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DiPietro & Rothenberg

Hour 2: Buster Olney talks Mets, Yankees

DiPietro & Rothenberg

ESPN

Sports

4.6626 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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What's wrong with the Mets? Is Carlos Mendoza in trouble? Plus, are the Yankees the best team in the AL? Buster Olney answered it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Let the wild rumpets begin.

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0:41.6

This is D.P.H.O. and Rothenburg.

0:45.0

Bridges. Farsight baseline. Pull-up jump or missed it. Atlanta wins.

0:49.6

It was a disaster. It was brutal.

0:51.2

You led by 12 points going into the fourth quarter.

0:53.6

A couple times we could have pulled away, and we didn't. They don't score points in the fourth quarter. It's just Brunson isolation. It was horrendous offense. You're missing free throws. That game we should have won. They're in if you can't give away games. Atlanta comes in and highway robbery. They steal game two to even up the series.

1:20.3

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2:03.8

Oh, God. That was really frustrating last night. You know what? I love this job. I do. But there are days, you, oh, God, this is not easy to do. Today is one of those days. When your team has one of these losses and then you have to come on the radio and discuss it for hour after hour after hour, it can be a little bit taxing. It's not fun. It's not fun, but sometimes I think it's, sometimes kind of just get the... The cleansing? Yeah, get the emotions out. Get the anger out. Get yourself ready for game three. Series isn't over. I mean, it's not what you want to be. Of course not over. I still stand by. If they were to lose this series, it would be catastrophic. Oh, of course it would be catastrophic. I mean, we'll cross that bridge if we get to that bridge, but I don't think that's going to be the case. I don't think so either. All right, let's get to the calls. They've been lined up. We've been promising. Now let's do it. Let's go to Jay, in Atlanta. I don't like this. Jay, good morning. You're on ESPN, New York.

2:18.9

Good morning. I don't like this. Jay, good morning. You're on ESPN, New York.

2:25.3

Good morning. I am behind enemy lines. I'm not an Atlanta fan. I'm a Bronx resident who just happens to be out here in business. I'm disgusted like your last caller, but I'm not discussing

2:31.3

in the Knicks. I'm disgusted in myself. I've been a Nick fan for about 35 years, and there has never been a Nick team of consequence, a good

2:38.8

Nick team that doesn't find a way to shoot themselves in a foot during a playoff one.

2:44.0

So I went ahead and bet my staff members, and now I'm on the hookbook, what probably will be

2:50.5

a hundred plus dollar

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