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Sep 10, 2015

Podcast: Tim Duff

My friend and lifelong optimistic Jets fan joined me to talk about the team’s new look.

The Jets are a completely different team from last season with a new general manager, a new head coach, a new starting quarterback, a new star wide receiver and the return of their former franchise cornerback. Even though the Jets have tried to shed the image of last season’s 4-12 record, their offseason and preseason storylines have kept them in the headlines for all the wrong reasons as they look to once again be the same old Jets.

My friend and lifelong optimistic Jets fan Tim Duff joined me to talk about the new-look Jets, how many wins can be expected this season, if Ryan Fitzpatrick can lead the team, if Geno Smith will ever be a good starting quarterback, the perception of Rex Ryan now that he’s with the Bills and the return of Patriots Super Bowl champion Darrelle Revis.

Podcasts • Yankees

Sep 4, 2015

Podcast: Bald Vinny

The face of the Bleacher Creatures joined me to talk about why it takes Mark Teixeira so long to heal, Didi Gregorius and Stephen Drew turning around their seasons and what a CC Sabathia return would mean.

This is it. The stretch run. When spring training begins, you hope your time is playing meaningful September games and the Yankees are once again. Except for the first time in three years their games will have even more meaning since they are headed for the postseason and now it’s just a matter of being the AL East winner or a wild-card winner.

Bald Vinny of the Right Field Bleacher Creatures and Bald Vinny’s House of Tees joined me to talk about why it takes Mark Teixeira so long to heal from every injury, Didi Gregorius and Stephen Drew turning around their seasons, what a CC Sabathia return would mean and who should start a potential one-game playoff for the Yankees.

Podcasts • Yankees

Sep 3, 2015

Podcast: Jared Carrabis

The Barstool Sports Red Sox blogger joined me to talk about the Red Sox’ disastrous season, what it’s like to watch a last-place team play meaningless games and NESN firing Don Orsillo.

The Yankees should have swept the Red Sox, but I guess I will take two out of three, a series win and a 5-1 road trip. Unfortunately, the Yankees don’t go back to Boston this year where they went 7-2 and only have four games left with the Red Sox in the final week of the season.

Jared Carrabis of Barstool Sports Boston and Section 10 Podcast joined me to talk about the Yankees’ series over the Red Sox and the Red Sox’ disastrous season, what it’s like to watch a last-place team play meaningless games, if Dave Dombrowski can fix the Red Sox, NESN firing Don Orsillo and if he would go to YES and how the Ben Cherington era will be remembered.

Podcasts • Yankees

Aug 20, 2015

Podcast: Bald Vinny

The face of the Bleacher Creatures joined me to talk about the emergence of Luis Severino and Greg Bird, how Stephen Drew and Brendan Ryan are still on the team and the Creatures’ relationship with Nick Swisher.

The Yankees took care of business over the weekend in Toronto and returned to the Bronx with a chance to get fat against some weak competition on a 10-game homestand. After sweeping the Twins with three come-from-behind wins, the Yankees are taking care of business once again.

Bald Vinny of the Right Field Bleacher Creatures and Bald Vinny’s House of Tees joined me to talk about the good and bad against the Blue Jays, the emergence of Luis Severino and Greg Bird, how and why Stephen Drew and Brendan Ryan are still on the team, the Bleacher Creatures’ relationship status with Nick Swisher and celebrating Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte at the Stadium.

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Aug 12, 2015

Podcast: Bob Ryan

The Boston Globe columnist joined me to talk about his book Scribe: My Life in Sports, the evolution of sports media, being able to root for teams as a writer, covering Larry Bird and Bobby Orr and the 2004 ALCS.

Growing up in southern Connecticut, the New York sports media was what I grew up with. But then after going to college in Boston and living there and interning and working in the sports media there, I became accustomed with the coverage of Boston sports.

There are very few people I have to listen to on TV or radio or read online or in print. Bob Ryan has always been one of them. I have said that if I could get a cooler of beers and sit on a porch or deck somewhere and talk sports, the four people I would want to join me are Bob Ryan, Jim Kaat, David Cone, and of course, Bobby Orr. Now I just need to get all four of them in the same place at the same time.

The Boston Globe columnist and ESPN personality Bob Ryan joined me to talk about his book Scribe: My Life in Sports, the evolution of sports media and reporting, being able to root for team as a writer, covering Larry Bird and Bobby, the old Boston Garden, the 2004 ALCS, the opposite perceptions of A-Rod and David Ortiz and the career of Pedro Martinez.