Joe Benigno is in for Boomer today so it’s Gio & Joe B. Joe is in his Mets gear this morning and said they better not trade Justin Verlander or Uncle Steve is punting on next season. Joe doesn’t like that the Mets don’t retaliate when their players get hit and he wants someone to plunk Ronald Acuna when they play the Braves later this season. C-Lo is in for Jerry and starts with the Yankees loss to the Rays and the armpit injury that Domingo German was suffering from which prevented him from starting. He did, however, come into the game in relief of Jhony Brito who gave up 4 HRs in 4 innings. The Mets traded Mark Canha to the Brewers. At Jets camp, one of the players has ‘69’ jokes. Yesterday Anthony Gallo called Aaron Rodgers a ‘bum’ and it got a lot of play on social media. Joe said the Jets can absolutely not lose in week 1 at home to the Bills. In the final segment of the hour, we took a call from a guy who missed the Jets season because he was in prison.
The Yankees are going through a tough time right now. Anthony Rizzo finally got a hit last night after striking out 5 times the night before. We also took calls from Mets fans now that they traded Max Scherzer, David Robertson and Mark Canha. C-Lo returns for an update but first Peter Schwartz posted a pic wearing the Joe Klecko jersey that Boomer got him. Joe is going out to the Hall of Fame induction of Joe Klecko. Joe is also playing golf with Fireman Ed. Aaron Judge keeps getting walked since coming back from his injury. Domingo German was scratched due to an armpit injury but ended up coming in after Jhony Brito. Joe talks about the black cats that he has after a few cat related Yankees stories. Mark Canha was traded to the Brewers. Aaron Rodgers thinks you should sit with different people at lunch. In the final segment of the hour, Paul Reubens, who played Pee Wee Herman, passed away at 70. Gio said ‘Big Adventure’ was a huge movie in his childhood. Joe said the age of 42 is the best age to be. In 1982 a guy punched Joe through a car window and connected to his face.
Is Rob Saleh the right coach for the Jets? Joe said Mike White is going to burn the Jets at least once this year. When they golfed, Joe told Saleh ‘you have to win now’. We talked about reasonable expectations for the Jets this year. A division title is required by Joe. He also said they have to be 4-2 through their first six games. C-Lo returns for an update but first a caller compares the afternoon show to ‘Two and a Half Men’. The Yankees lost again and are 1-3 since Aaron Judge returned. There are a lot of teams rumored to be in for a Justin Verlander trade. In the final segment of the hour, Stugotz from the Dan Le Batard Show will co-host with Gio on Thursday and Friday. Joe does not know how to ‘Google’ something. Joe does not need an iPhone either. His wife likes watching videos about otters on her iPhone.
There are multiple teams calling the Mets about Justin Verlander as the trade deadline looms today. Joe said if the Mets do that, they are ‘punting’ on next year. Joe also thinks Steve Cohen has to give Ohtani the best offer. A caller wants to know if we saw the guy who wants to be a collie. A caller is having a baby at the end of August and he wants to know if he should be able to go to the Jets/Bills game on September 11th. C-Lo returns for an update and said there are multiple teams interested in Justin Verlander. In the final segment of the show, Joe doesn’t like golfing with people who know who he is.