S&P’s Why Not Us?!: Episode #11

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For the Australia game- Yeah first I was like, "What time are they gonna make us watch it here?" Right.

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Right.

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And that time is normal.

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8:25, I think, I saw on my- Yeah, yeah, so it's like, oh, great.

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So obviously that doesn't work on their side though, so- What is it there in the afternoon? 10, 10:30 AM.

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Oh, okay.

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10:30 AM.

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In Australia, what are we competing with? Australian rules football, and rugby.

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Yeah, for sure.

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In the neighborhood of American football.

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So I think it's funny that we wanna waltz in there at 10:30 AM and be like, "Hey, I know you've got two types of this game already, but you should really enjoy our version of it.".

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The, the big takeaway here, or at least for me, is do you think if Australia brought the Sydney Swans based in- New South Wales to play the West Coast Eagles, they're from Perth, in an Australian rules football game at City Field for 10:30 in the morning call time, they'd get a, they'd get a good audience? How about if I threw in free admission, maybe free beer? I'm still not sure.

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What about for the US players, by the way? Isn't that really kinda part of it? Like, you know.

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They have to play at 10:30 in the morning.

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That's not really how they roll.

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The Niners decided to head out early to acclimate, and I think, they got the Rams, right? There's- Yeah, they were just deciding the other day.

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They're, they're, they're doing the, like, "We'll show up when we're ready."

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Yeah.

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Uh, so that, that's interesting.

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Yeah.

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welcome to S&P's Why Not Us, the podcast that knows Carlos Alcaraz had four months to heal his wrist and pick out an outfit to play in the US Open, and only managed to get one of those right.

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I'm your host, Scott Greenhut, and on the other side of the mic, my good friend, Peter Olczyk.

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Hello, hello.

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It's great to be here.

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I wanted to start today actually with a favor for you.

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So during the NFL season, I want you to please stop me if I say either of these two words: a wide receiver high-pointed the football- or, or a quarterback has arm talent.

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Those are two things that I, that I'm probably not gonna say.

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I do know that it's become very commonplace.

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Analysts speak- And I will just say, for me on the high-pointed thing, I'm probably gonna go with words like snare, snag, makes a leaping grab, that kind of thing.

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Yeah.

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And then on the arm talent, I'll probably say, "So and so has a big arm.

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He s- really spins it.

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He's got a rocket."

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All those are fine.

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Yeah.

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Um, but if you are, if you are a quarterback, having arm talent, that's sort of a core skill for playing the position, throwing the football.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That's true.

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Fundamentally Arm strength and arm, arm talent is kind of, it's a necessary item.

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Yeah, it's core.

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It's core.

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All right.

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I agree to agree.

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So I just wanted to put that out there.

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Yeah, okay, I'll try to catch you.

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All right, excellent.

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With that, in today's episode, we'll get into key storylines of the nearby and electric US Open at Flushing Meadows, and return to tennis with Scott and I naming our all-time favorite players.

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But we begin with football, as the 2026 NFL season kicks off in just a few days in Seattle, and 24 hours later in the not so nearby locale of East Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.

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So hopefully that accent wasn't too bad on Australia.

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Good day.

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Um, but we're gonna start local.

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So we had the annual, what we like to call the Snoopy Bowl, which is the last pre-season game with the Jets and the Giants, because Snoopy was a core partner of MetLife for many, many years.

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Yes.

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Uh, so why don't you kick us off with some thoughts on the game that we were both instructed to watch, that Snoopy Bowl? Yeah, so for me, as a Giants guy, uh, my, my number one takeaway from the game was Mr.

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OBJ- Yeah going kind of full circle here.

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Three catches, 53 yards in the finale,.

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He nearly had a circus, uh, play in the, uh, second quarter with the You know, get him behind the coverage, but, but Jameis overthrew him.

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That would've been pretty special.

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But most importantly, made the final cut, got his old number 13 back.

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when he, when he, when he opens up against Dallas, that'll be his first Giants home game since December of 2018.

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So number one storyline as a Giants fan, I'm gonna have to start with, uh, number 13 returning.

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Just sticking with OBJ for one sec, do you happen to know what his top speed was in that game, which was the top speed for any player on the football field that night? Yeah, I think you mentioned it.

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I'm not sure how much I follow this stat to begin with, but it was like 20 or something.

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Yeah, it was 20.5

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miles an hour.

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Okay, so I did okay.

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Yeah.

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And apparently, like elite speed these days, 'cause I was curious, I don't really look at stuff like this- Yeah is about 22 and up, so that is, that's impressive.

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Um- Yeah.

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Yeah, so I'm actually, on OBJ, I'm curious to see sort of his role and the chemistry with Jaxson Dart.

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You know, even as a Jets fan, I think that's interesting.

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Yeah.

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Going back to that game, for me, on the Jets side of things, hey, we had our third pick of the preseason off of a deflection.

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This is how you do it.

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This is very- Three.

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Three- This is- But sorry, can I just interject one- Of course uh, while we're on picks? Yeah.

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I, did you notice that, uh, Zaire Barnes caught one for the Giants? I did.

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He was a Jet One of our old friends He was, he was a Jet and he, and he, he picked off your, your rookie QB, so that was kind of funny.

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By the way, for some reason, maybe because he used to be a Jet, as a Giants game day captain Oh, I like that Trivia Um- Harbaugh, doing Harbaugh things No, no, of course.

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And on the Jet-Giant thing together, the Mawae brothers.

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Um, so- Yeah, yeah you know, from the American Samoa, uh, Kiko is a Jet.

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He's in his second year as a linebacker, fifth rounder.

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And you have CC, who's a rookie.

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And I love that his pregame goal, which you may have seen, when somebody asked him, in terms of what he would like to do with his brother, he said, "Pancake him."

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And you know what? He did it He, he drove his brother back on a run, uh, which is pretty- Into the end zone.

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There was that one, and then the announcer's like, "He wanted to help him up, but you could see at the last minute he changed his mind."

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Exactly.

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So that's pretty good.

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I am, I think that's great, that they're only a year apart now in the NFL, both obviously very talented, so it'll be fun to watch their NFL careers, uh, as they go All right, so let, let's get into our teams as we head into the regular season.

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I'm, I'm happy to start.

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So we talked about, uh, one offensive player and one defensive player for our teams that we're intrigued about.

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No surprise for me, it's Geno Smith, our quarterback.

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I really think Geno is gonna be pretty solid.

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League averages, which is something that we actually haven't had at that position in, in a very long time.

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There's lots of talent around him.

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You know, I would say watch Garrett Wilson this year blossom into a no doubt top 10 wide receiver, with sort of solid quarterback play.

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And just an honorable mention on the offensive side of things, Breece Hall, uh, got a three-year deal done before this season at running back.

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Offensive line is actually a pretty good strength for the team this year.

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I think a big year is coming for Breece Hall, so I will just put that out there.

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I'll stop there.

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All right What about Giants offense? Yeah, Giants offense.

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So what we have is year two of Jackson Dart It's his team.

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Let's see if he can, A, stay on the field, and B, take the leap forward that we want.

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He will have Malik Nabers as wide receiver one.

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He will have the aforementioned Odell Beckham Jr.

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as well out on the receiver corps.

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But for me, the key for, for his success, and I think Harbaugh will, will coach this way, he brought over his tight end.

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Mm.

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Right? This guy, Likely, um- He's good.

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Yeah.

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And, and what's good about those guys, they run quicker, shorter routes, and when you're Jaxson Dart, even with an improved offensive line, y- just, just get the ball out early so you're not always running for your life or trying for, you know, crazy plays.

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So I think, like, that combo- Yeah will be really important to the Giants' offensive success if they can make that work.

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Could help him be a little bit more of a point guard maybe as necessary.

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Right.

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Let's do defense.

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So not a surprise for me on this one a- again, David Bailey, the number two pick at edge.

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He has just wowed since the start of camp, and, you know, he's kind of got that it factor.

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Uh, uncanny maturity for a rookie.

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You know, I loved reading recently that he's always on his iPad between meetings.

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I th- Playing Candy Crush is what I heard.

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Yeah, that's not what I read, but- Oh i think he's gonna make an instant impact, and this is somebody that I, you know, I'd like to think is someone that we're gonna be building around for, for a long time.

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And just one honorable mention on defense, whoever gets our first interception, that's my guy.

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Right.

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Got it.

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Yeah.

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Jersey time.

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Uh, so the G-Men on defense, they have assembled an incredible pass rush.

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Abdul Carter, Brian Burns, Thibodeaux, Avril Reese, uh, another one coming in at, uh, five overall..

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So one of the deepest groups in the league.

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The question is their next two layers, their linebacker crew, their secondary.

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They passed on the Ohio State guys, um, when they had a chance in the draft to button that up.

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Yeah, I mean, they, they can get to the quarterback, but, but can they, can, can the next two layers, hold tight? We shall see.

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I do think, you know, this lack of depth could be an issue.

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On the flip side, if they can just kinda hold firm on, on some of those, additional layers come third down and long, I mean, they're gonna be devastating, and week one it'll be really interesting right out of the gate, because you guys get Dallas, right, to start the season, which is always- We love that which is always wonderful.

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Because- And as a Jet fan, it's kind of fun to watch that game with nothing, with no stake in it and just to watch.

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I, I, I w- I shall be in attendance at, uh, at MetLife for that one, and we'll see if we can return happy for once.

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All right.

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So with that, let's get into a little bit of, of the tennis.

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The US Open has been, lots of great stories so far.

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I know you actually got out to the tennis a few days ago.

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Why don't, why don't we start with that? What was, what was some of your impressions of being out there, uh, that night? Yeah.

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That- that's right, I, had the fortune to, attend last Wednesday evening.

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Had, some pretty nice seats as well.

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And honestly, what a draw that we kinda walked into.

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We had Sabalenka on the women's side open the evening, and just absolutely demolished her opponent.

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Yeah.

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Somehow it was 6-1, 6-1.

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I don't know where those ones came from- because I watched this match live and it's sort of a, a miracle.

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And Sabalenka was annoyed, um, which was sort of the funny part.

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She was berating herself and all that, which is just, I guess, how she, how she plays.

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It's kind of all part of it with her.

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Right, it's how she does it.

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But she is hitting the ball as hard as I've seen, you know, a woman hit a tennis ball on a consistent basis, since the Williams sisters, right? Yeah, yeah.

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So I mean, watch, watch her and if she can keep her serve going, and she certainly had it going that night, um, that could be super interesting.

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And then for the nightcap, we got to watch, uh, Carlos Alcaraz.

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He dropped the first set to, um, a guy from Portugal who, his name is...

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I can't remember right now, but this guy had a really, really phenomenal serve, and he played a, just a, really, a really nice first set overall.

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And Carlos did look a little, bewildered.

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He was just like, "Why isn't this going better?" And he was looking at his box and acting a little frustrated.

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And then everything course-corrected quite quickly from there, and he started just winning every rally from the ground, from there on out.

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And then his serve became a, a, an enormous weapon.

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And, and quite honestly from there he kinda steamrolled the, the final three sets of that match.

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I mean, it looks like, you know...

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I saw a little bit of that and some of, some of his first round match.

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It looks like the wrist- Is, is perfect, knock on wood.

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I mean, I didn't see anything in terms of compromise, in terms of his swings, the velocity on his forehand, all of that.

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Yes, So someone I sat next to, um, had gone to watch his first round match, and she said that after he would lose a tough point, she said he was looking at his wrist.

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Yeah.

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I was like, "Oh, that's, that's interesting."

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And she's like, "Yeah, I'm a little worried."

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I watched that very carefully in the second round.,

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And I never saw it.

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Yeah.

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I never saw him even shoot a glance that direction.

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So either she, you know, saw something different than I did or, or maybe he was growing in confidence with how the wrist is feeling.

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Right.

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Right, right, right.

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And, and sticking with the men for a little bit, so the fact that Carlos Alcaraz does look pretty close to his best self with, of course, with the layoff, which is, which is not nothing.

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So for me, you know, switching to the US guys, right now we got Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe both still involved.

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Taylor Fritz had a very tough day yesterday.

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Yeah.

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But Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe both look healthy.

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Mentally, they look like they're in a good place, so this feels like the chance for them to, to at least one of them to have a strong shot.

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And I think it would be Ben Shelton versus Alcaraz, if Alcaraz gets through Tommy Paul match.

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I think it's going on actually as we're recording.

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Mm-hmm.

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So that's must-see watch.

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And, uh, it's nice 'cause this is when especially Tiafoe, I mean, this has basically been his spot, you know- Absolutely for the last few years.

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He, his game rises at Flushing.

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It's magical every time.

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You just can kinda, count on it.

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So I'm looking forward to kind of seeing over the next few days kinda how that, how that shakes out.

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Yeah.

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Um, and then on the women's side of things, uh, I watched Coco Gauff the other night.

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Looked really strong.

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I talked about the serve back in Wimbledon.

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I think all of the work that she's been doing has paid off.

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She looks pretty confident with the serve, which I think generally just makes her overall game feel a little bit more calm, and she's in a, I would say, in a happy place, especially when you hear her talk after matches.

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She's very thoughtful.

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And Jessica Pegula, she has gotta be the best woman that has not won a Major at this point.

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I'm a big fan.

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Looking really good.

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I, too, am a big fan.

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So, my eyes are on the both of them, and I have to mention the match from last night, which I know you didn't get a chance to watch.

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But Iva Jovic and Alex E- Iala.

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Jovic is 18.

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Iala is 21.

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She's from the Philippines.

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This was the best ball striking right from the get-go that I have seen in a tennis match in forever.

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It went over three hours.

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There were more breaks than holds.

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I implore anybody that didn't see the match last night to just find a few hours and enjoy they left everything on the court.

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Both players deserved to win.

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It was something else.

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It's what makes the Open sometimes magical, and that's what was going on last night.

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Well, well endorsed.

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Um, speaking of three-hour matches, I did catch the Williams sisters on, Friday evening go about that long in, in a crushing doubles loss.

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Just crushing.

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Up 5-0 in the third set tiebreaker.

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I watched it.

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Somehow managed to not win.

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Didn't love the, the look afterwards.

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Like, didn't, didn't really stick around at all on the court okay, but then also skip the presser.

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Um, you know, they could be a little better than that, I think, when it comes to, ambassadors of the US Open.

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No one, is, is beloved more than those two.

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But anyway, oh my goodness.

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You're a coin flip against, uh, two, like, 20-year-olds, and it was, it was very exciting.

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Yeah.

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No, I mean, it was, it was the classic doubles match where you had two players that were just, strong serves, power from the groundies.

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Venus in particular was amazing with- Venus, Venus looked the better of the two sh- she was incredible with the forehand from the baseline against sort of a skilled doubles team that knew when to poach at the net, knew when to lob, that kind of thing.

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So it was a real contrast in styles, and it was, again, yeah, Friday night and Saturday night in Flushing Meadows could not have gone any better for anybody that was there or watching on television.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Love it.

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Right.

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So with that, we're gonna switch into, a little bit of lightning, and I will, I will kick us off.

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I have a high horse today, something that's been on my mind, and it's Francis- Oh, we're here for you.

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Thank you.

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We're here for you, and please, get it off your chest.

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All right.

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Let's go.

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So Francisco Lindor.

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Frankie.

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I was pretty disturbed with the rampant negative Francisco Lindor commentary heading into the All-Star break.

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I strongly believe the mix of two off-season surgeries, first an elbow cleanup and then a hamate bone, followed by the calf strain in April, has put him playing catch-up all season, especially with the un-Lindor-like defense at short.

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Mm-hmm.

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At the plate, he's looked more like his typical 800 plus OPS self for a while.

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In terms of the locker room, Francisco Lindor is absolutely a big part of the Mets solution going forward.

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No matter what issues may have been present before, you can tell that he and Juan Soto are now in a good place with their relationship, which is important.

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I crave to see Lindor back in a handful of playoffs for our beloved Metsies and get a couple of cracks at a World Series.

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Finally, I also want and fully expect to see Mr.

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Smile enter Cooperstown as a New York Met.

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Amen to all of that.

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This guy, has had up and down, I'd say, performance as a Met.

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Mostly up.

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Mostly up, but even during the downs has always played, hard and with a smile on his face.

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And don't confuse those two things.

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He is playing hard with the smile on his face.

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And, yeah, I too think, um, you know, the best is still yet to come for, for Frankie as a Met.

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Yeah, 100%.

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Um- All right, so we got, we got the NHL sort of coming around the corner a little bit, little bit.

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Sure, yeah.

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So why don't you take us into kind of a storyline heading into '26, '27 season? Yeah, I think, there's several that I was thinking about, but the one that is at the top of the leaderboard here is Connor Hellebuyck.

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Heading into the year, the three-time Vezina winner and Olympic gold medal, goalie from, from the United States has officially requested a trade, and has subsequently revealed that this request has been going on for a few months.

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He was trying to do it more quietly behind the scenes, which I think is kind of nice, uh, before, before going public, camps are around the corner.

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Now he felt like he had to press his hand, a, a little, a little bit.

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His own words, uh, said, "I've made it my home and I like it here, but the majority of the league doesn't feel the same way."

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So the Winnipeg Jets just don't feel like the, the spot that he can, win a Stanley Cup with.

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And, you know, that's an important theme.

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It's one of the reasons I picked this story.

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I you, what you also have is the best player in hockey, Connor McDavid, in Edmonton.

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He did not sign a long-term deal.

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He signed a discounted two-year, $25 million extension.

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Do you wanna call it team-friendly or do you wanna put, call it, putting the Oilers on notice? Like- Mm let's turn this around now.

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Um, for those that follow the sport, it's been noticeable and fairly incredible that Canada has not won a Stanley Cup in 33 years.

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And here are two of the, two of the marquee franchises with marquee players considering departures.

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And so just something to keep an eye on as we, head into the season.

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And add, add Toronto to all that too, right? I mean- The longest drought, uh, in, in terms of NHL, that, yeah, just, just, uh- Absolutely Suffering, like right up there for, you know, most, most, uh, Toronto franchises.

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Yeah, we c- we could probably have some good conversation with the Maple Leaf, uh- Absolutely diehards.

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Absolutely.

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All right.

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So let's wrap up lightning.

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We're gonna go back to our tennis theme, uh, with our, sort of our favorite players growing up.

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I'll start.

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It's Jimmy Connors.

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You know, in terms of the why, as I was thinking about it going back, it's probably because he was a baseliner.

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And with somebody like me that had a, a weak serve and wasn't particularly good at net, um, I probably gravitated to Jimmy from that uncanny ability to drive flat groundstrokes just over the net.

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Yeah.

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I mean, the backhand was spectacular, but the fact that it just, an inch or two on both sides, especially these days when you see power topspin- Yeah is just a very different game.

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Yeah.

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He attacked the return of serve- Yeah which is, um, you know, still comes into today's game as a real weapon.

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Yeah.

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And he was a fighter.

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I felt like I was out there with him in so many of his battles, especially with Borg and Lendl and McEnroe, and then he evolved his game over the years.

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He became a solid volleyer, including well-timed serve and volleys, which was maybe, you know, kind of just getting older, but still, he got pretty good at it, and it, and it served him well.

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Fast-forward to 1991, the US Open.

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He's just back from reconstructive wrist surgery.

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He's ranked 174.

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He's got this first round impossible comeback under the lights against Patrick McEnroe, down two sets, double match point in the third, 3-0 in the fifth.

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This match went till 1:30 something in the morning.

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It's probably the last tennis match where I watched from beginning to end into the wee hours.

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Then you fast-forward to Labor Day.

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Fourth rounder thriller on his 39th birthday against Aaron Krickstein.

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Yeah.

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He's in full showman mode.

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Before the fifth set tiebreaker, listen to this, he turns to the courtside TV camera and said, "Isn't this what they pay for?" That is classic Jimbo, and I will, I will end it with two notable Jimmy Connors quotes.

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"I hate to lose more than I love to win."

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And then after his career: "I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave, I gave it everything I had.

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I left everything out there.

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That is what I'm most proud of."

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And I couldn't agree more.

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Well said.

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Do you know what Jimmy's up to these days by the way? You know, he just the, uh, I know that he's got a podcast.

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I haven't listened to it, and so day-to-day I'm not so sure, but he's definitely still very much involved in talking about the game even though he's, you know, a bit away from it as well.

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Yeah.

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I picture all the, the stuff that you were talking about, just, just those returns on, uh, the second serve just coming in tight and just hitting it on the rise and just bam, bam, bam, like you said, right over the net.

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Um- With that little T 2000 to start.

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That was exactly what I was about to say with the I f- I, when I picture him, I picture him with that racket.

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But, one of the greats.

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Uh, my pick is Roger Federer.

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Um, look, and what I'll do here, though, is not make the case with Wimbledon, because everyone makes the case with Wimbledon.

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I'll make it with the US Open.

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Today's a US Open theme- Yep so let's, let's dig in there.

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How about these apples? Five straight US Open titles, 2004 through 2008.

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Nobody in the Open Era has done that here.

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Um, and during, during that streak, he, uh, from 2000, uh, five to 2007, he didn't need a fifth set in a single match.

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Wow.

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He beat Agassi, Roddick, and Djokovic in three straight finals.

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And so that's, that's his legacy and, and records from the US Open.

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Outside of here, and I have no notes, he had the most beautiful game that I've ever seen, and I'm a big tennis fan, and I, you know, gave it my best growing up.

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Ground strokes, immaculate, such panache, such flair, the one-handed backhand, just absolutely stunning.

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Serve, just beautiful form.

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Volley, great touch.

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Just literally every area of the court.

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And then of course, the consummate gentleman off the court and a great ambassador for, for the sport and, he had the, I think, fortune of, of playing at the exact same time as Nadal and, and Djokovic and, I mean, that'll be a, a, a triumvirate I think that, that will be never reached again or, or you never wanna say never, but highly unlikely.

339
00:26:24,639.3821429 --> 00:26:29,719.3811429
And, um, he certainly held up his part of, of, of that entire bargain, so Roger Federer.

340
00:26:29,729.3861429 --> 00:26:30,419.3851429
Oh, yeah.

341
00:26:30,669.3811429 --> 00:26:38,329.3861429
You know, when I think of Federer and I just picture his game, he just made everything look so easy.

342
00:26:38,419.3811429 --> 00:26:47,339.3851429
And, you know, I was probably on the Nadal side of that rivalry, maybe, I don't know, maybe because of the Jimmy Connors, the fight and- Mm-hmm that type of thing.

343
00:26:47,379.3801429 --> 00:26:47,939.3801429
Yeah.

344
00:26:48,309.3811429 --> 00:26:54,589.3861429
But the respect for Roger Federer's game was, was always there, so yes.

345
00:26:54,599.3811429 --> 00:26:56,119.3861429
So, so well, well said.

346
00:26:56,499.3831429 --> 00:27:04,239.3821429
Uh, by the way, fun fact, Federer is second in the number of career singles titles with 103 to Jimmy's 109.

347
00:27:04,319.3831429 --> 00:27:09,379.3831429
I know things are different these days, but, uh, but how about that? Number of overall singles titles.

348
00:27:09,389.3821429 --> 00:27:12,579.3871429
Number, number, uh, number of career singles titles.

349
00:27:12,629.3881429 --> 00:27:16,89.3791429
Jimmy Connors 109, Federer second with 103.

350
00:27:16,179.3761429 --> 00:27:17,629.3901429
Joker? No Joker.

351
00:27:17,629.3901429 --> 00:27:17,739.3881429
Not yet.

352
00:27:17,739.3881429 --> 00:27:19,859.3851429
Not yet? I'd have, I'd have to look at the number.

353
00:27:19,859.3851429 --> 00:27:23,659.3851429
I think he's probably about 20 or 30 back actually, but- Oh, he's more a Grand Slam guy.

354
00:27:23,729.3791429 --> 00:27:26,439.3811429
Yeah, but I mean, yeah, and so they don't play as much.

355
00:27:26,459.3901429 --> 00:27:26,499.3901429
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

356
00:27:26,499.3901429 --> 00:27:27,389.3771429
It was a different game.

357
00:27:27,409.3871429 --> 00:27:27,619.3891429
I get you.

358
00:27:27,619.3891429 --> 00:27:30,309.3761429
But still, it's still kind of- No, no, good stat still, still kind of a fun fact.

359
00:27:30,369.3781429 --> 00:27:31,819.3871429
It's a very fun fact.

360
00:27:31,929.3761429 --> 00:27:35,609.3891429
Uh, all right, so let's, let's get into a little bit of the PS.

361
00:27:35,609.3891429 --> 00:27:36,589.3881429
This was your week.

362
00:27:36,609.3841429 --> 00:27:54,679.3871429
What, uh, what are we up to this week? This PS topic came to me recently because one of my kids, w- we were talking politics, and they said to me, "Remember when you had your, uh, mayoral platform?" And I was like, "What?" They're like, "Yeah, you used to talk about it all the time, like the things you would do as New York City mayor."

363
00:27:54,679.3881429 --> 00:27:55,609.3881429
I'm like, "Ah, yes.

364
00:27:55,979.3881429 --> 00:27:59,539.3881429
I did in fact have a, have a robust platform."

365
00:27:59,539.3881429 --> 00:28:03,749.3891429
And I did my best to try to come up with, some of the items on it today.

366
00:28:04,69.3891429 --> 00:28:12,419.3871429
I'll just caveat, of course, that this is a, admittedly biased and about me view.

367
00:28:12,849.3861429 --> 00:28:23,269.3841429
There are many policies and things that can be done to probably make the city, uh, uh, in entirety a better place for many to live.

368
00:28:23,699.3831429 --> 00:28:32,779.3861429
Um, so with that caveat out of the way, um, some of the items on, as I, as, uh, as my notes say, Mayor Greenhut's platform.

369
00:28:33,279.3861429 --> 00:28:41,439.3841429
Let me, let me start here, and it's probably the most important part of the platform 'cause I've been on this for now 40 years.

370
00:28:41,789.3871429 --> 00:28:44,659.3861429
Noise enforcement with teeth.

371
00:28:45,129.3841429 --> 00:28:53,159.3841429
Car alarms, muffler-deleted motorcycles, ridiculous braking trucks.

372
00:28:54,39.3871429 --> 00:29:03,789.3831429
Just vroom, vroom, vroom all of these will be banned, and they'll be enforced through incredibly expensive tickets.

373
00:29:03,979.3891429 --> 00:29:14,79.3891429
You know the UPS trucks that double park and just, like as a, as a badge of honor, just keep like their, the, like a stack of the orange tickets on their windshield? Yes, yes.

374
00:29:14,89.3821429 --> 00:29:19,219.3801429
UPS couldn't afford the level of, of fines and bans that I would be putting in place.

375
00:29:19,279.3861429 --> 00:29:20,579.3891429
Just come on, guys.

376
00:29:20,609.3881429 --> 00:29:25,839.3871429
Let's make this, uh, a little, a little more pleasant for, for all of us that are there.

377
00:29:26,79.3921429 --> 00:29:28,109.3911429
By the way, while we're here, one last one.

378
00:29:28,249.3911429 --> 00:29:29,899.3911429
All helicopter tours banned.

379
00:29:30,379.3951429 --> 00:29:31,669.3931429
No more helicopter tours.

380
00:29:31,669.3931429 --> 00:29:39,649.3881429
I mean, for people commuting, I suppose I'll allow it, but just like the optional let's circle around and drive Scott crazy.

381
00:29:39,729.4011429 --> 00:29:40,459.3971429
All right, I'm done.

382
00:29:40,459.3971429 --> 00:29:41,739.3981429
Um, that's on item one.

383
00:29:41,789.3991429 --> 00:29:43,159.3871429
I'm gonna take a breath here.

384
00:29:43,549.3931429 --> 00:29:46,129.3931429
Okay, I have not had 40 years to marinate over this.

385
00:29:46,299.3931429 --> 00:29:48,829.4011429
But, uh, a couple, a couple of things to start.

386
00:29:50,227.3971429 --> 00:29:53,297.3971429
Let's optimize the end-to-end subway experience.

387
00:29:53,547.3971429 --> 00:30:10,697.3961429
Station modernization, accessibility, real time and pre-payment real time train status information so you don't get caught afterwards with knowing that, oh, there's something going on, and it's actually gonna be 25 to 35 minutes when you've already kind of gone through.

388
00:30:10,857.3961429 --> 00:30:17,867.3951429
On the track side of things, and this is maybe, you know, I think this is somewhat feasible, partial climate control.

389
00:30:17,877.3961429 --> 00:30:18,617.3961429
Hell yeah.

390
00:30:18,617.3961429 --> 00:30:19,237.3951429
There you go.

391
00:30:19,247.3951429 --> 00:30:25,187.3941429
So, so full AC is, is, you know, is not fair, but partial climate control, I think the technology is there.

392
00:30:25,667.3951429 --> 00:30:34,637.3941429
Pretty solid cell service, Wi-Fi, just for those times when you just feel as though you need a little bit of communication in case things are going on.

393
00:30:34,797.3961429 --> 00:30:34,997.3961429
Yeah.

394
00:30:35,7.3961429 --> 00:30:46,159.3961429
Uh, and I'll just add this, this part two, switching gears a little bit Prioritizing playgrounds and libraries, the upkeep and necessary remodeling.

395
00:30:46,399.3961429 --> 00:31:05,309.3961429
For me, these are both parts of the lifeblood of the city, and if I'm putting my family hat on, especially for young families, I have used the libraries quite a bit, and I just can't say enough about how I want them to continue on functioning well, in good shape, with good hours and, and all of that.

396
00:31:05,339.3961429 --> 00:31:06,589.3951429
Great point on the libraries.

397
00:31:06,619.3951429 --> 00:31:15,389.3951429
I was recently in the public library on 96th Street between Lexington and Park Avenue, yeah.

398
00:31:15,399.3941429 --> 00:31:17,359.3951429
Ah, needs an overhaul to say the least.

399
00:31:17,359.3961429 --> 00:31:17,709.3961429
Yeah.

400
00:31:17,789.3971429 --> 00:31:19,379.3971429
Amen to all your comments.

401
00:31:19,379.3971429 --> 00:31:22,389.3971429
It's about, it's about 25 years overdue.

402
00:31:22,509.3981429 --> 00:31:23,899.3971429
Um, so that's a good one.

403
00:31:23,899.3981429 --> 00:31:24,509.3991429
I like it.

404
00:31:24,989.3981429 --> 00:31:31,569.3971429
Um, and very, like, uh, yeah, that's a, that's, that's in the vein of making New York a better place for all.

405
00:31:31,679.3961429 --> 00:31:33,149.3961429
So I like that, too.

406
00:31:33,539.3971429 --> 00:31:34,429.3951429
Trash bins.

407
00:31:34,429.3961429 --> 00:31:35,489.3991429
That's my next one.

408
00:31:35,819.3961429 --> 00:31:45,529.3961429
Okay? Can we not put the trash on the sidewalk? I'm tired of hearing about the rat czars and people that are allegedly gonna stop the rats from roaming free.

409
00:31:45,919.3941429 --> 00:31:55,799.4011429
Every single time I walk my dog past 10:00 on a side street, I mean, it's just like, it's not will I see a rat, it's how many rats will I see? That's why I don't look down.

410
00:31:55,839.4001429 --> 00:32:01,299.3961429
It's just, it's just like, I remember as a kid, if you saw a rat, it was like a big deal.

411
00:32:01,359.3971429 --> 00:32:04,809.3991429
It'd be like you tell everyone about, like, "Oh my God, the other day, I saw the rat.

412
00:32:04,809.3991429 --> 00:32:05,939.3951429
It was gross."

413
00:32:05,999.3961429 --> 00:32:07,789.3961429
Now it's just like, "Oh look, there he is.

414
00:32:07,789.3971429 --> 00:32:11,29.4001429
There's Remy, and there's his friends-" and all that."

415
00:32:11,109.3971429 --> 00:32:18,479.3951429
And look, I, I understand, real estate is at a premium and, and there are logistical challenges.

416
00:32:18,519.3911429 --> 00:32:22,839.3911429
But nonetheless, um, we all know why they're there.

417
00:32:22,929.3951429 --> 00:32:27,949.3961429
It's 'cause the trash bags just pile up on the sidewalk because we don't place them in bins.

418
00:32:28,269.3911429 --> 00:32:29,779.3911429
It's a solvable problem.

419
00:32:30,259.3961429 --> 00:32:30,879.3951429
Let's go.

420
00:32:31,861.3971429 --> 00:32:32,661.3971429
100%.

421
00:32:32,951.3971429 --> 00:32:36,21.3971429
Uh, couple of more for me.

422
00:32:36,691.3971429 --> 00:32:44,211.3971429
This is, I'll call it creative, impactful theme weeks that feel like thank yous for both locals and tourists alike.

423
00:32:44,621.3971429 --> 00:32:53,381.3961429
So certainly we have these examples, which I love, Summer Streets, Restaurant Week, Broadway Week, which I think is actually just coming up in early September.

424
00:32:53,931.3971429 --> 00:33:01,401.3961429
So how about where we have a contest for new ideas, a little old school for New Yorkers, with new types of impactful theme weeks.

425
00:33:01,441.3971429 --> 00:33:07,361.3951429
Let's make this a 52-week sort of thing where people can really around it, rally around it on a seasonal basis.

426
00:33:08,61.3961429 --> 00:33:14,121.3951429
And then as we switch gears here a little bit more on the pet peeve side of things, um, these are both related.

427
00:33:14,641.3981429 --> 00:33:23,171.3971429
So camera supported, I want to install timed turn signals across all dangerous and major intersections.

428
00:33:23,251.3951429 --> 00:33:25,501.3971429
72nd and 2nd, I'm looking at you.

429
00:33:25,501.3971429 --> 00:33:25,576.3966429
Right.

430
00:33:25,576.3966429 --> 00:33:25,931.3961429
Right, right.

431
00:33:25,991.3961429 --> 00:33:34,101.3971429
Uh, and then this is really getting to a, a big personal pet peeve, and I'm glad you gave me the opportunity to talk about this one.

432
00:33:34,741.3961429 --> 00:33:35,361.3941429
I want to see.

433
00:33:35,361.3951429 --> 00:33:50,251.3971429
Fee, fee penalty system- Yes for bike lane e- There it is for bike lane e-bikers that brazenly ignore red lights, and even more outrageous, speed along in the opposite- It's the wrong way direction to traffic.

434
00:33:50,451.3931429 --> 00:33:51,751.3921429
It's just not okay.

435
00:33:51,811.3931429 --> 00:33:58,701.3971429
I shouldn't have to worry, and no one should really have to worry about getting from point A to point B across the street with that.

436
00:33:59,61.3931429 --> 00:34:01,911.3961429
It's changed the whole calculus of how you walk in the city.

437
00:34:01,911.3961429 --> 00:34:08,601.3941429
Like we, everyone used to know exactly how far off the curb you could go before, you would walk across the street.

438
00:34:09,31.3941429 --> 00:34:13,241.3931429
Like i- i- cars, like there's a rhythm to it, and we all knew the rhythm.

439
00:34:13,511.3981429 --> 00:34:18,993.3981429
And the bikes, it's just like, it, we've all been thrown off all of our games.

440
00:34:18,993.3981429 --> 00:34:28,93.3981429
Like all 50 years of intuition is, has been thrown out the window into just chaos And let me just say, I am a very much a pro biker.

441
00:34:28,93.3981429 --> 00:34:31,83.3981429
I'm not particularly good, but I'm a recreational biker and I love it.

442
00:34:31,123.3981429 --> 00:34:31,503.3981429
Sure.

443
00:34:31,553.3981429 --> 00:34:34,213.3971429
I just think that there is, this is fixable.

444
00:34:34,553.3971429 --> 00:34:35,613.3971429
This is fixable.

445
00:34:35,853.3981429 --> 00:34:38,443.3981429
I'll throw in, uh, two last ones.

446
00:34:38,443.3981429 --> 00:34:40,83.3981429
Just these are bonus content.

447
00:34:40,83.3981429 --> 00:34:44,743.3971429
It's, it's, we're already, the platform already stands, I think- as a winner.

448
00:34:45,223.3971429 --> 00:34:49,203.3971429
Um, parking stickers, I mean, residential permit parking.

449
00:34:49,203.3971429 --> 00:34:52,663.3961429
You know, you pay ridiculous taxes to live in New York City.

450
00:34:52,703.3971429 --> 00:35:01,223.3991429
I mean, how about some stickers giving you priority on, on the precious few spots? It's like a no-brainer, and it's also a revenue source for the city.

451
00:35:01,223.3991429 --> 00:35:09,613.4011429
I mean, what is so hard about this? And then this last one, this is a little off the board and, and, and some might object, but I'm going for it anyway.

452
00:35:09,983.3991429 --> 00:35:16,773.4011429
So I like going to the theater, and it's one of the things that, uh, actually keeps me in the city.

453
00:35:16,823.3991429 --> 00:35:20,813.4001429
Um, I have a theater subscription and blah, blah, blah, all that good stuff.

454
00:35:21,133.4001429 --> 00:35:24,293.3991429
You know what I don't like going to though? Is the theater district.

455
00:35:24,763.3981429 --> 00:35:32,723.4051429
Times Square is, uh, a little bit of a, of a carnival and a zoo, and it's crowded and very tough to navigate, and that's kinda like one thing.

456
00:35:33,3.4041429 --> 00:35:47,653.4041429
But then the other thing is, once you, once you navigate the carnival and you get to the theater, these things were built in 1904 for when, you know, the average height and weight of,, of the patrons was dramatically smaller.

457
00:35:47,703.4091429 --> 00:35:50,963.4051429
And so it's just this ridiculous tight squeeze.

458
00:35:51,23.4081429 --> 00:35:52,423.4091429
You paid a lot for these tickets.

459
00:35:52,423.4101429 --> 00:35:59,719.4091429
So what I would encourage is- New theaters in different neighborhoods.

460
00:36:00,249.4091429 --> 00:36:03,222.7424762
There was one recently we went to down in the Village.

461
00:36:03,222.7424762 --> 00:36:08,272.7424762
It was absolutely glorious, and the theater was spanking new, and we saw a wonderful performance.

462
00:36:08,272.7424762 --> 00:36:17,962.7414762
So I don't know how this happens or how this gets done, I think we could, we could do better than just cramming into these, these old, uh, theaters in, in a f- six block radius.

463
00:36:17,992.7424762 --> 00:36:35,312.7404762
You know, it would be, it would be cool when we think about all of our former movie theaters that are no longer- Yeah whether we could think about if those old movie theaters could become newer, smaller venues, to your point, uh, in kind of micro neighborhoods- Right whatever.

464
00:36:35,312.7414762 --> 00:36:47,992.7424762
What's happened to all the movie theater- blew out the seat space 'cause they know you wanna be a little comfortable, you know? Now, I'm not saying I gotta watch a, a dramatic play in full recline, although I'm not not saying that either.

465
00:36:49,492.7424762 --> 00:36:51,132.7424762
No, that would, that, that would be nice.

466
00:36:51,132.7424762 --> 00:36:52,22.7414762
I like that one.

467
00:36:52,542.7414762 --> 00:36:52,922.7414762
All right.

468
00:36:52,922.7424762 --> 00:36:56,212.7384762
So I hope everybody has, enjoys our list as, as mayor.

469
00:36:56,212.7394762 --> 00:37:07,222.7354762
And by the way- Yeah I didn't get to bring it, but did you also get a letter back from Mayor Koch when we had that assignment, I think, in third grade- Yeah when we wrote to the mayor? Yeah.

470
00:37:07,222.7414762 --> 00:37:07,912.7404762
That's a good one.

471
00:37:07,912.7404762 --> 00:37:09,112.7384762
I can't remember.

472
00:37:09,232.7394762 --> 00:37:14,352.7424762
Uh, we'll have to go back and check these out, but I just wanted to put that out there, that we need to see what we were talking about.

473
00:37:14,822.7364762 --> 00:37:17,42.7394762
That's a good point, and nice recall.

474
00:37:17,82.7384762 --> 00:37:17,452.7384762
Yeah.

475
00:37:17,452.7384762 --> 00:37:17,492.7424762
Yeah.

476
00:37:17,492.7424762 --> 00:37:24,712.7364762
Yeah, we did write the, uh, how am I doing, Mayor? And they were w- they were responding, 'cause I know it's framed in my family's apartment.

477
00:37:24,712.7364762 --> 00:37:26,412.7374762
Oh, you're way ahead of me.

478
00:37:26,452.7414762 --> 00:37:27,776.7404762
I'm, I'm, there's no way I'm ahead of you.

479
00:37:27,776.7404762 --> 00:37:28,142.7424762
So I will...

480
00:37:28,172.7424762 --> 00:37:31,342.7424762
That's homework for me to come back and- Nice and, and get to that.

481
00:37:31,412.7404762 --> 00:37:31,862.7404762
That's nice.

482
00:37:31,942.7394762 --> 00:37:32,372.7374762
All right.

483
00:37:32,412.7404762 --> 00:37:35,272.7394762
So with that, that's it for today.

484
00:37:35,552.7394762 --> 00:37:36,742.7414762
Thank you for listening.

485
00:37:37,42.7374762 --> 00:37:39,342.7404762
Until the next time, I'm Peter Olczik.

486
00:37:40,172.7424762 --> 00:37:41,322.7384762
And I'm Scott Greenhut.

487
00:37:41,562.7414762 --> 00:37:50,542.7394762
Make sure to subscribe to S&P's Why Not Us? on your favorite podcast player, or check us out at our website, whynotuspod.com,

488
00:37:50,542.7394762 --> 00:37:53,102.7364762
where you can leave comments and feedback.

489
00:37:53,582.7384762 --> 00:37:59,312.7364762
And until next time, Peter and I are going to put this episode in the books.