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So do you enjoy the next game?

Well, I'm thinking this morning, I mean, it was an unbelievable finish, but I'm too old to stay up for, you know, I mean, the game started 8.30 and this one was extraordinarily long.

The first half was like ridiculously long.

So I fall asleep.

And plus, they were down by almost 30 points.

So I saw the highlights this morning. It's just stunning. But I can't help this because the Mets are such a train wreck.

I have to think that the lucky, the biggest Nick fan in New York right now has to be David Stearns who put together this Met roster,

which is just a has been a disaster.

I mean, every now and then they, you know,

they show some signs of life and then it goes right back to what it's been.

And if it hadn't been for the way the Knicks have dominated coverage in the New York media and interest in New York,

I think we'd see Tuesday.

First of all, there'd be a lot of attention on how the Mets quote unquote rebuilt.

But the other thing is, I wonder what people would be thinking about the World Cup because I just don't think

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