Thank you. Welcome back to nothing personal.

It is hour two.

It is Friday, August 1st, the first day of the dog days of summer.

And on Friday, hour 2, I hope you associate it the way I do with one name, the esteemed producer of Nothing Personal.

Matthew Coker gets to join us, give us his point of view on things that have gone on during the week,

things that are pissing him off, things that make them happy.

Hopefully this week it'll be more that makes him happy, but we'll see.

Welcome, Coker. You ready?

Yeah, I am ready. I'm just looking over here to make sure that I'm unmuted this time.

And, you know, we're off to a good start so far on this beautiful Friday.

Look at all the improvements.

Do you look at your team?

How do you feel about the trade deadline?

Are you happy as a Mets fan?

Are you content when you look at the moves that were made by Mr. David Stearns?

Yeah, I think a lot of people were upset, even with what the Mets did during this trade deadline.

You know, they acquired what we needed in the bullpen. You know, you talked about it yesterday,

how bad the bullpen has been for the Mets this year. You know, they went out and got Cedric

Mullins, you know, a quality center fielder and better

than what we have.

And then everybody wanted more.

Everybody always wants more.

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