The Mets looked good this weekend with Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander both pitching well in the double header yesterday. Gio is starting to build trust in Verlander. The Mets also have a strange group hump type celebration. Brandon Nimmo doesn’t do the humping, most likely due to his religious beliefs. The Yankees are on way too many channels now: YES, ESPN, Fox, Peacock, Apple TV+. C-Lo is in for Jerry and starts with the Mets sweeping a double-header from the Guardians. Lindor had a couple of good games this weekend against his former team. Max Scherzeer talked about his thumb callus busting open. The Yankees swept the Reds this weekend. Aaron Boone was tossed yesterday before noon. Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship, the first LIV golfer to do so. Michael Block hit a hole in one. The Heat smoked the Celtics to go up 3-0 in the series. The Nuggets are also up 3-0 on the Lakers. In the final segment of the hour, NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown passed away. He also had several different domestic violence charges against him. We also talked about ‘The Dirty Dozen’ with Brown and Lee Marvin.
Mekhi Becton is fired up for training camp, but keeps going back to his injury, seemingly blaming the coaches, but which happened because he was out of shape. Ty Johnson got surgery and then the Jets released him and now he’s angry at the Jets doctors. Artie in Brooklyn wants to know how we can trust the Mets GM if they just brought up Gary Sanchez. He’s also puzzled by Pete Alonso humping the dugout railing. C-Lo returns for an update and starts with the Mets double-header sweep of the Guardians. Verlander and Scherzer both delivered yesterday. Verlander had a busted open callus on his thumb adding to his many ailments since becoming a Met. The Yankees swept the Reds behind a strong season debut by Luis Severino. Aaron Boone got tossed early in this one. Aaron Hicks got designated for assignment so his days with the Yankees are over. The Heat beat the Celtics big time and now lead the series 3-0. Vegas beat Dallas again in the NHL Western Conference finals. And Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship, the first LIV golfer to do so. In the final segment of the hour, we have audio from Classic Mike & The Mad Dog where Mike thought actor Lee Marvin was a war hero. He also thought Captain Kangaroo was a war hero. Oh, and Mister Rogers as well.
We have two noncompetitive series going on in the NBA. The Heat are up 3-0 on the Celtics and the Nuggets are up 3-0 on the Lakers. Gio wants the Knicks to get Damian Lillard from Portland. Outside of Jalen Brunson, everyone should be on the table. Lillard is the type of guy you trade everything for. A caller thinks Gio is bashing the Yankees all the time now. Gio just thinks they’re the same team as they’ve been the last few years. They will make the playoffs and get bounced. C-Lo returns for an update but first Gio tells us he’s signing up for a 4-mile run for charity. The Mets swept a double-header over the Guardians thanks to Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander. The Yankees swept the Reds behind HRs by Bader and Torres yesterday. The Celtics were non-competitive in Miami and are now down 3-0 in the series. Golfer Michael Block looks like he’s using Just For Men on his beard, which makes Gio skeptical to use it himself. In the final segment of the hour, Ben Roethlisberger had Kenny Pickett on his podcast and admitted to wanting to see him fail. He wasn’t even on the team at the time as he was already retired. Boomer asked if anybody really retires in our industry and we talked about Joe Benigno wanting to retire and move to Florida and now he’s doing weekend shows on WFAN.
A caller starts us off with Boomer being nominated for the Bengals Ring of Honor. The Mets had a solid weekend over the Guardians and have now won 5 in a row, including sweeping a double-header yesterday. Boomer is more worried about the bullpen and says it will ultimately be their achilles heel. C-Lo returns for an update but first we talked about Gio’s Blue Chew commercial and Pete Alonso looking possessed when he’s humping the dugout fence. The Mets swept a double-header from the Guardians and have won 5 straight. Scherzer had a busted open thumb callus that he was fighting through. The Yankees swept the Reds and Aaron Boone was tossed in the first inning. Harrison Bader had a HR off Hunter Green. Boomer trims his nose hairs with Gio’s trimmers. Gio has saved impressively long nose hairs to show his wife. Ben Roethlisberger admits to wanting to see Kenny Pickett fail as Steelers QB. Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship. Michael Block hit a hole in one and tried to sum up the weekend and started crying. In the final segment of the show, weather looks decent for Kickoff to Summer. Carmelo Anthony is retiring from the NBA. We thought he was already retired. The Lakers seem interested in going after Kyrie Irving now.