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Evan & Tiki

Mets Giveaway Drama and Knicks Fans Take Over Philly

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber dive into a packed New York sports conversation, from Knicks fans invading Philadelphia for Game 3 to the Mets raising eyebrows with a second half giveaway schedule built around new faces who may not be around much longer. The guys debate whether Freddy Peralta bobbleheads and replica jerseys make sense with the trade deadline looming, react to Knicks injury updates involving Josh Hart, OG Anunoby, and Joel Embiid, and take calls on fan celebrations, Mets roster frustrations, and the atmosphere expected in Philly.

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0:00.0

As Nick fans are doing what we did two years ago, they are invading the city of Philadelphia for a game three of the Eastern Conference semifinals, which tips off tonight.

0:10.8

It is an Amazon Prime game.

0:13.0

So full awareness, if you're not going, if you're not invading the city of Philadelphia, that's where you can watch the game.

0:19.2

Pain in the ass if you don't have multiple TVs flipping back and forth to the Yankees tonight. Yeah, that's the biggest negative. I agree. You know, because I think we're all used to the streaming services. We have the streaming services. It's not even about that. It's about the flipability. The flipability is very tough. Now, the New York Mets made a very interesting decision. it's already gained a lot of attention that they did not put tickets on sale for games in July,

0:40.5

August, and September.

0:42.0

And what they have just announced is they have informed all of us what the promotion schedule

0:47.1

looks like for July, August, and September.

0:49.9

And I mean giveaways, which are very popular.

0:52.9

Some of these giveaways, very risky, very risky.

0:58.1

On July 25th, July 25th, that is a week before the trade deadline, they have Freddie

1:05.0

Peralta Bobblehead Day.

1:07.3

I mean, well, I mean, it is a decent chance they flip them, T. But there is also a chance that that becomes like a collector's item. Oh, is that how we're viewing this now? Because he was, you know, he was a met at some point. Yeah, I don't think that's the selling point on July 25th when you show up to the ballpark where they just sold them off for two non-top 100 prospects. Sort of adjacent to that. That's a freaking disgrace. You got to earn your bobblehead with a team a little bit. I'm sorry. That is what, you know anybody who complains about the Yankees retiring too many numbers? You can't be handing out of Freddie Peralta Bobblehead when it's year one and maybe the only year he's a met.

1:44.5

Well, hold on. They might be doing it to ingratiate him into their fold.

1:50.7

How about pay him?

1:52.0

Well, I mean, that would be the way to do it.

1:54.0

How about Freddie pitch more than five innings?

1:55.9

Well, I want to have that conversation?

1:57.5

A bobblehead for Freddie Peralta.

1:59.4

Freddie, we love you, really. We'll show you how. Here's a bobblehead. On August 19th, that's three weeks after the trade deadline, they will be giving away a Freddie Peralta replica jersey. You're right over there, Sean. Is this anybody else play for the Mets? What's the matter? I mean, we can get the MJ Melendez jersey? Who else would you want? Nolan McLean. Yeah, they messed up on that. Well, they may already have a Nolan McLean giveaway, so I don't want to speak that they haven't. But we have the whole list. I'm looking at what they just announced for July, August, and September. I guess I can cross-reference that with what I wrote down as a season ticket holder as the giveaways. Yeah, but if, so that's basically the rest of the season. Yeah, it's the second half of the season. So did they have one earlier that has Nolan McLean? Here's what I have written down. I've got 1986 T-shirt, Bobby Valentine disguise. No, Nolan McLean. I'm looking. You would know. You wrote it already. Not only would you know, you'd already know you're going to that game because you love No one. 100%. So don't play us out here. I really don't. I'm looking at it. How do they have Freddie Paralta and not Nolan McLean? Well, I guess Freddie Peralta is established as a... Established as what?

3:10.0

I'm not talking about with the Mets.

3:11.3

I mean, just an MLB.

3:16.1

Nolan McLean, in theory, could have flamed out after two starts.

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