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This is the D.P.A.R. and Rothenberg podcast. Let the wild rumpets begin.

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This is DiPiatoro and Rothenberg.

I think we have to pay some attention to someone who quite possibly might be unwell on the show. Is that RJ? Rick, might I read something that R.J. wrote. Hello, friends, he writes. If I'm not mistaken, we come to you from four different states today. Myself and John, New York. Ray and Brooklyn. Ray, what state is Brooklyn in? Brooklyn's in New York.

This is DiPiatoro in Rothenburg.

Were you in Brooklyn?

I was in Brooklyn at no point yesterday.

On ESPN, New York.

And streaming live on YouTube.

All right, well, we hope that RJ is going to be okay, and we'll deal with that later on after the show.

But right now we have a lot of sports that continue to get into.

Yankees, no game yesterday, which is criminal.

Mets played yesterday, I guess, unfortunately.

Nicks played yesterday, unfortunately, because they lost as well. But that Mets game, it angers me, and I'll tell you why. The fact that you couldn't scrape a little bit across against the Pirates, fine. You had the same issue on Saturday. Eventually, you know, Robert with the big home run, you win that game, you're all excited. Offensively, you're dormant. I get it. What annoys me yesterday, and I don't know your take on, I haven't talked to you about it yet.

Why are you sending Lindor in that spot? Why are you sending him? They want to be aggressive. I want to be aggressive too. There's nobody out. I get it. I understand that. And then he doubled down after the game. I mean, they asked Mendy about it, and he said, no, he was good with it, which again, I mean, there's, there's no out.

It's second and third, and you have three, four, five hitters coming up. Right. I mean, listen, they had a chance of the seventh inning, too. It's second and third with one out, and Soto struck out swinging and Bichette struck out. Right, on a terrible pitch that Soto pitch.

And Bichette's already getting boot. Which is a little bit premature. But my whole thing, and again, it's always like that moment. You're right. They could have scored in the seventh, but that's not the one you're going to remember. No. The one you're going to remember and discuss is why is sending Lindor there? It's too aggressive. It's too aggressive. I agree with you.

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