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Last night at the Yankee game, I saw this guy.
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I'd not seen him for a while, talked to him
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for a while. I love this guy. He's a great
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comedic actor, but he's even a better person. And no one,
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not Costas, not Diamonds, not Russo, knows more baseball than
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this guy, my dear friend Robert Wohl.
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Robert, good morning, buddy. How are you?
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I'm fine. That was very kind of you to say.
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I appreciate that.
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No, I mean that.
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You know, and look, I mean, you were famous for
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the part you played Aulus, the sports agent on HBO.
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And my generation remembers New Bomb Turk. But that Aulus
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character was such an amazing, amazing character. And then as
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I got to know you, I figured out that for
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you to play a sports agent, isn't that crazy?
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Because you know a lot about sports.
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Thank you. Well, I know baseball for sure, and I
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know human nature. And my father ran a business, which
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is the way I always looked at the show. It
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was about a guy running a business. And he had
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a very unique clientele. But, yeah, thanks. But I love baseball.
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You know, it was great last night. It was great
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to see this Yankee team without Judge, without Stanton. They
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didn't have Chisholm in the lineup. And yet the young guys,
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it's so nice to see Jones. and Lombard and Rice,
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and their athletic more, which is not for the Yankees usually.
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I don't want to jump ahead too much about the
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Yankees because they hit a lot of home runs last night,
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which the Yankees do when they win. But what wins
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championships is two out base hits. It always has. You've
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got to get that guy home from third with less
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than two outs, and the Yankees have struggled with that
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historically in the last decade. So it's one game. It's
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a big win. But let's keep going.
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You're right about the two out-base hits, but what else
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wins championships is pitching. And they've got the best pitcher
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in baseball in Cam Schlittler, who was again last night
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the best pitcher in baseball. Max Breed, I think, will
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be great today. He better be because I think Yankee
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fans are scared to death of Garrett Cole in Game 3,
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which is odd because he's a certain Hall of Famer,
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one of the all-time greats. They've lost the confidence there.
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They'd rather see Carlos Redon start game three. But starting pitching, bullpen,
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also a big deal. I think you'd admit, Robert, the
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Yankees are pretty strong there too. Maybe the best starting
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rotation right now in the postseason.
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Yeah, their rotation should be strong, their rotation. And the closers,
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the bullpens, their pitching is terrific all year. It carried them, really.
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I mean, when you think about it, their pitching really
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was outstanding this year. Again, we'll get to the playoffs.
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What I do like with the Yankees is I like
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having Warren in the bullpen. Warren's great for two or
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three innings. He's always like the first three innings in
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every game is unhittable. And then he falls apart in
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the fourth and fifth.
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So.
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So if he comes in, I have total confidence in
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Warren coming in out of the bullpen.
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No, so do I.
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So somebody said to me tonight, I forget what it
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was last night, I go, wait a second, whoa, that guy,
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he's all a cigarette. He's wearing a Yankee hat.
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I go, yeah, he likes the Yankees. He lives in
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Los Angeles. Isn't he a Dodger fan? I go, yeah,
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I don't know.
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I mean, you do live in Los Angeles. You spend
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a lot of time in New York. You go back
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and forth. But are you a Dodger fan or a
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Yankee fan?
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Okay, let's back up. First of all, I grew up
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in Union, New Jersey. You know, I grew up in Union,
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New Jersey. My dear friend, Lon Rick Trost, who you know,
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of course, he and Randy share the box there. You know,
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he's a family friend for 100 years. And I'm a
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baseball fan, first and foremost. I love baseball. So I love,
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and here's my theory in life. Life is always better
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when the home team wins. And I don't mean that.
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And I mean that, you know, and I live in
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New York and LA. I have an apartment here. Thank you, Randy,
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by the way, for that. I appreciate that. I appreciate
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that a lot.
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Well, so stop right there because I had Randy Marshall
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on this show earlier.
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I know.
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I know.
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I was listening earlier.
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Okay, good.
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Because he actually said, forget about rolling the thing out
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all over again. He's saying, we're going to try to
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squash the whole thing. Even better news for you, Robert.
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Well, let's hope so. I like my apartment here. And
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it is my second home, and I do love coming back.
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New York, you know, I grew up, like I said,
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in New Jersey. I grew up during Mantle and Maris.
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You know, I'm a kid of the 60s. So, you know,
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it's like– and I went to school in Houston. I
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used to sell beer in the Astrodome. So, you know,
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I'm a baseball fan. I just love baseball. And by
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the way, you know, you got– anybody– You know, you
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may have the two best teams actually this year in
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the leagues were Milwaukee and Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is
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a very good team. Beware to Tampa Bay. And both
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those teams put the bat on the ball, which is
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what I like in baseball. But what's interesting is anybody
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who's screaming for a salary cap, you've got two of
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the bottom five in Tampa Bay, Chicago and Milwaukee. I
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think it's three of the lowest paid.
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They are. Yeah, Cleveland, too.
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Yeah, I mean, so, yeah, exactly. So, it hasn't played
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out yet, but, you know, the salary cap issue, that's
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a tough one for them to buy when you've got
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those teams doing that.
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Oh, listen, I mean, you see that.
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Look, I mean, I was here in 0-3-2 on the Marlins,
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not the 97 Marlins, which I think are brought to
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win a World Series. The 0-3 guys, who no one
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ever heard of them, Hanley Ramirez and Dan Ugla, they
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beat the Yankees.
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So, yeah, we see that.
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The issue becomes, though, you can't, although Tampa Bay under
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Kevin Cash has been nothing short of miraculous, but You
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can count on certain teams being in it every year.
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Whether they win it or not, that's a different story.
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And those are the big market teams. I guess that's
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their argument.
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Except for the Mets.
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Got to take a shot at the Mets. I mean,
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do you think... that they're really not going to play baseball.
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I actually spoke to the lawyer. He's friends with my
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friend Keith Kantrowitz, the guy that's like the new Marvin
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Miller at an Italian restaurant about a month and a
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half ago. He did not seem all that confident we'll
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be playing baseball next year. But then again, I speak
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to guys the last couple of days in baseball. They go,
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I think we'll miss a couple of weeks, maybe a
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couple of months.
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What do you think?
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I think nobody knows. That's what I think. I think
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there will be absolutely be a work stoppage because the
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contract runs out, I think, November, December. So they'll have
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a work stoppage then. I don't know. It's not great
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to think that I just don't see the players folding
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for a salary cap. I do not see that happening.
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They work too hard. Now, remember, the salary cap only
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affects a couple of teams. But I just you know,
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when teams are selling for billions and billions and billions
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of dollars, it's hard to say, well, you need a
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salary cap. You know, it's like, that's a tough one.
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You know, that's a really tough one to do. So
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I hope I'm wrong. And I hope, you know, we
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have baseball always. Listen, you know, my wife hasn't been well.
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So this whole season, baseball saved me because I could
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watch every, you know, all the games at night from
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Los Angeles.
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Is she okay now?
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It's a struggle now.
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I'm sorry, Robert. I didn't even know. I apologize. I'm sorry.
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Oh, that's okay. It's okay.
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You're married a long time. You know, I'm married. I'm
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going on 35 years in June. You got to be
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right there too, no?
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No, we've been together 46 years. Jesus!
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I got to tell you, Brian, you know what I
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learned in this conversation?
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And I love you like a brother.
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You mentioned Mickey Mantle, you mentioned Roger Maris, and you
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married 46 years.
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I think you're getting old, Rob.
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Oh, you think? You think? You think?
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But you still look the same. I saw you last night.
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You still look like Aldis, God bless you. So I'm glad.
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But, you know, listen, baseball.
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Your wife, obviously, I pray that she's going to be okay,
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and I wish the best for both of you.
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But, you know, there's nothing else going on, man.
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Like right now in October, if you took away the
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baseball playoffs, you got college football, you got the National
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Football League, the Rangers played last night, the Knicks play
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in three weeks. You go to April, right? You got
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the Masters. You get the Final Four. You take away.
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Baseball for like four months. I can't watch the WNBA.
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What am I going to do?
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Yeah, that's– well, the NBA playoffs go on for a while. Hopefully,
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by the time that ends. Thank you about saying I
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look good. I have to tell you, some of that
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is because I'm diabetic. So I was taking Moonjaro. They
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prescribed me Moonjaro about three, four years ago before we
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knew– Lost weight. So I've lost about 21 pounds. What
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they don't tell you is that there are side effects
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to this stuff. I have totally lost my sense of taste.
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I have no taste anymore. Last night, I was watching
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Steven Seagal movies. I had no taste. I was watching
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Steven Seagal movies, eating British food, and listening to reggae.
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I've lost all sense of taste.
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That's funny.
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No, you know, that is funny. Now, I do see
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it now, because the last time I saw you, I
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told you this. I had to drive all the way
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out to some Poppin' a Finkle Theater somewhere. I forget
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where it was with Danielle. Maybe in Connecticut to watch
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you and Harry Connick.
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Where was it?
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Yeah, right, in Jersey. To watch you and Harry Connick Jr.
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It was a great show. You were great, but you
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were heavier.
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I was heavier. I was about 20 pounds heavier. Yeah, absolutely.
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Well, I'm glad to see that you're doing well. And
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give me this on the way out. And please come
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back now through the rest of these playoffs because I
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do miss having you on the air.
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You were great again today. Is it going to be
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the Dodgers and the Yankees?
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I don't think so. No?
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Well, I've got to tell you, if it's the Brewers
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and the Rays, Rob Manfred may kill himself.
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Why?
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They get paid the same money either way. Their rights
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are the same either way. They don't kill themselves. So
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that's a misnomer. Ratings will be lower, but he doesn't
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get paid by ratings.
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He gets paid by the contract.
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Right.
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True, true. I get paid by ratings. That's why I
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bring you on.
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Yeah, the rest of us, yeah.
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I got the best ratings and I got the best guests.
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So who's it going to be then?
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Oh boy.
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Listen, we all want Yankees, Yankees, Dodgers. It's a sexier series.
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Oh boy. Who's it going to be? You know, right now,
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the team that's playing the best, maybe San Diego. They
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opened up a can of whoop-ass last night on the Cubs.
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That team's playing very well. Machado and Tatis are on fire.
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Now they've got to play the Dodgers, which has been
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their arch-nemesis. The Dodgers, they've still got Mookie Betts. Otani's
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not 100%, but he's still Otani. They've got Freeman. You've
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got those three Hall of Famers. You've got some strong pitching.
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Diaz has not been good. He's been okay the last
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week or two, but he was awful all year.
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He was. And injured.
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you've got Moritan and then you've got Mason Miller. That's tough.
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That's real tough. So, you know, if I had to
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pick a long shot, obviously, Tampa Bay's tough, too. And
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Milwaukee's got that ace. They've got a good team. You know,
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I think I'll be one of those teams. How's that
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for a bad answer?
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No, it's a good answer. And I like your Padre answer, too.
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I got to run because I think we got to
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close out the show. But you promised to come back
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a couple more times before the World Series and during
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the World Series, my friend. It was great seeing you
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last night, and you sound great this morning.
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Thanks a lot.
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All the best. You're the best, Robert Wall. Thank you
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so much. Really great job. Great job.
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Robert Wall right there, the amazing comedic actor and a
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What the heck is going on here
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Last night at the Yankee game, I saw this guy.
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I'd not seen him for a while, talked to him
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for a while. I love this guy. He's a great
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comedic actor, but he's even a better person. And no one,
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not Costas, not Diamonds, not Russo, knows more baseball than
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this guy, my dear friend Robert Wohl.
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Robert, good morning, buddy. How are you?
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I'm fine. That was very kind of you to say.
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I appreciate that.
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No, I mean that.
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You know, and look, I mean, you were famous for
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the part you played Aulus, the sports agent on HBO.
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And my generation remembers New Bomb Turk. But that Aulus
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character was such an amazing, amazing character. And then as
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I got to know you, I figured out that for
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you to play a sports agent, isn't that crazy?
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Because you know a lot about sports.
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Thank you. Well, I know baseball for sure, and I
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know human nature. And my father ran a business, which
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is the way I always looked at the show. It
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was about a guy running a business. And he had
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a very unique clientele. But, yeah, thanks. But I love baseball.
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You know, it was great last night. It was great
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to see this Yankee team without Judge, without Stanton. They
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didn't have Chisholm in the lineup. And yet the young guys,
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it's so nice to see Jones. and Lombard and Rice,
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and their athletic more, which is not for the Yankees usually.
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I don't want to jump ahead too much about the
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Yankees because they hit a lot of home runs last night,
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which the Yankees do when they win. But what wins
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championships is two out base hits. It always has. You've
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got to get that guy home from third with less
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than two outs, and the Yankees have struggled with that
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historically in the last decade. So it's one game. It's
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a big win. But let's keep going.
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You're right about the two out-base hits, but what else
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wins championships is pitching. And they've got the best pitcher
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in baseball in Cam Schlittler, who was again last night
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the best pitcher in baseball. Max Breed, I think, will
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be great today. He better be because I think Yankee
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fans are scared to death of Garrett Cole in Game 3,
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which is odd because he's a certain Hall of Famer,
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one of the all-time greats. They've lost the confidence there.
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They'd rather see Carlos Redon start game three. But starting pitching, bullpen,
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also a big deal. I think you'd admit, Robert, the
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Yankees are pretty strong there too. Maybe the best starting
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rotation right now in the postseason.
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Yeah, their rotation should be strong, their rotation. And the closers,
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the bullpens, their pitching is terrific all year. It carried them, really.
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was outstanding this year. Again, we'll get to the playoffs.
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What I do like with the Yankees is I like
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having Warren in the bullpen. Warren's great for two or
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three innings. He's always like the first three innings in
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every game is unhittable. And then he falls apart in
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the fourth and fifth.
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Warren coming in out of the bullpen.
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No, so do I.
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So somebody said to me tonight, I forget what it
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was last night, I go, wait a second, whoa, that guy,
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he's all a cigarette. He's wearing a Yankee hat.
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I go, yeah, he likes the Yankees. He lives in
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Los Angeles. Isn't he a Dodger fan? I go, yeah,
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I don't know.
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I mean, you do live in Los Angeles. You spend
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a lot of time in New York. You go back
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and forth. But are you a Dodger fan or a
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Yankee fan?
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Okay, let's back up. First of all, I grew up
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in Union, New Jersey. You know, I grew up in Union,
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New Jersey. My dear friend, Lon Rick Trost, who you know,
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of course, he and Randy share the box there. You know,
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he's a family friend for 100 years. And I'm a
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baseball fan, first and foremost. I love baseball. So I love,
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and here's my theory in life. Life is always better
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when the home team wins. And I don't mean that.
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New York and LA. I have an apartment here. Thank you, Randy,
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by the way, for that. I appreciate that. I appreciate
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that a lot.
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Well, so stop right there because I had Randy Marshall
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on this show earlier.
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I know.
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I know.
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I was listening earlier.
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Because he actually said, forget about rolling the thing out
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all over again. He's saying, we're going to try to
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squash the whole thing. Even better news for you, Robert.
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Well, let's hope so. I like my apartment here. And
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it is my second home, and I do love coming back.
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New York, you know, I grew up, like I said,
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in New Jersey. I grew up during Mantle and Maris.
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You know, I'm a kid of the 60s. So, you know,
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it's like– and I went to school in Houston. I
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used to sell beer in the Astrodome. So, you know,
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I'm a baseball fan. I just love baseball. And by
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the way, you know, you got– anybody– You know, you
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may have the two best teams actually this year in
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the leagues were Milwaukee and Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is
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a very good team. Beware to Tampa Bay. And both
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those teams put the bat on the ball, which is
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what I like in baseball. But what's interesting is anybody
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who's screaming for a salary cap, you've got two of
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the bottom five in Tampa Bay, Chicago and Milwaukee. I
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think it's three of the lowest paid.
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They are. Yeah, Cleveland, too.
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Yeah, I mean, so, yeah, exactly. So, it hasn't played
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out yet, but, you know, the salary cap issue, that's
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a tough one for them to buy when you've got
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those teams doing that.
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Oh, listen, I mean, you see that.
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Look, I mean, I was here in 0-3-2 on the Marlins,
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not the 97 Marlins, which I think are brought to
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win a World Series. The 0-3 guys, who no one
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ever heard of them, Hanley Ramirez and Dan Ugla, they
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beat the Yankees.
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So, yeah, we see that.
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The issue becomes, though, you can't, although Tampa Bay under
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Kevin Cash has been nothing short of miraculous, but You
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can count on certain teams being in it every year.
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Whether they win it or not, that's a different story.
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And those are the big market teams. I guess that's
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their argument.
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Except for the Mets.
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Got to take a shot at the Mets. I mean,
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do you think... that they're really not going to play baseball.
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I actually spoke to the lawyer. He's friends with my
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friend Keith Kantrowitz, the guy that's like the new Marvin
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Miller at an Italian restaurant about a month and a
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half ago. He did not seem all that confident we'll
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be playing baseball next year. But then again, I speak
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to guys the last couple of days in baseball. They go,
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I think we'll miss a couple of weeks, maybe a
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couple of months.
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What do you think?
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I think nobody knows. That's what I think. I think
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there will be absolutely be a work stoppage because the
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contract runs out, I think, November, December. So they'll have
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a work stoppage then. I don't know. It's not great
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to think that I just don't see the players folding
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for a salary cap. I do not see that happening.
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They work too hard. Now, remember, the salary cap only
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affects a couple of teams. But I just you know,
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when teams are selling for billions and billions and billions
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of dollars, it's hard to say, well, you need a
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salary cap. You know, it's like, that's a tough one.
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You know, that's a really tough one to do. So
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I hope I'm wrong. And I hope, you know, we
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have baseball always. Listen, you know, my wife hasn't been well.
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So this whole season, baseball saved me because I could
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watch every, you know, all the games at night from
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Los Angeles.
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Is she okay now?
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It's a struggle now.
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I'm sorry, Robert. I didn't even know. I apologize. I'm sorry.
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Oh, that's okay. It's okay.
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You're married a long time. You know, I'm married. I'm
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going on 35 years in June. You got to be
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right there too, no?
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No, we've been together 46 years. Jesus!
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I got to tell you, Brian, you know what I
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learned in this conversation?
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And I love you like a brother.
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You mentioned Mickey Mantle, you mentioned Roger Maris, and you
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married 46 years.
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I think you're getting old, Rob.
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Oh, you think? You think? You think?
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But you still look the same. I saw you last night.
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You still look like Aldis, God bless you. So I'm glad.
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But, you know, listen, baseball.
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Your wife, obviously, I pray that she's going to be okay,
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and I wish the best for both of you.
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But, you know, there's nothing else going on, man.
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Like right now in October, if you took away the
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baseball playoffs, you got college football, you got the National
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Football League, the Rangers played last night, the Knicks play
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in three weeks. You go to April, right? You got
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the Masters. You get the Final Four. You take away.
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Baseball for like four months. I can't watch the WNBA.
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What am I going to do?
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Yeah, that's– well, the NBA playoffs go on for a while. Hopefully,
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by the time that ends. Thank you about saying I
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look good. I have to tell you, some of that
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is because I'm diabetic. So I was taking Moonjaro. They
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prescribed me Moonjaro about three, four years ago before we
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knew– Lost weight. So I've lost about 21 pounds. What
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they don't tell you is that there are side effects
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to this stuff. I have totally lost my sense of taste.
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I have no taste anymore. Last night, I was watching
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Steven Seagal movies. I had no taste. I was watching
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Steven Seagal movies, eating British food, and listening to reggae.
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I've lost all sense of taste.
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That's funny.
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No, you know, that is funny. Now, I do see
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it now, because the last time I saw you, I
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told you this. I had to drive all the way
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out to some Poppin' a Finkle Theater somewhere. I forget
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where it was with Danielle. Maybe in Connecticut to watch
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you and Harry Connick.
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Where was it?
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Yeah, right, in Jersey. To watch you and Harry Connick Jr.
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It was a great show. You were great, but you
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were heavier.
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I was heavier. I was about 20 pounds heavier. Yeah, absolutely.
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Well, I'm glad to see that you're doing well. And
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give me this on the way out. And please come
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back now through the rest of these playoffs because I
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do miss having you on the air.
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You were great again today. Is it going to be
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the Dodgers and the Yankees?
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I don't think so. No?
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Well, I've got to tell you, if it's the Brewers
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and the Rays, Rob Manfred may kill himself.
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Why?
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They get paid the same money either way. Their rights
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are the same either way. They don't kill themselves. So
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that's a misnomer. Ratings will be lower, but he doesn't
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get paid by ratings.
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He gets paid by the contract.
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Right.
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True, true. I get paid by ratings. That's why I
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bring you on.
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Yeah, the rest of us, yeah.
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I got the best ratings and I got the best guests.
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So who's it going to be then?
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Oh boy.
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Listen, we all want Yankees, Yankees, Dodgers. It's a sexier series.
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Oh boy. Who's it going to be? You know, right now,
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the team that's playing the best, maybe San Diego. They
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opened up a can of whoop-ass last night on the Cubs.
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That team's playing very well. Machado and Tatis are on fire.
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Now they've got to play the Dodgers, which has been
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their arch-nemesis. The Dodgers, they've still got Mookie Betts. Otani's
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not 100%, but he's still Otani. They've got Freeman. You've
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got those three Hall of Famers. You've got some strong pitching.
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Diaz has not been good. He's been okay the last
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week or two, but he was awful all year.
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He was. And injured.
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Yeah, I mean, San Diego's also got that lights-out bullpen.
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You get to the sixth inning against San Diego where
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you've got Moritan and then you've got Mason Miller. That's tough.
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That's real tough. So, you know, if I had to
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pick a long shot, obviously, Tampa Bay's tough, too. And
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Milwaukee's got that ace. They've got a good team. You know,
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I think I'll be one of those teams. How's that
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for a bad answer?
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No, it's a good answer. And I like your Padre answer, too.
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I got to run because I think we got to
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close out the show. But you promised to come back
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a couple more times before the World Series and during
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the World Series, my friend. It was great seeing you
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last night, and you sound great this morning.
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Thanks a lot.
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All the best. You're the best, Robert Wall. Thank you
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so much. Really great job. Great job.
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Robert Wall right there, the amazing comedic actor and a
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great way to close out the show.
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What the heck is going on here
