Super Bowl Stuff, Knicks Beat Celtics & A Little Mets Debate
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What are the Mets' current strengths and weaknesses?
Think about November, December, and January. The Mets fan was absolutely miserable. They don't know what they're doing. They're getting rid of this guy. They don't know what happened. Now, all of a sudden, they say, oh, man, now the Mets are really good. Everything's good.
I'm not one that believes that.
You're not. I am not. I think they are definitely better right now than at any point in time last year. And a lot of that has to do with pitching now. The only thing is, as I've been pointed out, and I do agree, there's no Edwin Diaz, so it's Devin Williams now. But we'll see what happens with him. But I think they're a good team right now. They're good. They're a good team.
I don't think they're any better than last year.
Yeah, but last year they didn't do anything. I think they're better in center field. I think they're better in center field. But the big question is going to be left field. And they're better all the way across the infield. Maybe with the exception of the production that Alonzo ended up giving.
Right.
They don't have a first baseman. Or a third baseman. You got a third baseman. You got Beatty and you got Vientos. They didn't upgrade. They got Bo Bichette.
I have Bo Bichette, yeah. Who's a shortstop. Yeah. That's what Jerry's talking about. He's talking about two guys who haven't played those positions.
That's all. You know what? Simeon and Bobachet are ballplayers, professionals, good hitters.
Bobachet was also the worst shortstop in Major League Baseball.
That's why they moved him to third base.
That's why they moved him to third base. I'm just saying, for a team that wants to stretch defense, we have a non-first baseman playing first base and a non-third baseman playing third base. That's all.
I'm happy with the offseason, but the one major criticism is we heard run prevention, run prevention, run prevention, and that was the reason why you're getting rid of Pete Alonso, and then you're putting two guys in the corners who have never played those positions.
All these guys are short-term contracts anyway. There's no long-term other than Lindor and Soto. That's it. You know what, though?
Elite up the middle. Elite defense up the middle. You know it, I know it. Center field, second, short. Yeah, you don't have to snap your finger at me. Also, better hope your bullpen's good.
Yeah, of course. Bob, just because as good as the guy that you got from Milwaukee is, he's a five-inning pitcher.
That was another problem last year. I saw John Franco post the all-time Mets team that some podcast put out there and had him as the closer. I was wondering if he would have posted it if they had put Jerry's Familia in there or something. Probably not, right? No. But he's such a Mets guy. He has friends that are on there, but he's just wanted to amplify himself. He loves putting himself out there, that John Franco.
He's John Franco. Well, listen, if somebody says something nice about you and puts you on something, wouldn't you actually? No, actually I didn't. Oh, I'm sorry.
Barrett Sports Media did that thing. I never reposted it.
We don't like to touch the money. We're not retired. You know what I'm saying?
Yeah. Right. John can't go screw it up anymore. He's retired. He's done. That's true. Goes to every local game. Make sure he's up on the big board. I'm not knocking. I'm just saying. That's what he likes to do. Did he go to the St. John's-Yukon game Friday night? I didn't see him.
I'm sure he was there. Or is he down in Florida doing something?
How did the Knicks perform against the Celtics?
I didn't see him, but I also wasn't on the floor.
How was the game? How was the atmosphere?
Great. Really, it was a lot more pro-St. Even Rick Pitino wasn't sure what the crowd would be like.
I mean, it's St. John's home game. Come on.
Right, but he was concerned about the StubHub secondary market and the UConn fan, and he said, we've got 10,000 fans, place holds 19,000. Okay. Wasn't sure it would be like a 60-40 split. I would say it was 80-20 St. John's.
Good buzz. Really good buzz.
It was good. It was good.
I didn't see the game. I only read about the game. Did you feel like the game was close?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the Mets' current strengths and weaknesses?
0:00–3:02
2
How did the Knicks perform against the Celtics?
3:02–6:22
3
What was Jerry's take on the St. John's upset over UConn?
6:22–9:09
4
What are the highlights from the Super Bowl soundbites?
9:09–11:28
5
How did the Super Bowl halftime show impact viewers?
11:28–11:56
Speakers
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