There are always going to be people that believe in oligarchy or an aristocracy can run the country better, right?

Because they're the elitist. They think they're smarter than everybody else. But Lincoln, you know, Lincoln said to Douglas into the debates. He said,

hey, you know, people think the American people are not smart. But let me tell you something,

they have a very good nose. They can smell a rotting cadaver in their basement. That was literally

the quote. And we have a rotting cadaver in the basement right now.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the Best People podcast.

This week's guest is one of my favorite human beings, but he also happens to be a duration

of time and someone so iconic at this moment that his name is preceded by a the.

So without any further ado, welcome Anthony Scaramichie to the best people.

That was a pretty auspicious introduction. I mean, I, well, look, you're one of my favorites, too.

I mean, hopefully it'll be a mutual love fest here, but I'm actually very flattered to be on your

incredibly high-profile podcast, Nicole. So thank you. You're a much bigger podcaster than me. Oh, no, I don't know about that. I watch all of your clips. I watch everything that goes on. You're a triple threat, though. You've got the podcast. You've got the show. You know how to write. You're a sports fan. I don't know. You got everything. I like you today have nothing without my Mets. I don't know what to do with myself. We didn't have any life planned this month because we thought we'd be busy and the TVs are all black. What happened to our Mets? Well, I mean, listen, I mean, they didn't have the pitching. At the end of the day, the pitching wins. if you saw the Red Sox Yankee game last night, two to one Red Sox at the pitching.

30 to 30. listen, I mean, they didn't have the pitching. At the end of the day, the pitching wins. If you saw the Red Sox Yankee game last night, two to one Red Sox at the pitching, three to one Red Sox. Yeah, you know why I loved that? I loved watching a game where I didn't care who won. I mean, I root for the Yankees. I'm a New Yorker, but I wasn't like I felt like I needed something to get through it. You didn't have the pitch-by-pitch anxiety is what you're talking about, right?

What you experienced. It wasn't like I felt like I needed something to get through it.

You didn't have the pitch-by-pitch anxiety is what you're talking about, right?

What you experienced, you know?

But, you know, listen, I mean, that was a bad collapse, but I remember the 1998 season where Bobby Valentine, a good friend of mine managing the Mets, they had to win one of the last five games, Nicole. They lost

all five games and missed the playoffs. So is that the movie's been run before. But I don't know.

I think City Field is a Native American burial ground that's been disturbed. And I think to shake

the curse, we've got to get in there and figure out what

we did wrong there because there's something wrong with that field. They put great players on the

field, great stats, and it never gels for the Mets. And that's been a big dilemma for them for the last

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