Ralph Vacchiano from the NFL Combine

Daily News Giants beat reporter Ralph Vacchiano joined us live from the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis to discuss the Super Bowl Champion New York Football Giants.

Take a listen at http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg or just click here.

Ralph always makes himself available to our little show, and we appreciate all that he does for us.

Andy a "Petty" Thief?

According to Bill Madden's article in today's Daily News, Hank Steinbrenner is expressing a fair amount of displeasure with the $16 Million contract given to Andy Pettitte, due in no small part to Andy's reluctance to fully disclose the extent of his involvement in the Mitchell Report.

But if feeling betrayed by one of the cornerstones of the Yankee dynasty of the 90's isn't bad enough, the biggest blow to Hank and Yankee fans has to be the new revelation that the Pettitte contract put the Yankees out of the bidding for Johan Santana. In fact Madden describes a clear decision that was made among Yankee brass between Pettitte and Santana, a decision that no doubt would have had a different outcome had Andy been completely honest.

Many people around baseball have expected Pettitte to retire in the wake of the Clemens controversy, but from where I am standing it looks like Andy has a controversy of his very own, and it could be the Yankees being the first to act on it.

Then again, according Mark Feinsand's article from just one day before, the Yankees would seem to be "doubling down" on their Pettitte gamble by sticking with him and hoping that his performance on the mound can make up for the damage that has been done. Personally I think it's a moot point either way, because unless Andy wins the AL Cy Young on the way to becoming the ALCS AND World Series MVP's, I don't see how you could ever measure ONE year of Pettitte against SEVEN years of Santana. And that's not even taking into account all the HGH, and lying about HGH and hearings on HGH and then coming clean about HGH and getting HGH from your dad and...well you get the point.

Houston, New York, Washington, Baseball, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!

ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY
ROGER IS GUILTY


That is all.


Well, except this....

Adam Rubin from Port St. Lucie

While he usually comes down to talk Mets with us in person, New York Daily News Mets beat writer Adam Rubin joins us from Port St. Lucie to discuss the Santana trade, evaluate the off season, give a preview of what to expect from camp and brag about the beautiful Florida weather. Listen to the full hour long interview right here. If you'd like to download an MP3 of this interview CLICK HERE.




In addition to covering the Mets, Adam is also the author of Pedro, Carlos (and Carlos) and Omar: The Rebirth of the New York Mets which is available wherever books are sold, including the provided link. I am currently busy working on the sequel, entitled Pedro, Carlos, Carlos, David, Jose, Johan, Oliver, John and Omar: A Guide to Fitting as Many Names as Possible into the Title of a Book.

We Love Johnny Cakes, Too

Giants SuperFan Joe Gannascoli, aka Joey G, aka Vito from The Sopranos, joins us live tonight from 9PM to 11PM on Long Island's 90.3FM.

To call in and speak with him (and us), please dial 516-572-7440 during the show.

Check out Joe's website at joesoup.com. And, be sure to pick up his book A Meal To Die For.

New York Celebrates Giants' "Perfect Imperfection"

GIANTS WIN!!!
GIANTS WIN!!!
GIANTS WIN!!!
GIANTS WIN!!!
GIANTS WIN!!!
GIANTS WIN!!!

On the walk from my sister's apartment back to Penn Station I became a makeshift field correspondent as I got caught up in the single largest communal outpouring of joy and elation I will probably ever be a part of.


These pictures were taken in the heart of Times Square, but believe it or not the craziest celebration I encountered was on 2nd Avenue in the 80's, where all vehicular traffic was stopped by the mob. Taxis that tried to pass through were doused in "Kool-Aid" as the passengers laughed, and the cab drivers moaned. Men hopped on passing cars like the grizzly bears did to John Candy's truck in "The Great Outdoors."

When I actually was walking and not participating, everyone I passed wanted to shout, cheer or high five--and as you can guess I was more than happy to reciprocate.

I felt it was the perfect moment to exit Times Square when I saw some of New York's finest extending their batons, and so I finally made my way towards Penn for the ride home.


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