there's a namelessness about football.

You have your star players, but nobody knows who the offensive linemen are, even if they're

Hall of Famers, you don't really know the offensive linemen.

You don't even know what they look like.

You know, like you basically watch numbers on people's backs, and you see where the ball

goes and how people get hit, but you don't really know.

And that's very American.

That's how war works.

That's what we're told is good about America.

It's beer and it's capitalism and it's violence.

I'm a great name.

On the morrow, I depart to the run and then up to the nation.

And then I'm talking to the head of sports podcast.

Brought to you by The Nation.

I'm Dave Ziron.

We got a hell of a show.

This week we are talking sports and comedy with comedian and Mets fan. Those things, I think, go together very well. Hari Kandabalu. He's also the host of the amazing podcast, Politically reactive with W. Kamau Bell. We also have some choice words about the U.S. women's soccer team. We got a Kaepernick watch and a dramatic rendition of the Stand Up and Just Sit Your

Ass Down award with Edge of Sports co-producer David Tigaboo.

But first, let's get it started with Hari Kondabalu.

Hari, one of the things we have in common, of course, is that you are a Mets fan, I am a Mets fan.

We could talk about this season, but I find it much more interesting to ask you the roots of your Mets

fandom, because it's so easy to be a Yankees fan if you have any New York connection.

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