Paul Blackburn is starting for the Yankees today.

The game is in about an hour I asked earlier. Does Aaron Boone have a nickname for him? So Andrew Kaplan does a great job behind the scenes. Digital here at WFAN. Did some research. Ladies and gentlemen, here is what Aaron Boone calls Paul Blackburn. Just felt like our best way to go was black. And I thought he managed contact for the most part. He goes simple black for Paul Blackburn, yeah. Baseball reference in MLB.com claims something else. What do they call? B-L-A-C-I-E. Blackie. Yeah. But Aaron Boone doesn't call him that. Goes in black. Just because you're right, the I-E instead of the water, doesn't make it any better. I'm just telling you what baseball reference claims. They're usually pretty good with that. Yeah, they are. Like, what does he do? He's he walking in the room and be like, hey, yo, black! Did I like all the black dudes turn around? Like, what? Have I ever told you the Giuseppe Bar Mitzvah story? No. This is one of my favorite stories of all time.

Okay, so a friend of mine, his husband's name is Giuseppe.

Okay.

But he calls him Jew.

That's his nickname.

Okay.

They're out of Bar Mitzvah, and he's trying to get Giuseppe's attention, and he screams

at the top of his lungs, Hey, Jew.

Everyone turns, it's like a quiet, what?

Takes him about 30 seconds to realize, oh my God, that's not what I meant.

I should not have said that.

His name is Giuseppe.

My nickname for him is Jew.

So there you go, yeah. One of my favorite stories of all the time. Now, I'm curious your opinion. So last night, this was relatively early in the game. But Mike Breen, of course, doing the game on ESPN with Richard Jefferson and Tim Legler. And Mike Breen made an observation about good sportsmanship that was occurring during the game. And Richard Jefferson disagreed.ed take a listen so long enough the floor edge come went over to brunson and said hey it didn't mean anything intentional there and brunson said all good that's a mistake

too you don't do that you don't do that young fellow i like it and again brunson's intelligent

you don't mean that 100% i mean that in the postseason you, you don't pick up other players. You don't say hello. We had two head coaches, J.B. Bickersab and Jamal Mosley, best friends. They don't talk before games. And I'm not saying it was negative or anything. But if he's bleeding a little bit, if he's got a little bump, yeah, that's part of the game. Are you team RJ or team Breen? Breen was for this?

He liked the sportsmanship. a little bit if he's got a little bump. Yeah, that's part of the game. Are you team RJ or team Breen?

Breen was for this? He liked the sportsmanship. He thought it was a good thing. I'm team Breen. Really? Yeah. Because that's how I played. It's so individual because I know what R.J. is saying and that I'm, um, what he's trying to say. but I feel like you have to play

your is saying and that I'm um what he's trying to say but I I feel like you have to play your

mind games the way that you play your mind games right I was I'm I'm I wasn't a mean player

but I would get into your head by making you think I was an extra nice so I'd smile at you

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