You have, for now, your race in Max Fried, who's not only off to a really good start, he goes deep into games. It's almost as if Boon and Freed remember that playoff game and all the controversy of coming out too early, and it's like, nah, we're going to extend it this time. So Max Fried on the mound, the Angels are going with what is probably going to be a bullpen game. They're starting a reliever in Brent Suter, who has started before he's a lefties. We'll check it on the Yankee lineup and get you set for those that are heading out to Yankee Stadium a little bit later on. And also we'll talk some basketball as we creep closer and closer to Nick's Hawks, including what would have to happen for the next to actually lose this series.

But last night, the MEC game was on national TV.

It was obviously Jackie Robinson Day.

And so it was Mets Dodgers on ESPN.

And I commend what they tried to do.

Because this is something I've always wanted from baseball.

And we're starting to see it with Peacock.

We saw it with ESPN last night where you have a national play play guy and then you bring in an analyst from each team. And in this case, they weren't just analysts from each teams. They're guys that everybody knows. Ron Darling, who of course does the Mets on S&Y and Oral Herschizer, who does the Dodger games on whatever network they have. And so I love the idea.

And I thought it was actually a pretty good broadcast. You know, sometimes when you watch the

national broadcast, they annoy you. It didn't really annoy me that much. I have great respect for Joe

Buck. I don't think he's a shill the way Joe Davis is. And so I had a good time. But there was

an exchange. And it was very odd.

And I almost just, I don't even want to offer an opinion, I want to play it.

And then you tell me if there's something off about the exchange between Joe Buck and Ron Darling.

All right?

Kyle Tucker, the Dodgers had a couple of needs in the offseason. They needed some maybe relief help. They went out and got the best reliever in the free agent market, and they needed some outfield help, and they got the best outfielder. You sound bitter. I'm not going to lie. You sound bitter. One ball, two strikes is fouled into the Mets dugout. The Mets kind of get what they want as well. True. But they had their eyes on Tucker, they didn't get them. And their closer now is in a Dodger uniform. And they wanted Diaz to come back as well, certainly. That was just odd. Wow. Like, especially when Joe Buck says you're bitter. And then, like, that was a joke, right i thought joe was screwing around but ron

return fire was so quick and forceful that darling almost got on the defense like oh no no no no no

no right yeah i think joe buck went from just trying to make a fun joke to oh my god ron darling

is bitter that's the way he came across me so he was revealed thatdy is better. Yeah, I think, but I also, I think that's probably a unanimous thing within med circles where it's kind of like the Dodgers. We thought we had Kyle Tucker, you took Edwin Diaz, that video Monday night, I'm sure pissed other people off. Yeah, there's probably a lot, a large portion of people within the meds, forget the fans that look at the Dodgers and go, this is nonsense now. Yeah. I think in a broadcast environment like that, Ronnie could have been a Metshell. Like he could have said, because I think Ron is such a pro that I think he wanted to say, no, no, no. And he is such a respected national voice that I think he doesn't want to lose the shield of,

hey, I call it like it is, which he does. Yeah, he wants to keep his impartiality. And I think people's view of him is impartial. Correct. And he is impartial. I think he does a great job of it. But I think in an environment like that, where you already have the Dodger guy in Oral Hershizer, Ronnie could have said, yeah. Yeah, no, I am.

Joe, I can't argue with you.

And I don't blame the players, but...

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