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Boomer & Gio

Mets Talk About Soto & McNeil; Ben Rice Goes 4-4; Jazz Ejected; Golfer's Ball Hits Woman (Hour 3)

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

News, Sports

4.2707 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Mark Vientos hit his first home run. Sal Licata's criticism of Juan Soto sparked debate, with Gio questioning why early-season criticism equates to "hating," especially given Soto's high salary implying less room for failure. Despite Soto's performance not meeting expectations, the Mets are winning, thanks to Alonso and strong pitching. The Mets plan to play Jeff McNeil in center field, a move Gio doesn't understand, and Jerry views McNeil's energy negatively. Baseball updates included Ben Rice's 4-for-4 game, Jazz Chisholm's ejection, and Aaron Boone's comments on the Rays changing dirt. The Mets also beat the Cardinals. Audio of Sal Licata's harsh criticism of Soto aired. The Knicks-Pistons series starts tomorrow. The hour concluded with a discussion about golfer Billy Horschel signing a woman's welt, Gio's confusion over women wanting boob autographs from celebrities, and an uncomfortable interview experience with former player John Randle due to differing opinions on his playing style.

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0:00.0

It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN.

0:04.3

Boomer and Geo coming you live.

0:06.0

The Build Ford Tough Studio on the fan and CBS Sports Network on this feel good Friday.

0:12.9

Mets and Yankees both win.

0:14.8

It was nice to see Mark Vientos get that home run last night.

0:18.1

Maybe that opposite field sort of jam shot that he had is just the thing

0:23.7

that we'll get him out of the slump even though Carlos Mendoza saying, hey, it's coming, it's coming.

0:27.5

He's hitting the ball harder. You know, we feel like he's right on the cusp. So that's something

0:31.2

that they're going to need. And of course, the discussion continues about Juan Soto.

0:36.8

You know, I heard BT and Sal when I was driving home about it and saw the clip that

0:41.0

everybody was talking about where Sal was getting on him.

0:44.0

But, you know, it's, I understand this business and how it works and like a piece of something

0:51.2

is the thing that's going to get the most attention.

0:53.2

But, you know, Sal did preface a lot of things he was saying about Juan Soto is I'm still love the fact that

0:59.9

he's here I still think that he's going to have a good year but what he has done up until

1:05.7

this point has not been him very underwhelming right I just, why can't that be the discussion as opposed to everybody thinking that if you have any sort of criticism about Juan Soto early, that you're not allowed to have that or you're some sort of hater?

1:23.6

Those two things can be true.

1:26.7

That he hasn't lived up to expectations through this amount of games, but there's a long way to go and we're still happy that he's here.

1:33.4

And he still, we still think he's going to be very good.

1:35.5

And if we haven't learned from the Francisco Lindor experience, we never will.

1:39.1

I mean, we almost ran him out of town after his first full season, let alone his first few weeks.

1:45.3

I think the biggest thing with him is the fact that he's, I have to go back and look,

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