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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN. And we're coming to you live from the Villefort Tough Studio. Boomer Esiason, Greg Giannotti. It's Boomer and Geo on the fans. Simulcast across the country on CBS Sports Network. And where we are, the free Odyssey app. Good Wednesday morning. The WBC comes to a close with a disappointing loss. by Team USA to Venezuela.
And, of course, Yankee fans and Met fans paying attention to what Aaron Judge does in big spots. And, of course, he does not get a hit, and he strikes out. So here we go again. Big situations, best player on the team, and everybody counting on him and not being able to get the job done. Those are facts as great as he is. One of the best baseball players I have ever seen in these situations.
Well, he's just not good. He's just never been good in those situations. Knicks were good last night as they beat up this terrible Pacers team that they should always smack around without Jalen Brunson in the NFL.
Chapter 2: What happens in the WBC match between Team USA and Venezuela?
Free agency and trade season continues to churn. Yesterday, we'll get to all of it. Good morning, Boomer. How are you? Yeah. I'm disappointed this morning, Jay. You know, I wanted to see America win the baseball classic last night. It didn't happen. It was an unbelievable crowd, mainly of, I'm assuming, Venezuelans. I don't know how many. They had to find USA fans in the crowd.
It took them a while. Which is unbelievable. I mean, I don't know how many Venezuelans we have here.
but man they all of them were there last night and they were they were rooting their team on and i'm kind of happy for them and the way that the players responded and the players did something that nobody thought that they were going to do everybody thought it was going to be either japan the dominican republic or the united states and lo and behold this is why they play the game you have a guy you have guys that you know uh came through and uh they came through big and
Each and every game was a little bit tighter for, I guess, Venezuela than the Americans for the most part. But the Americans never, ever, ever got their offense going through the whole World Baseball Classic. I mean, the Dominicans were ripping through everybody. Japanese had their day in the sun offensively.
But, I mean, the offense for the United States, if you look at it in totality, was just a struggle. Yeah, I mean, Bryce Harper was the only one who really did anything last night. He had two of the three hits, obviously the home run that tied the game. So, yeah, it wasn't only Aaron Judge we're going to focus on. Aaron Judge we're going to focus on.
Nolan McClain, who was—he was good, you know, to a certain point. Obviously gave up a couple runs, but everybody was expecting this Venezuelan offense to be much better.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Aaron Judge's performance?
You know, I don't know if you got the same feeling— But it felt to me like Joe Davis calling the game had very little respect for Nolan McClain because he kept saying early on in this game where he's saying, if you had 0-0 game into the third with Eduardo Rodriguez and Nolan McClain, well, good for you because no one saw that coming. I was like, no.
I mean, Nolan McClain is a guy that is a really good pitcher. I mean, he's someone we're really excited about. He's not some schlub. I don't know what was going on with that. But I guess a lot of people expected offense last night, and they shouldn't have because Team USA really has never hit the ball.
Well, I think you expect offense because you think the batters are ahead of the pitchers at this point of the season. And it turned out that, for the most part, the batters aren't ahead of the pitchers. I mean, these were low-scoring games. It was a tight game with the Americans and the DR. And now you have a tight game last night.
Chapter 4: How did the Knicks perform against the Pacers?
All I can say is that... You got to have some offense. It was against Eduardo Rodriguez, who was a guy that last year was 9-9. He had an ERA over 5. Yeah, but these guys are pitching for their country, so it's different. So they care is what you're saying. They always care. I'm just saying they care a little bit more in this situation. As Nolan McClain said yesterday before the game,
And our judges said it. Bobby Witt Jr. has said it. They've all said it. You know, this is what you live for. This is what you play for. To be able to play for your country in these big moments. And look, it's the World Baseball Classic. I'm not going to sit here and say that it's the Olympics, but I will say that it meant something to the players playing. You can tell.
And it meant something to the fans at these games, especially the South American fans. And I still take my hat off to the Dominican Republic team because I think the way that they started the whole thing and with all the celebrations and home runs and, you know, just the joy that they were playing the game of baseball with is what really kicked this whole thing off.
And, you know, the Americans were a little bit stayed in their celebrations, but yet they were still happy and they were still talking about it. But it was the South American teams that really just lit up this whole thing. And the way that they celebrated and the way that they just absolutely had such joy. They love playing baseball. I mean, they love it.
And I just, you know, it's disappointing you lose, but you also know that, you know, pitchers can dominate hitters in big games. Yeah, and of course, everybody talks about baseball being America's pastime and all of that and the history. But, I mean, really, as we sit here today in 2026, there are other countries that care more about baseball and have better players than we do.
For a lot of these players, it's a way out of poverty. You have to remember, this is their life. Yeah. You know, they grow up playing baseball. If they're lucky enough, they get into one of these baseball academies and they end up signing $100 million contracts and their life is completely changed. Their family's lives are completely changed.
And you just think about the joy of which they play baseball with. And it starts when they're young. It used to be that way here. I still think we have a very strong baseball support system in this country, but I think it's been overtaken by a number of other countries. No doubt. The NBA has had a huge influx of European players, and there's a lot of great ones, but still...
The USA players are better. We know that the USA and Canada, you know, Canada's always going to have an edge, but we got them in the biggest moment in the Olympics, which is great. But that's number two in the world. USA hockey in number one right now. But you know what I mean? It's still Canadians. It's still Canada's game. American football, obviously, we're always going to be the best at that.
But, I mean, it's gotten to the point now where, yeah, you look at the other countries that... play baseball, care about baseball, and it feels like it's more their thing than our thing right now. It really does. Again, especially for the players who make it out of whatever situation they may have found themselves in.
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Chapter 5: What trade news is discussed regarding Jalen Waddle?
We have one of the greatest baseball players ever from Japan, yes. Right. And then you think Dominican Republic, definitely number one sport. What about Venezuelan soccer? You know anything about that? Or is baseball Venezuela's biggest thing? I think it's... I would have to say it's baseball is their biggest thing. Yeah. Although I think Venezuela's soccer is pretty big, but...
I'd have to look at that. All right, so you've got the Dominican. Obviously, Puerto Rico is a territory of ours, so that doesn't necessarily count. South Korea, baseball is their number one thing. How about the Netherlands? Because the Netherlands are good in speed skating and baseball. Yeah, that's an interesting combination. It's a Dutch, it's a European and an island situation.
Yeah, that's always been a confusing part of the world to me. I don't know why. I guess I'm going to blame it on my teachers not giving me a good idea of what's going on over there and what they do. Got to watch out for the Dutch. I know, the clogs, right? That's all I really know about the Dutch. Dykes and clogs. Yes. Yeah, and dykes meaning the water dykes. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's one of those words that you have to explain what you're saying. Well, of course. Yes, absolutely. Stick your finger in a dike. Yeah, that. There you go. Right, that type of dike. Not the, yes. Anyway. Okay. Yes, but the Dutch, the Netherlands. It's like the Dutch Antilles, right? Yeah. Eddie's telling me Chinese Taipei he believes baseball is the number one sport. So, I mean, okay.
But it's definitely not in China. Baseball is not the number one sport in regular China. Right? Yeah, there's no way. Yeah, I heard Alan. What? The Dutch are like, isn't it like Aruba, Curaçao, like that kind of stuff? Well, they're also, yeah. That's what I'm saying. It's the Netherlands. Yeah, Netherlands. Netherlands. The Netherlands. It's a kingdom. Sure. Or it was a kingdom.
I don't know if it still is. But, you know, that's, you know, Amsterdam, that whole, that's like what you think about is up there. Did you remember St. Martin? You got the French side and you got the Dutch side. Yeah, of course. I heard Alan Jerry talking about Maduro and, you know, whether or not he was watching a game. Yeah. And I was, I bet you he was.
He's in, for people who don't know here, he's in Brooklyn. Yes. I mean, he's right here. So, which is fascinating to think about. I know we have a colleague who drives by that jail every single day and says, I think about that guy sitting there every single day when I drive by it. But, yeah, I wonder what he's thinking. I mean, just think of the joy in the streets of Venezuela right now.
Somewhat freedom getting there. And your team won the baseball classic. Yeah. There was a lot of turmoil that was happening there, and now they have something to celebrate, right? The key part of that is oil. Yeah, right, but they got something to celebrate.
But it's funny, you came in, you're like, I was happy for the Venezuelans, but you would not have come in and say, I was happy for the Canadians if we didn't win the gold medal, right? There's something different about that. Well, I mean, if the Canadians won the gold medal in baseball, I wouldn't be happy. Look, if you're supposed to win, like the Americans had a roster that was supposed to win.
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Chapter 6: What are the latest odds for the Eastern Conference teams?
I'm trying to find the latest of the odds for the Eastern Conference because they've been all over the place, the odds for the Eastern Conference and who ends up winning the conference or going to the NBA Finals. So, yeah, now the Knicks are ahead of the Pistons. So, I mean, the Celtics are still plus 180. They are the favorites now. The Tatum is back. The Cavaliers plus 280 now.
And the Knicks plus 440. Pistons plus 470. So... That's what the odds makers think, that the Celtics are the prohibitive favorite to make it out of the Eastern Conference. And I can't blame anybody for thinking that. Don't you remember we were talking about him coming back about a month ago? Of course. How could I forget?
And saying that it was going to be a 10-month rehab and that because he had the surgery done the next morning after he had injured himself,
Chapter 7: How does the injury recovery timeline affect player performance?
That I believe like he went to the best doctor possible. And that's the same doctor that Kevin Durant went to. The same doctor that my son-in-law Matt Martin went to for his ankle injury. Why don't you say his name? Marty O'Malley. Yeah. Unbelievable doctor. Doesn't mess around with, you know, speed bridges and all this other crap. I mean, he does it the right way.
And you're now seeing that a player can come back. Within 10 months, if he does the right rehab, takes care of himself, and gets the surgery done as quickly as possible. And Marty O'Malley, not the doctor that told you to take the garlic pill, right? No, no, no. He's an ankle doc. He's an orthopedic surgeon.
Chapter 8: What are the implications of unretiring player numbers in college sports?
Yeah, yeah. I guess that's orthopedic. I don't know. What is that? Tendon surgery? I guess... I don't know. I'm learning more and more about injuries these days and tendons and stuff than I ever knew because there's more athletes I think hurt than ever. Think about some of these things that we never even ever talked about. Injuries on players. But we've been talking a lot about the Achilles.
Well, the Achilles has always been a thing. The whole sore calf leading to an Achilles pop. Well, listen, the Achilles has been a thing all the way back since Vinny Testaverde. I understand that. But the amount of ACL injuries that have ramped up over the last decade or so is another one. We never used to talk about oblique injuries that have gone on.
I mean, Giancarlo Stanton had two bum elbows recently. Well, as athletes in the 80s and 90s, we used to be fatter and used to go out and drink more. These guys nowadays are so tightly wound. The fields are different. The shoes are different. The athletes are putting incredible pressure on their legs.
I mean, when you see the combine and you see a guy like Sonny Styles running, you're like, oh, my God. That guy was shot out of a cannon. Yeah. Or if you see Jeremiah Love run a 4-3-5-40. Yeah. And you're like, God almighty, when did that happen? I mean, the body can only go to a certain point before something goes wrong.
Yeah, I saw, I heard driving home yesterday, speaking to Jeremiah Love, big debate between Moresh and Evan, where Moresh was losing his mind. Going, are you insane? Are you insane? He kept screaming at Evan. About what? About drafting Jeremiah Love. So Evan says this is not the same situation as Saquon. It's not the same situation as Trent Richardson.
The Giants are ready for a player like Jeremiah Love, and he... He wants to see them draft the running back. That would be five backs that they would have in the backfield, which would be amazing, I think. But I don't know. I still feel like they're going to go defense, but who knows? You never know. Or wide receiver. But they just brought in Darnell Mooney. They did. So...
You know, it really, to me, like having a defensive identity, and if you believe that there is a linebacker in that draft who is that guy. And there's a couple edge rushers that are that guy. What's going to be interesting for me is the kid out of Miami, the Bain kid out of Miami. Yeah. And the only reason I say this, and I know we make fun of it all the time, and that's arm length.
And his arms are short. Short arms. They're not T-Rex short, but they are short. Will Campbell's arms were short last year, the offensive tackle for the Patriots, and still went high in the draft. Alligator, and then got killed in the Super Bowl. Well, he also was coming off of an MCL sprain. He did not have a great— A lot of excuses for that guy. I know, but he did not have a great playoffs.
Got tiny arms, got a bad knee. Well, he ended up playing as all these great pass rushers in the playoffs, and he really, really struggled. And he even admitted that. And Mike Vrabel said after the season was over and everything was done with, he's still our left tackle.
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