Hour 3: Optimism for the Giants
DiPietro & Rothenberg
ESPN
4.6 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:49.4 | Tuckado. |
| 0:50.3 | Unsurfacing three times as many people as he's able to get to. |
| 0:53.4 | Not everyone can afford to take off work and pay whatever cost to get a force for. Or to trash. Let the wild rumpus begin. That's what a meat stick? Is the question. All righty. So you asked Buster, I think it was Rick, and he had an answer that caught my attention. So I'm curious where the two of you land on this. Great. How did you guys think I did in the interview? Well, I mean, Dave kind of stole the show with his pigeon gimmick there? No, no, you did great. It was not a gimmick. I like how you said that, RJ. It was gimmicky. It was not was not a gimmick. It was fake. All right, whatever. You know what? I still stole the show. Gros. Gros. So, most likely outcome for the Mets this season. Buster thinks it's over. No, Buster thinks it's over. He thinks this is... |
| 1:45.6 | What insulting thing you said? |
| 1:47.2 | We got the airbender. They got the airbender, we got the wall blender. Yeah, we got the wall blender on the show. Listen, I have a lot of gray. I like this shirt. The only thing you're missing is a nice sport coat over that. That'd be nice. I dress up my look. |
| 1:59.3 | So the two of you will answer and follow in Buster's footsteps, perhaps. |
| 2:05.1 | Most likely outcome for the Mets this season. |
| 2:08.6 | Will they rally by these standards, and actually maybe by the end of it, perhaps, contend for a playoff spot-ish, but you know, finish above 500? |
| 2:17.5 | I'll trash that. |
| 2:19.5 | Will they at least level out? |
| 2:21.5 | Water finds its level, and they end the season somewhere in the 500 range. |
| 2:26.6 | Or is this, as Buster said, what we're looking at? |
| 2:29.1 | They're a last place team. |
| 2:34.0 | I mean, I know what I want, but I have to be honest. |
| 2:37.3 | Well, you're a trash. |
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