Would You Sacrifice a Pinky for a Championship?

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber close things out with a hilarious and oddly serious debate over whether a fan would give up a pinky if it guaranteed a championship. What starts with Mitchell Robinson’s injury turns into a full sports radio rabbit hole involving Ronnie Lott, Mets heartbreak, Giants loyalty, Rangers dreams, and just how far fandom should really go. The conversation then shifts into parenting and youth sports, as Evan shares a blunt exchange with his son about the odds of making the major leagues. Evan and Tiki debate honesty, athletic genes, work ethic, and whether kids should be encouraged to chase impossible dreams or told the hard truth early.

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0:00.0	We mentioned how Ronnie Lott cut the tip of his pinky off. So obviously some of the discussion
0:04.3	over the last 12 hours has been would we give up our pinkies? And so that became a discussion
0:09.4	earlier this morning with Boomer Assison and Greg Giannotti where they speculated on if I would give
0:14.1	up my pinky for the Mets to win the World Series. And so Gio set up a very specific situation
0:20.4	if I would agree to chop my pinky off.
0:23.1	Take a listen.
0:24.0	It's the bottom of the ninth.
0:25.9	The game is tied.
0:27.6	The game's at City Field.
0:30.1	Juan Soto is up.
0:31.5	Actually, you know, they're down a run.
0:32.8	Let's put it down.
0:33.5	A run, runner on, first base.
0:36.1	Two outs, two strikes.
0:37.7	Right.
0:38.0	And a sports genie comes out of the toilet or something.
0:42.2	And says Evan, if you don't cut off your pinky,
0:48.3	Juan Soto's going to strike out and the Mets are going to lose the World Series.
0:52.4	If you do, Juan Soto hits a two-run homer and they win the World Series.
0:58.2	No, in the Mets and this situation, even if he does cut off his pinkies, he's probably going to strike out.
1:04.9	There are certain things that you can't overcome.
1:07.6	Well, that is a great point by Boomer.
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