not the right word. But I just want
to say one thing about the Aaron Boone ejection. The
insane part of that to me is that MLB is
going to do nothing.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
What do you want to do?
Speaker 1 (23:29):
You can't suspend the umpire for a week?
Speaker 2 (23:31):
All right?
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Let me ask you something like, and not to compare
apples to oranges here, but what do you think's worse
Angel Hernandez or what went else that did the other day?
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Angel Hernandez?
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Right, and they don't do shit with him? Right, So
now we're going to suspend this guy for I think
he made Now he shouldn't have been as aggressive. He
woke up on the wrong side of the bed. He
was going after Boone. But like the fact that he
heard something. You know, there's fifty thousand people there, really,
well whatever hover many people there. I know it's an
afternoon game, it's against the eighties, but you know what
I'm saying, like, how is he supposed to decipher? He
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could have less rabbit ears, yes, but for him to
decipher whether he came from somebody in the dugout of.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
The stands like, that's not the issue. That's not the issue.
The reason he should be suspended is because he said
two things. One I don't he goes, I don't care
who said it. Oh, that's the whole point of the ejection,
you dope, So you should care who said it.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
True.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
So here's the thing. If he comes out after the
game goes, you know what, so the video I messed up,
shouldn't have thrown him out? Then no, you don't suspend
the guy. People make mistakes. I don't care who said it.
And then after that gave all these quotes saying like, well,
it doesn't matter who said it. He's the manager of
the Yankees, he's the representative. So he goes, well, yeah,
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that's no, that's why he should be suspended.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Yeah, I'm not going to disagree with that. I don't
know about suspending. But he's clearly in the wrong many
times over. Except if made a mistake, take some accountability
and move the fuck on. But the fact that you're
in denial and clearly had an ax to grind that
shows an issue. But I do think it's a problem
with baseball with guys like Angel Hernandez and these guys,
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these old school guys that try to wield that power stick.
It's it's frustrated.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Angel Hernandez being completely inept at his job and being
someone who has no business being a major leaguempire has
nothing with this guy.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
This He also is on a power trip though, And
you're right, like, I get.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Well, they're saying it's five pitches into the game, it's
the first inning, it's the first batter, and he says,
I don't care who said it and throws out the manager.
You can't do that. Yeah, so that's.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Clearly though he probably you know, Boone does have a history.
Now I love that Boone gets on these guys, but
he has a history. Clearly Wentel Sad or whatever had
taken that into account.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
But even if he has a history, the guy, he
didn't say anything. The guy threw him out and then said,
I don't care.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
Well, it's funny. It was funny to watch it back.
And he didn't yell another word out of you're done.
And Boone's like and literally sat since theread takes it,
he takes that dismissive, disrespectful talk, doesn't say anything and
still gets thrown out of the game.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Well, the best part is he was throwing out while
he's looking at his fingernails. That was the best part
of the all. He's looking at his fingernails and the
guy throws him out. Great job by yes, picking up
that audio. Yeah, I have to give them credit because
I ripped them to shreds after they on Saturday morning?
Can you explain to me how you don't carry the
John Sterling press conference?
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (26:31):
You? You wrote was exactly how I felt, not even
about the yes thing, but just about how important it was,
so much so that I left the house torn and
air and had to go to the post office. I
wanted to get back inside to not miss it, but
I didn't get back in time. So I sat in
my car for fifteen minutes terribone was listening to every
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word of Sterling, to a point where I got in
My wife goes, where the fuck were you? You're supposed
to be in here? Fifteen I go. So I had
to listen to something like I gotten trouble because I
wanted to hear stolling. That's how important that was. I
could not believe that they didn't carry it. I didn't
know that until I read it, because yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Because I was running around doing stuff, raced home to
get home at eleven thirty to watch it, and I
put it on and they're giving me Bob Lorenz, John
Floherty and some guy I don't even know, Dave Valley,
who has no why he's on a Yankee show I
don't understand. And then and then I'm like, is it?
But it was? Here's the thing. They Yes kept promoting
(27:29):
tune in for the John Stowing Ceremony to an in
for the John Stowing Ceremony too, so I'm like, how
could they? And then I'm like, I put on the
fan and it was on.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
My blood was boiling when I heard it on the
fan because that means Yes, just decided not to put
it on. Ridiculous as them a decision as you can have.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
And I'm with you too. I had no idea who
the other guy was. I knew a little Renz and
flowered and I'm like, who, what was this? And they
said Dave and I'm like, Dave who? And then I'm like,
when you show who the guy is? Because I don't
know who it is, and I obviously I remember him
as a player, I do not remember him as a Yankee.
Was he ever even a Yankee?
Speaker 1 (28:00):
I don't think so, I don't think. I don't know.
But remember, here's what I found funny about it too.
Remember last week I briefly touched on I said, the
Yes booth, everything about the Yes telecast is stale, and
the entire everything about the Yes productions of Yankee games
needs a revaw. And then here they are dragging in
another analyt. They have eight every day. It's someone new.
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It's ridiculous. I'll tell you what I'm looking forward to
more than anything in all of sports right now. May fifth,
It's a Sunday night, May fifth, eight o'clock, Netflix Live,
not edited. The roast of Tom Brady. I cannot wait.
(28:48):
Here's why.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Who's doing it?
Speaker 1 (28:51):
Well, Kevin Hart's the host. But here's what up my
level of intro. I would I would have probably watched
it if no matter what. But this is what makes
this now a must watch and get locked in, locked
in live, unedited. Those Comedy Central roles are all edited.
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This is going to be live, so who knows if
they start with the Giselle jokes there is that they
can't edit them out.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
What's what's the purpose behind this? Just just your entertainment.
Brady's getting paid and he's like, yeah, whatever, I'll do it.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Yeah. Netflix probably is given him eight billion dollars, that's
what it is.
Speaker 3 (29:30):
I mean, I don't know if I have as much
interest in that as you do. I would I be
curious to check it out after the fact.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
Maybe, but I just love that it's going to be live.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
Now. I'd rather be older, respect to Kevin Hart. I'd
rather see Jeffrey Ross unedited and live. That would be
something I agree.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
One of the one of the highlights of my like
entertainment career was when I got to go to the
Howard Stern birthday show. Yeah, and Jeffrey Ross and Joan
River together did a did like a roast of Howard
and Robin, and it was like top five funniest things
I've ever I've ever seen in my life. I can't
(30:10):
even repeat the jokes. Like, if anyone goes and looks
that up, I mean, listen, you're now canceling Jeffrey Ross
and John Rivers. But like I can't even begin to
tell you. I mean, just one inappropriate joke, hysterical.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
I'd love to see Jeffrey Ross doing that's great.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Oh my god, but him and Joan Rivers together was
it was, I don't remember that. I don't want to
make I don't want to say the joke if I
don't tell it right. No, no, I know, this is
Joan Rivers joke, not my joke. This is what happened.
She goes, she was talking about Howard, and she's talking
about Howard being ugly, and she goes, you're so ugly.
(30:53):
If your face was a car, it would be Paul
Walker's Porsche. Oh Walk, Wait, but here's why. Now okay, fine,
now see what you just did. Oh my god, that's
what the entire arena did. So then that launch jone goes,
you're booing You think I give a shit? She goes,
do you think I give a fuck? I'm eighty years old?
(31:14):
What are you gonna do now? Book me? I don't
give a fuck. Keep booing me. And that was that
was way funnier than the joke, like she just started
ripping the crowds to ripping the crowd to shreds.
Speaker 3 (31:24):
For booing her too.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
She goes, I'm eight years old. What are you gonna do?
Not book me? It was the funny.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
I love Joan Rivers, always have, but you're.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
One hundred percent right. Like Jeffrey Ross would be a
billion times better than Kevin Hart, and I like Kevin Hart.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
I'm sure it'd be good, but come on, you're gonna
do a roast, there's only one guy to get. I agree,
especially to that magnitude with Brady. Netflix Live, pay jeff
Ross whatever it is he needs.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
There's one thing about the Netflix special that I can't
figure out if it's good or it's bad. They haven't
there's no list of who's roasting, so I don't know.
You know.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
That's what turned me off to the Comedy Central ones.
I've never been big into it, but like and I
love like the situation, but I don't want to see
him do any roasting like they had these people come
in and write the jokes for them. I'd rather just
Jeffrey Ross do it. He's the master at it. Let
him do well.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
It's always like a group of like twelve fifteen people.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Yeah, it's too much stupid. Well like that dude, Anthony
Jesselneck was pretty good at it. He's funny, like actual
comedians that can do it, I think we're good.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
Well, I don't agree with that, only because the comedians
are the ones writing the jokes, even for the non comedians.
So something like like there was there was a roast
of I don't remember who it was, Blake Griffin did
the roast. Oh, I know what it was. It was
Alec Baldwin. It was the roast of Alec Baldwin. For
(32:53):
some reason, Blake Griffin was part of the roast of
Alec Baldwin, right, and he was hysterically funny. He was
hysterically funny. And like you know, there was a I
don't know, there's I don't mind if it's not a
comedian if the stuff is funny. But what's interesting with
the Brady one is you don't I don't there's zero information,
(33:16):
So like, is Gronk going to show up and be
a roaster? Like that's probably not going to be right,
not going to be good. But I, like you said,
if you get just Jeffrey Ross and some other comedians.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
Then how about Bill Belichick.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
I mean, I'd love to see it. Imagine Belichick trying.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
To do a roast Brady.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
But I'm looking forward to that that's on May fifth,
and it's going to be live. Did you listen to
Taylor Swift's new album? Come on?
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Do you think I listened to Taylor swift new album?
Speaker 1 (33:45):
I don't know. Sometimes you surprise me and you're like, well,
you listen, It's the biggest thing in the world, so
you got to do it. You got to you know,
sometimes you have that mentality.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
Do you remember? No, do you like, I'm not a
post listening to it. I've got nine billion things on
my list. Taylor Swiss albus not one. As a matter
of fact, I didn't know she came out with an album,
but then it came up. Do you remember Do you
remember last year we talked about this or two years
ago we're doing the podcast, and I told you that
my producer at the time took off of work to
(34:15):
listen to it.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
I do remember that.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yeah, he did it again. Michael Fliegelman at the fan
it came up again. He took awful work to listen
to the album.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
I don't believe it. I just how could you not know?
When that album came out the next day, every single.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
Tweet, No, I saw like I didn't know what was
coming out, right, And then I saw a little bit
about it, and then I was just like, oh, this
came out. They're like yeah, midnight, and then you know whatever,
that was it, right?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Yeah, I mean I didn't know it was coming out either.
But then when I woke up the next day, every
tweet was about this album, and I'm just like, you know,
I don't get it.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
I did read one story where like one song I
guess was taking shots to Kim Kardashian.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
I saw the tweets about that.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
Yeah, yeah, so what I that's my extent of it.
But I haven't taken the time to listen to her yet.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
I'd be Tim Kim team Kim K over Taylor. I
have no I mean, I'm not a Taylor Swift person.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Yeah, I mean I'm not necessarily either, but I don't know.
I got to do more research on that one before
I make a decision. I'm just listen, it's got to
be based, you know what.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
All we basing it also, I was basing it just
doumb looks.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
You know.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
I've always I've always been a Kim K fan. Yeah, yeah,
we do.
Speaker 3 (35:34):
This conversation off the air.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
I just I don't know, like, I don't I've never
gotten to Taylor, so, I mean it is amazing though,
Like she comes out with this album, it sets a
record for like the Spotify streams and this record and
everything is a record for her. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable.
(35:56):
And you know the Travis Kelcey thing. I wonder, like
next season, if it's going to be calm down at all,
like it has to be. It can't be like the
way it was this past season.
Speaker 3 (36:07):
No, but it still be a thing. Yeah, definitely, definitely
to I would think to a lesser extent, right, can't
be can't be as big of a deal anymore. Oh,
here's tell us what like? Yeah, no shit, I mean
I would hope. So where it will ramp up is
if they get engaged right right, that'll take it to
another level. Or if she's pregnant or whatever like that'll
(36:28):
take it to another level.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Yeah, you said you didn't listen to their album.
Speaker 3 (36:33):
You go.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
You said you had eight million things on your list.
We should one day, we should get the list. I
want to know what's on the list.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
I'm gonna I'm gonna read you text message that I
got from my wife during my radio show today all right,
we had an electrician come to the house. He's got
to do work on the house, whatever it may be.
He can't. They don't come on weekends. I'm at work
during the day. Like so, I told my wife, and
she's been dealing with a lot. I give her credit
(37:03):
for it, okay, but I told her today, all right,
they may you know, power may be out at times.
I don't know how long they're gonna be there, maybe
a few hours or whatever. She goes, they're still here.
This is at eleven fifty seven am. They got there
at eight, Like, of course they're still going to be there.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
They're basically rewiring the house.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Yeah, they're still here. They keep switching power on and off.
I'm like, all right, I'm sorry you have to deal
with this, but that's you know what what it is.
He goes, you lied, you said one hour, you used me.
You don't care about me. I feel like you kept
me hostage in my own house. Now I'm doing a
radio show and my phone's going nuts. You asked, because
(37:43):
I did say the other day. I go, you know,
when are we going to start unpacking here? Because she
doesn't unpack the boxes, that's up to me. She's taking
care of the baby and doing other stuff.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
So you just said she doesn't unpack the boxes. That's
up to you, that's your job. Well then you said
to her, when are we going to unpack? Yeah, so
you want playing some psychological warfare.
Speaker 3 (38:03):
I can't do it all on my own, Like, you
gotta do something with the boxes. She was sick this weekend,
so she throws that in there. She goes, this is
the quote I was waiting for her. Salakata only bold,
only looks out for himself. And then she said, they
said they'll be done hopefully two thirty three. Like it's
just the point.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
Of well, you didn't know that they were going to
be there that long.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
I mean, what they're coming for the day? Like he
come on, Like, what do you want me to do
about it? Anyway, That's one of the eight million things
that I got going on. My wife getting on eat,
we got to change the licenses over, we got to
do food shopping and this, and it just doesn't end.
I don't have a second for Taylor Swift's new album.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
I mean, if I had nothing on my list, I
still wouln't listen to Taylors's album. But I'm glad I
got you all rolled up. But here did you tell
your wife it was going to take an hour?
Speaker 3 (39:01):
I don't think I said an hour. I said they'll
probably be here for a few There's no way I
said an hour. I know what I said was here's now,
now that I think about it, what I said. I said,
the power might be out for a little while, maybe
to have it out for an hour or something like that,
Not that they weren't going to be there all day,
clearly not going to be there for an hour, but
maybe I said you might be without power for a
little while, for an hour or so.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
This sounds like the classic husband and wife miscommunication.
Speaker 3 (39:28):
I say, there are these years what she wants to hear.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
I don't want to defend. I don't want to just
you know, defend you on it. But even whether they're
there for one hour or eight hours, how are you
supposed to take care of it if you're at work?
Speaker 3 (39:40):
Well I'm not. But it's the point of her, again
being inconvenience, which I get. I just don't know the like,
what am I supposed to do about it? Right? Like
we got unless you want to come do the show
would be te for four hours, I'll hang out home, Like,
we really don't have any other options. So it's more like,
and I know she does really mean all those things.
(40:01):
At least I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (40:06):
Na.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
She's frustrated, and I get it, but like it's the
point of that moving in and doing the ship.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
It just it's never it's never gonna end. That's the
thing with moving well, at.
Speaker 3 (40:17):
Some point, at some point the workers will stop coming there.
We're getting to that point. We're just not there yet.
But it's always something like you did you.
Speaker 1 (40:26):
Did you say to her that you would stay home
with the electricitis and she can break down Nick Six's
And No.
Speaker 3 (40:33):
I didn't fire back. This is one of those I
knew how to lay off the gas, Kimmy, even I
have my limits, And I said, it's okay, I'm sorry
you have to deal with this. I really appreciate understand.
You know, tomorrow will be home half a day. And
she's like, I'm going out tomorrow on my own. Ago, Absolutely,
go ahead, do what you gotta do. I'll watch the Mira.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
It would have been great if you said, do you
think you can break down the Hartenstein offensive rebound?
Speaker 2 (40:57):
No?
Speaker 3 (40:58):
I did when I was on the open I didn't
say that. I used to use that one didn't go
over well.
Speaker 1 (41:04):
The OVID nights you had full sympathy from everyone. Yeah,
this is now. Now you're you know, you're supposed to
be home at a reasonable hour, and then when you
get home, you're watching the NBA Playoffs, the NHL Playoffs,
the Yankees and the Mets.
Speaker 3 (41:15):
Yeah. I did leave out that I am going to
the Ranger game tonight. She does not have to know that.
Speaker 1 (41:20):
Well, see, yeah, you really you're a piece of work.
You tell your wife's stuck at home with the electricians
and no power, and you convenient conveniently leave out that
you're going on the Ranger game.
Speaker 3 (41:31):
Well, I do have to work at s NY afterward anyway,
So in between shifts while I need to kill some time,
why not go to game two if the world's most
famous for a little while.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Now, when you told her you were on the Ranger game,
how did that go down?
Speaker 3 (41:46):
I didn't tell her that.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
She doesn't know you're going to the Ranger game?
Speaker 3 (41:50):
Correct, Oh my god, I told her I'm working late.
That's what I do in between? Really is irrelevant?
Speaker 1 (41:57):
You're going to tell her at some point?
Speaker 3 (41:59):
Yeah, yeah, but I'm I'm gotta pick that spot when
that's gonna.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
Oh my god. All right, well this is a cliffhanger.
Next week we'll find out how it went. When South
told his wife he decided to go to a Range
of playoff.
Speaker 3 (42:13):
Game, say your prayer for me. I might need it.
Speaker 1 (42:16):
I mean, listen, if you have to work after the
Range game, it's not like you could. It's not like
you could have come home.
Speaker 3 (42:22):
Right, So that's one in my favor. Where it's not
going to be in my favor is that I've you know,
since we moved into the new house, we've had major
you know, I'm just trying to tighten things up and budget.
Speaker 1 (42:33):
You're paying for these tickets?
Speaker 3 (42:36):
Well all ticket, Yes, I paid for all ticket.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
Oh so now it's gonna tell.
Speaker 3 (42:43):
You she's yeah, she's gonna hear that I went to
the game, and she's gonna the first thing is gonna
say how'd you get tickets? And when I say, well,
you know, if I tell her the truth, I'm gonna
say that I paid for them. If I tell her
the truth.
Speaker 1 (42:55):
Oh yeah, now you're in trouble this. Listen. If you listen,
you set it up where Okay, you have to be
on the air at s n Y at ten thirty.
You have a couple hours to kill. You go to
the Ranger game. Okay, well, but now you drop in
that you're paying for your ticket.
Speaker 3 (43:11):
Well, I mean help me get into the game.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
Oh, you're immediate person. I thought maybe you got a
free So now what So now you're paying for the
ticket and not telling Now it's a it's an NHL
playoff tickets, so I'd assume it's not a fifty dollars ticket.
Speaker 3 (43:26):
No playoffs, it's not a fifty ticket. Do you want
the exact number or do you I?
Speaker 1 (43:31):
Because we're friends, I think you should not give out
the exact number unless you plan on telling your wife
the exact number.
Speaker 3 (43:37):
It's not that bad of a number. But well let's do.
Speaker 1 (43:41):
Let me see if I can guess, because I don't
know anything about hockey. Like, if it was a Nick ticket,
it'd be like five hundred dollars the Rangers.
Speaker 3 (43:48):
Now, I will say that masson Square Garden.
Speaker 1 (43:51):
It's New York City. There's no way the ticket is
under two hundred. There's no way. Correct, don't tell me
you're going over three hundred.
Speaker 3 (44:01):
No, and and partially because I got hooked up with
a guy who was able to get them at like
no fees and whatever cost it is, and maybe two
sixty round one to sixty.
Speaker 1 (44:18):
I mean, you're not pacing yourself.
Speaker 3 (44:22):
No, that's I wasn't gonna go purposely this year because
of all that. And he the friend came to me
and was like, I got this, it's you know, good
section two sixty. I'm like, I gotta to take that deal.
I mean, I'm gonna have. The analogy I use with
my wife is like, if you saw a pair of
shoes on sale for like eighty percent off, get buy
the shoes. Matter of fact, here, let me give you
(44:44):
a hundred bucks, go buy some shoes. If you could
find something that might.
Speaker 1 (44:47):
Be the way to get out of the dog ass.
The last one, yeah, the last one, not the first part,
the last part, all right. So basically, now you're you're
telling me you got to tighten the budget. You're gonna
go basically spend three to four hundred dollars tonight because
you gotta get a drink. You're gonna get.
Speaker 3 (45:02):
Oh no, no, no drinks, no eating, although I do
need dinner at some point, but no I'm gonna I
want to just strictly go to the game. I gotta
be careful with that.
Speaker 1 (45:10):
Do me a favor when you go to the game.
In all seriousness for next week, get take a picture.
I want the I want the concession prices for a place. Okay,
you're you're like twenty bars like I want to know.
All right? All right, Well, hopefully Sal'll be on the
podcast next week. It is not dead in his new
house in Jersey. Uh, that's it, all right, enjoy the
Ranger game, all right, thanks, take care? All right, My
(45:33):
many thanks to John Sterling and Salacata. Hope you guys
enjoyed it. If you've missed any recent episodes of SI
Media with Jimmy Trainer, going to the archives and check
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(45:53):
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