Big Mac Meets Boone, UBS Chaos, and the Goodell Question

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 990 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Chris “Big Mac” McMonigle finally gets his long-awaited meeting with Yankees manager Aaron Boone, and the guys predict absolute awkwardness and hero worship. That leads into a hilarious recap of a night at UBS Arena, including a fake speakeasy setup, Jon Ledecky playing it cool, and Big Mac getting ribbed on the big screen with an all-time mispronunciation of his name. The segment also dives into Tommy’s Islanders rant being used as a full-blown hype video, how nervous that made him once the puck dropped, and why that moment meant more than any billing order on the scoreboard. From there, the conversation turns serious again with callers weighing in on the Steve Tisch situation, what Roger Goodell can actually do, and how many real questions the commissioner will face about it. It wraps with broader league talk, including revenue sharing, small-market realities, and why the NFL model works where baseball continues to struggle.

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0:00.0	If you want some baseball later today, Big Mac gets his meeting with the manager of the New York Yankees, Aaron Boone.
0:07.9	And it's crazy.
0:11.3	It's crazy.
0:12.6	They've never met each other.
0:14.4	Really?
0:14.8	And Boone has been on many times.
0:17.0	He's come to the station many times.
0:19.6	Craig and him formed like a texting relationship. He would come by while we would do remotes, and Big Mac never got to meet him. And so this is a huge moment in the life of Chris Big Mac Montgomery as he gets the meeting with a man that, I mean, basically he could be the defense lawyer for him. Is he going to fall over himself? I think, Sean, I think he's very excited. That'd be one way to take out the Yankee manager. Sean was telling me he was falling all over himself trying to ask about the speak-easy at UBS this weekend. I felt so bad for Chris. It was one of the most embarrassing moments I've seen with somebody of importance. What do you mean? Craig on Friday told Chris, he's got to ask him, look, Deky, about the speakeasy. Nobody knows about it, not even Gio, not even, turns out all of us were well aware of what it was. It's a little over-dramatized by Craig. But Chris gets introduced to John Ladecki, and 15 seconds in, Chris gets right to the point, fumbles over his words. I got to ask you, Craig told me to ask you about the speak easy. And
1:12.6	without missing a beat, Ladeki turned to his assistant
1:14.7	with the islanders and went, did we have a speak easy?
1:17.5	To which the guy went, it's just the American Express lounge.
1:20.0	You can get it. Any guy who comes in with an MX car can get in.
1:22.9	Nice. You think Craig set him up
1:24.6	to be embarrassed? Definitely.
1:26.2	Definitely. I would think.
1:28.0	You could tell Chris was like, oh, okay. How was John? It was great. He was great. He's always awesome. What a nice man. And then, unfortunately, the Islander's lost. So he was not happy after that. And you will never go again. I mean, I hope I go again. I love a good. Ranger fan
1:43.0	and an
1:44.2	Islander box
1:44.9	with the owner
1:46.1	and they lose
1:47.3	well he did go to an Islander Ranger game in the Islander box and the Islanders won. So like. No, they didn't. Oh, they did. The Rangers won seven to. That's the one we talked about. Oh, you're right. Dude, you're never going again. Yeah, you're bad. I was, no, but I was polite.
2:01.6	I didn't show any Ranger fandom.
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