Gio is excited to announce he is Sayville, Long Island’s Biggest Loser for 2023. He won the weight loss challenge at the local bar. Both the Mets and Yankees won their opening series. The Knicks won again and are officially in the playoffs. How will Knicks fans feel if they lose to Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs in the playoffs? We also talked about the local hockey teams and the Islanders in the playoffs. Jerry is here for his first update and starts with the Yankees win over the Giants and has the call of the massive Giancarlo Stanton HR. The Mets beat the Marlins and Tommy Pham hit his first HR as a Met. Kodai Senga settled down after a rough first inning for the win. The Knicks beat the Wizards last night and clinched a playoff spot. Gio wonders why there isn’t a champagne celebration for the Knicks clinching the five seed. Baseball does it for everything. Obi Toppen says they still have a lot of work to do heading into the playoffs. The Nets won again, making it three straight. And the Rangers beat the Capitals 5-2. There’s some controversy in women’s NCAA basketball as Angel Reese taunts Caitlyn Clark. And ‘the Butler did it’ for San Diego State as they head to the National Championship Game. In the final segment of the hour, we talked about Anthony Rendon of the Angels vs a fan for calling him a ‘bitch’. A caller says there’s a Boomer reference in the new movie about Air Jordan called ‘Air’.
The Mets and Yankees both won their first series of the season over the weekend. Gio said Kodai Senga has to capitalize early in the season before teams get tape on him. Boomer loves John Smoltz as a baseball broadcaster. He said he’s very educational. Boomer thinks it’s strange that ESPN has the Kay/Rod broadcast on up against their own broadcast. Frank Thomas is out at Fox thanks to Derek Jeter taking all of the money. Jerry returns for an update but first we talked about it being Masters week and how we will be preempted for part of our show on CBS Sports Network for Masters on The Range. Jerry starts with sound from the Mets win over the Marlins. Kodai Senga got the job done after a rough first inning. Tommy Pham had a big game thanks to ‘seeing the ball’. The Yankees beat the Giants thanks to a huge HR by Giancarlo Stanton and homers by Judge and Higashioka. Aaron Boone talked about Stanton’s blast. The Knicks beat the Wizards and clinched a playoff spot. The Nets also won their third straight. Kyrie Irving talked about his injury and how there’s still a slither of hope for the Mavericks making the playoffs. The Rangers beat the Capitals. Jim Nantz has the call as San Diego State wins on a buzzer beater. Ron Howard voiced a tribute to Nantz on CBS. We also have fun audio from a Mets game back in the day where a brawl broke out but the station was on commercial break and the engineer at the ballpark was getting pissed. In the final segment of the hour, Gio may be getting another dog.
Our live show is happening this Friday night in Jersey City. Shane McMahon appeared at Wrestlemania this past weekend and he tore his quad. A caller brought his grandson to his first Rangers game in D.C. Boomer was told he was not allowed to bring his granddaughter to a Rangers game at MSG. We also talked about Snoop Dogg jumping in the ring and dropping the People’s Elbow on the Miz. Jerry returns for an update and starts with the Knicks win over the Wizards. They are also officially in the playoffs. The Yankees beat the Giants with homers by Stanton, Judge and Higashioka. The Mets beat the Marlins behind Kodai Senga. He had a rough first inning but then dominated the rest of the way. The NCAA Championship tips off tonight at 9:20pm. Will Jim Nantz sign off with, ‘goodbye friends’? In the final segment of the hour, Al went to see Fran Leibowitz in Red Bank and Bruce Springsteen at MSG over the weekend.
The Knicks secured a playoff spot as the five seed. We also talked about the Rangers, Islanders and Devils going into the playoffs. A few years ago we sent Big Zoo to the Knicks playoff game in Atlanta. Actress Jamie Gertz had him thrown out of the owner’s box. We have pics of Eddie Scozzare when he was younger and he looks like a handsome rocker. Jerry returns for an update and starts with the Knicks beating the Wizards. They also secured the five seed in the playoffs. The Mets beat the Marlins yesterday as Tommy Pham had a big game offensively. The Yankees beat the Giants and Giancarlo Stanton crushed a homer. The Rangers keep rolling as they beat the Capitals. Jerry had postgame audio from the Women’s NCAA Championship. CBS put together a tribute to Jim Nantz, voiced by Ron Howard. Boomer thinks this could be the most watched Masters. Gio disagrees. In the final segment of the show, Gio talks about winning the weight loss contest in Sayville. Gio said he felt like he won an MVP award.
