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Evan & Tiki

Hour 4: Dusty Baker to the Mets Report Sparks Heated Debate

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber discuss reports from Al Cintron claiming the New York Mets were in talks with Dusty Baker to be their manager. They break down the validity of these rumors and weigh the pros and cons of hiring the veteran skipper. The conversation also explores legendary calls from John Sterling and Evan's plans for a jersey-clad visit to Yankee Stadium. 02:00 - Celebrity Sightings and Lindor 05:00 - Al Cintron's Dusty Baker Report 09:45 - Reporter Denies Baker Rumors 13:21 - John Sterling's Broadcasting Legacy 18:48 - Knicks Arena and Jersey Etiquette 22:53 - Evan's Yankee Stadium Plans 27:10 - Parenting and Ballpark Food Hacks 32:33 - Terry Collins Managerial Proposal 37:52 - Final Thoughts on Stadium Ice Cream

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0:00.0

Your words. That's so true, though. You are not lying. So we've talked a lot of Nix today. A little bit of Yankees as well. You can rewind on the free Odyssey app. One thing we touched on was the celebrities that were and weren't at last night's game. Ben Stiller's taking a lot of heat for being at the MacGala. He's defending himself on social media. So Ben Stiller not being there. Does that make him a fraud? I don't think it does. I think it just makes him married. And sometimes you got to listen to your wife. And we also talked about Lindor being there. And I asked, did they show him on the big screen? Well, our buddy Al Centron was there. And he said they did, but it was very quick. So what they do sometimes at the garden is they go quickly through the celebrities.

0:41.4

Like bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

0:43.9

And, you know, sometimes they give you your own entrance.

0:46.8

So they're not trying to get a reaction.

0:49.4

Well, I think they have so many celebrities at Madison Square Garden that sometimes they

0:53.8

don't give you your own

0:55.0

video package and chance for a round of applause. I don't know the difference on why, but Lindor was a

1:00.9

part of that. And so Al said there just wasn't any reaction because it was all very quick.

1:05.5

Right. I mentioned earlier that if they gave him the big intro, he's probably going to get booed

1:09.1

just because the Mets have been awful and he's off to a bad start, and he's injured right now. I mean, you keep saying that, but I don't think so. Well, we don't know because it didn't happen. And I doubt he's going to game five. Well, I guess he could. I mean, he's not in Colorado or Arizona when they go to Arizona. Yeah could also travel to Philly while he's at it. Go nuts. But the other thing that Al Centron said was he said something on the radio earlier this morning. He also texted it to me as well. And it's making the rounds that Al Centron is reporting. In fact, you know what? Why did you take a list? This was from Al Show earlier this morning,

1:46.2

and it was put out there by WF&Digital. Our buddy, fellow coworker Al Centron on the Mets,

1:54.1

potentially hiring another manager. I trust the person who sent this to me. This is one of the

1:58.7

people that sent me stuff over the past year, year and a half. He sent me the story when they came to me. This is one of the people that sent me stuff over the past

2:01.2

year, year and a half. He sent me the story when they came to the Mets and Juan Soto and the disconnect

2:06.9

with him and Francisco Andor, and then the story came out two days later from other people in the media.

2:11.0

So I trust this person that sent me this, send it to me personally, and then in a group chat as well.

2:18.5

So I trust him on this one.

2:20.6

But I find it fascinating that the Mets, if this is true, and I believe it, that they were talking with Dusty Baker to be the manager of the team.

2:30.5

But since he, for about a week, week and a half, but since they wouldn't let Dusty pick his own staff, he said, no, he's not doing it. Wow. So, I mean, calls Mendoza. I don't care what David Stearns has said. Clearly, they're not happy with him. And David Stern should look in the mirror. This is his mess. His mess. What do you make of that?

2:53.1

I mean, Dusty Baker is 76 years old.

2:53.6

That is true.

2:54.1

He's an old man.

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