Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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And how they're minor league. And they're minor leaguers everywhere. Then he could do around the league as well, Ronnie, because he's one of those Swiss Army Knives when it comes to baseball. He could do the local baseball. He could do the national baseball. He could do all of that stuff as he prepares for another season here.
There's been so much of this energy directed towards Netflix having this game that is surprising to me. And I even heard Al open up the warm-up show today talking about a Yankee fan account that said opening day is sacred and it needs to be on the local RSNs and then mess with all the streaming services throughout the rest of the year.
But I know more people today that had cut the cord and have Netflix and then went and got whatever MLB app now is having you pay for your local team or the Gotham Sports app or whatever. More people that do that, that have Netflix, that are sitting around – doing the RSN, Regional Sports Network deal.
So I don't believe there's going to be many Yankee fans anywhere in the country that are going to be flustered by this game being on Netflix. I mean, there could be a number of fans that don't have Netflix, can't afford it, whatever. I don't know if they're showing it for free or not. But Netflix is cheaper than cable. I know, I know, but it's... It's basically not TV as we knew TV.
It's appointment TV for movies and shows. And now they're getting into live sports just to make themselves a little bit more relevant, which I think is smart. And they lost a deal with Warner Brothers, so here we go. So now they're going to try to spend some money in this industry.
In this vein, the one thing I will say about all these streaming services, when they do go into this, they don't go into it with novices. They bring in the people that know the sport, that know how to shoot the sport from a director's standpoint and to talk about the sport from the announcer's standpoint. They may add a few different people.
variables in there to enhance what they believe is the entertainment around the sport but once the game starts it's going to be people that we know voices that we know and they and listen cc sabathia in the booth tonight Yeah. That's going to be great. That's going to be fine. He's awesome.
He's one of those guys that, you know, I'm sure he's still doing his podcast sporadically, but he just was such a natural when he got into the media business. So that's going to be great.
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Chapter 2: What reactions do Yankees fans have to the Netflix Opening Day game?
And they got, you know, one guy, they got Hunter Pence from the Giants. They got CeCe from the Yankees. And it'll be fine. I mean, there's been some of these broadcasts that have been, especially Major League Baseball, where they've had a couple of issues, like whether it be, the Roku games, issues of Roku games, and then also the Apple TV Friday night broadcast that they had that was horrendous.
And they had issues with Peacock early on as well, like 11 a.m. games. So they... MLB is one of the ones, as compared to the other leagues, that's confused their fans the most, probably because there's so many games. There's 162 games, and they end up on all these different streaming services. You've got the Apple game. You've got the Prime video game. Now you've got the Netflix game.
It's the same thing. I mean, the Yankees are on all of them now, but I think when it comes to Netflix, Netflix is the most common of all of them. Or Prime Video. Yeah, because people have Prime. But I feel like Prime Video... I think Apple TV is probably... I'm guessing. I don't know any of this. I'm just thinking off the top of my head. I'm thinking that Apple TV has slipped a little bit.
I'm thinking that Fubo is slipping. Really? I do.
Chapter 3: How is modern sports streaming affecting fan experiences?
Why is that?
I just feel like it is. I just feel like it's going by the wayside. It's going to get gobbled up by these other behemoths. And the RSNs are having... Obviously, we know about all the trouble with them. Now, this is one of the reasons why the Gotham app is because of MSG and Yes coming together. Right. It's just... Nobody really knows where this thing is going to end. Let's put it that way.
I think it's all trending towards streaming, and it's all going to be that way, but where are you going to get the things that you want to get, and how much is it going to cost? Yeah, that is true, and it's been going on for years now, and no one's really figured out the perfect situation. I'm pretty happy with my situation, but then again, I do have...
get a code for streaming from MLB because we're in the media that not everybody gets, and that's a huge deal. So I know that not everybody gets that thing with the blackout restrictions, but I know they're allowing you now, I believe, at least allowing you now to pay MLB is extra to get the blackout off the streaming of MLB.com. Isn't that correct, that you're allowed to do that this year?
For the Mets, yes, but you have to subscribe to MLB. Again, it's like through SNY, through the MLB app. Oh, really? But the Mets allow you to do that.
Oh, okay. All right. So that's part of it now too. Yeah. You know, it's just it's never ending. This is why I think that there's going to be a reckoning. For me, there's going to be a reckoning in college sports before anything else, because eventually professors, trustees, board members, things of that nature are going to really be on. What are we doing here in athletics? Yeah.
How much money are we losing? Sure. When this used to be a thing that was actually making money. And how much money are these players making and how long are they staying here? Are they really a part of the community? I mean, there's going to be a lot of those questions that are going to be starting to be asked more and more and more and more.
And it's going to be interesting to see if there's an adverse effect that is starting, I feel like, at Kansas now because that is becoming more of a story at that specific school.
Yeah.
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Chapter 4: What updates do we have on Mike Francesa's Netflix search?
It's generally like a one-word or two-word name of a show and a major, major actor that's in it. And people don't know. Like if I told you Harrison Ford was in Shrinking, would you know that? No. Harrison Ford? Shrinking? Is in Shrinking. I've seen it. You've seen it? Correct. Well, you might, I don't know, maybe I could be off on this then. I don't know. You're like the Gen Z litmus test.
If I told you Kurt Russell was in Monarch, have you ever heard of that? No, right? No. If I told you Miles Teller was in The Gorge. Yes, I've seen that. You have? I've seen The Gorge, yes. Okay. It's kind of a dark, crazy movie, yes. If I told you Denzel Washington... One of the most popular actors of his generation was in Highest Lowest. Would you know that? I have no idea. It's crazy.
I have no idea. Right. If I told you... There's more. Jon Hamm and Your Friends and Neighbors. Yeah, that's another one. That's a longer title. Yeah. I did see... Who was it? If I told you Seth Rogen was in the studio, would you know that?
no i wouldn't know that right let's see if i told you jesus and i wish i could give credit to this podcast because they did this and i'm just sort of regurgitating it but if i told you matthew mcconaughey was in the lost bus i've seen i've seen that advertised somewhere okay all right wasn't it microdosing that did this I'm not sure. That's like the PFT and a bunch of other bars.
It might have been.
It might have been. It was definitely a barstool podcast. So if it is microdosing, there's the credit. And when I saw this, I was like, this is amazing. Absolutely amazing. Let's see if I can find one more. If I told you Idris Elba, who has won an Oscar, was in Hijack. Yes, I know that one. Oh, you know that one. Right. Okay. Okay. I actually watched Franklin. Franklin? Yeah. What's that?
With Michael Douglas. Okay. This might be the biggest one. If I told you Tom Hanks, the Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump, Castaway, all of them, if I told you Tom Hanks was in Greyhound, would you know it? Yes. Come on. Greyhound is a movie about a battleship. That's been out for a while. All right.
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Chapter 5: What are Tommy's cat issues and how are they impacting his life?
It's been around for what? I want to say that's been around for at least like six or seven years.
I didn't know it.
Ten years. Ten years? It can't be ten years. Yeah, I feel like it's... 2021. Five years. There you go. Yeah, I'd never heard of that. That's a good movie. Who's this in Silo? Tim Robbins and Rebecca Ferguson? Silo, that's a TV show, Silo. It's a sci-fi. You wouldn't be watching Silo. I watch Silo. I watch part of that. I told you Gary Oldman was in Slow Horses. I didn't know that.
There's so many freaking shows. Yes. God.
Chapter 6: How does the Knicks' recent winning streak influence fan sentiment?
Jason Momoa. You know him? Yes, I know him, yeah. He's in something called C-S-E-E. No, did not see that. Yeah, it's crazy. So much stuff. Let's go to Steve down in Tampa. What's going on, Steve?
Hey, K.O., how you doing? Good.
Hey, what's up? Listen, hey, we're all hurting out here with gas prices. Is there any way you can share that MLB code with us? I'm sorry, man. I wish I could, but then I would lose privilege to that, and then it wouldn't be any good. I mean, it's just one of the few perks we still get is being members of the media. We used to get much, much more perks.
But this is one of the few that we still get. Used to have like a NBA League Pass perk. Used to have that. Don't have that anymore. That was taken away. At least for me. I don't know if others have it. But this one I'm hanging on to. I will never let go. Like Titanic style. I am holding on to that code as long as I can. It's great. It works great. It does work great. MLB app.
Pop that thing right on every night. Seamless. It's just a quality 1080p, 4K, whatever you want to throw on there, viewing experience. What was that, Rami? I can't hear you. You got to talk a little louder.
Did you test it this year?
I did not test it this year. I will test it when I need it. I got knocked off mine. No. But I had it through MLB, and I hadn't worked there in like three years, and I still had it. And then finally, I guess they caught on. But at the end of last year, yeah, they knocked me off. Uh-oh.
But I was wondering if that was because they moved over to ESPN, if they reset the whole thing and people got knocked off.
Oh, no. Michael K. may have taken us off the list. Oh, no.
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Chapter 7: What are the challenges of watching sports on streaming services?
We want to promote all of it. That's what we do here. Yes. It's all about promotion. It's all about promotion. A 50,000-watt blowtorch of promotion. If I told you Vince Vaughn was in Bad Monkey. I have no idea. I mean, it just shows you that Apple's spending tons of money on content. Oh, this can't be true. If I told you Jake Gyllenhaal was in Presumed Innocent, would you know that one?
It's another TV show. I don't think I've seen that one, no. It's a great remake of the originals of the movie. Oh, okay. You know, the interesting thing, I mean, there is a, let's face it, there's a war going on. In streaming media. Yeah. And it is huge from Taylor Sheridan and Paramount Plus to Apple TV Plus to Prime Video to Netflix.
I mean, and then you have the streaming apps like Fubo and YouTube TV.
Yeah.
You have that aspect of it. Yes, absolutely. And I'm a YouTube TV guy. I am. And I've had to make some adjustments here or there. But YouTube TV doesn't carry MSG. I know, which is a problem. But Fubo does. Yes. And then you have the MLB thing. I have that solved. The Gotham app is a rough... I don't want to slam the thing, but that's the biggest one of the issues.
You would think the Gotham app, given what's gone on with the Sphere. The Sphere? The Sphere is, I will say, it is the greatest experience I've ever had. Boomer and Geo live in the Sphere. But, I mean, it literally is. I mean, when you go there and anybody who's gone there and has seen either the Eagles or the Backstreet Boys or, you know, U2 when they first opened.
I mean, it's just an incredible, incredible experience. And you think about the technology that is associated with that building. And then they run out this Gotham app. Yeah. Just, I don't know. It's unwatchable. If I told you Ray Liotta and Greg Canino are in Blackbird, would you believe that? I would believe it, but I don't know about it. Let's go to Eric in Huntington. What's going on, Eric?
Hey, Gio. You live under a rock.
I think you're too far into the Gulf. The studio just won a bunch of awards. Shrinking's a huge show.
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Chapter 8: What insights can we gather about the future of sports broadcasting?
I mean, honestly. They promote through their products. That's why I know about it. You know, I mean, listen, it's all over the place. Well, I'm an Apple guy, too, and I don't get any of this stuff. I don't. I told you Owen Wilson was in Stick. You were in that show. Well, I saw them shooting that show over at Liberty National, yeah. And didn't you get in a scene?
I don't know if I was actually in the scene, but yeah, Nate Burleson was over there with Owen Wilson. I started watching it on the plane and got a couple episodes in, and I was interested in it, so I might go back to that one. Yeah. It's fun. I'm just telling you, the Apples put a ton of money into their studios. Good family fun. Let's go to... Yesterday, we were talking about cameo. Yes.
And how some of the YouTube stars and the Bob Does Sports guys and all of them, they end up doing cameos and a lot of cameos. So I asked if anybody around here had done cameos. And Al put in two cameos. He searched WFAN. Two came up. Dave Sims, Yankees play-by-play man. We played a couple of those. And... A fake Joe Beningo. Yes. Who is charging $10 for a Joe Beningo impersonation cameo.
That man heard that yesterday and is called up right now. So fake cameo Joe Beningo from New Jersey joins us on the fan. What's going on, fake cameo Joe Beningo?
Hey, bro, Gio, you know, I heard what you said yesterday, and, you know, I got to say, you know, what's your problem with me, bro? You know, I work pretty hard. You know, what do you got against me?
I don't have anything against you, fake Joe Benigno cameo guy. I just was surprised that you were charging $10 for, I believe, to be a pedestrian Joe Benigno impersonation.
You know, what makes it such a bad impression there, bro? I didn't say bad.
I didn't say bad. It's just, you know, middle of the road. You know, I know that words aren't your forte, Joe, in the English language. But it's just, you know, it's run of the mill. It doesn't sound, you know, the bros don't really hit the way that they're supposed to. It's the cadence. It's all those things.
Well, you know, I think I do my best, you know, as opposed to the cameos. It's what I'm just kind of, you know, going freestyle, you know, as a fellow impressionist. I think you would know that, bro. I mean, after all our times, you know, me produce, you know, with the middays, you know, me talking so great about you over the years, you know, I would have thought I would have gotten, you know,
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