If you were at Yankee Stadium last night, it just sucked because the offense scratched out two runs on the first inning and did nothing afterwards.

If you were not at the ballpark last night, it not only sucked because you watched that, but then we had to deal with Luca.

And I don't understand.

It's not like Luca plays for the Nets or the Knicks, or it's like, ah, Josh Hart's at the game. Let's have him pop-bye. Right, he's a superstar. Let's put him on air. People will love it. Except we won't love it. No, he was boring as hell. Yeah, he was putting us to sleep. He didn't care to be there. He didn't want to be there. K-ass dumb-ass questions. like, it was boring. And you're a Yankee fan. Tell me if I'm right, Sean, because you were not at the game, so you're watching the game on TV the way most of us are. It actually would annoy me more when I'm watching my baseball team in the midst of stinking and now I've got to be distracted with the formerly fat Luca

boring us to tears saying nothing.

It is a very, very important week in Yankee land.

We are three days removed from the judge injury.

Now, I'm sure I probably would have felt this way in mid-August, too.

I'm in no mood for a talk show with an athlete that plays in the city of Los Angeles while I'm watching my baseball team struggle to try to win a division game that they eventually lost. It pissed me off. There's no place for it. And for all the talk and all the yelling about yes, network this and yes, network that, last night was one of the more egregious moments in Yankee broadcasting baseball for the time and place. And I don't think that's being hyperbole. And you're obviously leaving out the most egregious part, which was? It's the Yes Network. It was Michael Kay's duty to ask Luca very simply, Hey, Luca, is it true, you're renting in L.A. And buying in Brooklyn? The net's still in the league. You know what, Evan? At least we would have gotten something out of it, right? Yes. That would have been interesting. Thank you. Asking if he makes his own shoes was not interesting. Why do we need that? We don't care. We don't care. I'm not buying them. Nobody is buying them. Yeah. So annoying. And speaking of what's... New York. Speaking of shoes, can someone explain to me why Bronson Reed and Bronn Breaker took the shoes off of Roman Reigns and held it in the air in the middle of the ring? What was that about, Tommy? Did you see that? The heck are you talking about? I always took that as a symbol of retirement, right?

When you take your boots off, a wrestler leaves them in the middle of the ring.

Are they trying to say they're going to... But holding them up high? Well, maybe they're saying, Tique, they're going to retire Roman Reins. I'm going to put them out of action. That's the only thing I can think of symbolism with the boots. That's always what it's been. So last night, in between the Yankee game and me delaying the start of the MEC game,

so I wouldn't fall asleep during commercials.

I was watching Raw, and Roman Rainins greased us with his presence which is a rarity and he got destroyed. You know, go home show for Raw before SummerSlam. So I get it and after Roman got destroyed which was cool. I loved all of it they ripped his sneakers off. I'm what the hell is this about? Why are they taking his sneakers off? But now Tommy brings up a good point. Maybe that was symbolism for they're going to retire the tribal chief at SummerSlam. But wouldn't they wait their SummerSlam to do that? Well, because they're going to lose at SummerSlam. I know, but it would have been dramatic if he loses at SummerSlam.

And then they take his sneakers?

And then they take his sneakers off, throw him up in the air. They land right in the middle of the ring and he gets carried out because he's, I don't know, knocked unconscious and I don't know, just done. So here's a thing, Teak, you're hobnobbing with C.C. Sabathia, Derek Cheater. Michael Strahan, the truth is

you should be hobnobbing with Paul LeVette

Triple H and start booking this crap.

Right? C.C. Sabathia, Derek Cheater, Michael Strahan, the truth is, you should be hobnobing with Paul LeVette, Triple H, and start booking this crap, right? Now, let's get to your phone calls. 888-808-101-9. We sit here 48 hours away from the trade deadline and major questions on what both teams are going to do. Johnny is calling from Queens. Good afternoon today, Johnny. Hey, guys. How are you doing? Love the show. Thank you, man. What's up? Diehard Mets fan, also a rational fan. Guys, I think BNsELs has to be traded. It hurts to say, I'm going to give you a couple reasons why I think out of the prospects that we have Big League Ready, Maricio, to me, has the highest ceiling. He's the guy. Agreed. Agreed. Of Coon, I'm not sure the value there. I'm not sure you can get a decent return for him, although I would like to move him. But I think Jensils is the one prospect that's considered a one-way player. I think he's awful on defense. I think he's

slow on the base pads. The only thing we're actually looking at here is his bat. And that,

you know, up until what, the all-star break, we haven't really seen much of it. Right. I think right

now he's showing some light. And I think we may have like some spark there where we could get

something in return. and I think the return

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