Blogs by Danny B Part 16
Blogs by Danny B
Part 16
I made a huge mistake trusting a Handicapper that was advertising in the LVSN & on the Score Phone.. I was so busy I asked Dennis if I could send this guy some names of players that were looking for help with the games and he said yes, but I was responsible for him.. I did not know Glen very well but his picks were amazing enough to give him a shot and take the workload off of me..
We didvery well the first 2 weeks, Dennis was impressed and gave me a nice bonus and praised me for my efforts.. I was really excited about what we were doing and what we did in less than 2 months of running a new Service..
I was able to take a day off so I went to see my buddies back in New Jersey to have some drinks and unwind, plus celebrate my new venture.. Little did I know my venture was very short lived and within 36 hours of leaving Allentown for a visit to NJ, I would be jobless and had someone looking to rip my head off...
I walked into my office to find my stuff in a box, no Phone, no TV and a hole in the wall, I was saying WTF... I was heading down to the office were ESB had their marketing department, but before I got there Keith stopped me and said turn around and get out of here before Dennis sees you. Keith was one of the managers but we were buddies back then.. I saw in his face something was wrong and that I should probably listen but I was somewhat pissed off and did not leave right away.. Mark who was another manager joined me & Keith and basically told me the same thing, get out now before Dennis sees you, he thinks you were in on stealing ESB Players and sending them to other Casinos for a kickback! Right away I got defensive as I knew I did nothing of the sort and wanted to talk to him but they said let him calm down before you even get near him...
In my next blog I finish the story..
Danny B
Blogs by Danny B part 15
Blogs by Danny B
Part 15
I was never one to take shit from anyone... but when it came down to Dennis I must admit I ate some crow, we all did!
Depending on how the Casino did the day prior normally determined the mood Dennis was in, you could tell from the look on his face what type a day it was going to be!
When you run a huge Sports Book there is always problems regardless of how much you took in that day, especially when you have over 400 workers spread out in the US & overseas. Security was always an issue with Dennis as he never trusted anyone, even if you were family, and I can give you several million reasons why.. People were robbing him left and right, from the clerks to the locals to close friends, they were clipping him and he knew it!
The 900#s were doing well but I knew we would do better if we offered live service to the thousands that were calling that Score Phone every day, most were ESB players or players just calling for odds and scores.. The bottom line is we had access to thousands of players, Cappers would have died to have what we had our hands around.. News papers, TV, Sports Book, Radio Shows, we could have made millions, Dennis did but not us...
My idea was to charge 500.00 as a membership fee and than a percentage of what they made, 20-25% depending on what they were betting.. Dennis approved the live service and put me in this huge room all by myself with nothing but a desk, phone, TV & a Sports Now Pager.. Between me updating the Score Phone and pitching 900#'s and taking live calls it was impossible for me to be productive, I needed help...
It was late October 1995 when I finally got Dennis to agree that I needed some help, everyone stateside was doing Marketing for ESB so they could not help me so I was told to find someone, and I did... What a mistake that was.......
Don't miss my next blog... it gets juicy!
Danny B ...
Week 8 Fantasy Tips
Fantasy: Week 8 Rankings (Early Edition)
by Justin Boone
Quarterbacks
PlayerOpp
1Tom Brady@ BUF
2Matt Ryanvs GB
3Aaron Rodgers@ ATL
4Russell Wilson@ NO
5Cam Newtonvs ARI
6Derek Carr@ TB
7Andrew Luckvs KC
8Jameis Winstonvs OAK
9Drew Breesvs SEA
10Matthew Stafford@ HOU
11Carson Palmer@ CAR
12Ryan Fitzpatrick@ CLE
13Andy Daltonvs WAS
14Kirk Cousins@ CIN
15Marcus Mariotavs JAC
16Tyrod Taylorvs NE
17Dak Prescottvs PHI
18Brock Osweilervs DET
19Philip Rivers@ DEN
20Alex Smith@ IND
21Blake Bortles@ TEN
22Trevor Siemianvs SD
23Carson Wentz@ DAL
24Sam Bradford@ CHI
25Jay Cutlervs MIN
26Kevin Hoganvs NYJ
Blogs by Danny B Part 14
Blogs by Danny B
Part 14
By August of 1995 ESB was signing up over 100 new players everyday, they were printing more than The Las Vegas Sporting News, they were printing money!
Dennis was very pleased and finally gave me the green light to place some adds in the LVSN and the USA Today.. We promoted our Toll Free Hotline for Free Odds & Scores which ESB players used daily to get their odds, scores & results.. Back then we did not offer any online betting, just phone bets taken by a call center in Jamaica filled with locals that loved working for Dennis..
Running and updating a Score Phone is very demanding, every 10 minutes I would have to tighten up the scores and post finals when games finished.. On a Saturday when there is a full board of action and your making all those updates it would wear you down, especially when your also promoting 900#'s throughout the day.. Back in the day instead of buying picks online they were billed to your home phone number or office number by calling the 900#'s we were promoting.. A normal call would coast between 10 & 25 dollars, sometimes more depending on what was being offered..
I remember the 1st day I promoted my 900# like it was yesterday.. I went 3-0 on the day and 32 players spent 25.00 to get those picks, I was very happy to say the least... We promoted many 900#'s on that Score Phone, most were in house Cappers but some were not!
We did well our first full month but nothing compared to what others were making, not even close!
Dennis was making so much money with ESB he never really cared about selling picks or handicapping even though he new other Capping Outfits were making millions!
In my next blog I will cover the 1st day we offered Live Service...
Danny B
Blogs by Danny B Part 13
Blogs by Danny B
Part 13
I came to an agreement with Dennis to help him sign up new accounts for ESB until Football started up in August of 1995.. I contacted Jack Price to let him know I would not be returning and thanked him for the job, it was not an easy decision but I saw a lot of potential with Dennis as he had a lot going on and great ideas..
The Las Vegas Sporting News (LVSN) was a great outlet to advertise and promote Sports Betting, especially since it was handed out in many Vegas and AC Casinos.. We used the LVSN to push ESB and our Handicapping service that would launch in mid August of 95.. We also promoted our toll free Scores & Odds Hotline that I would maintain for many years.. Dennis was also working on a deal with Comcast to do a Sports Talk Show that would feature some of his buddies from Pitt.. Dennis also had plains to do a Nation Wide Radio Show to promote all he was were offering.. I saw so much potential with what Dennis was doing that it made my choice to stay in Allentown easier to shallow as I really like living out West..
We worked 7 days a week for Dennis sending out mailers, cold calling, and just answering the phones that rang all day.. Offshore Betting was fairly new but spreading fast across the Nation, it was the "In Thing To Do"... Some of the staff went back and forth to Antigua where ESB was located until a Hurricane destroyed the building and then he relocated the Business to Jamaica and eventually to Ireland.. I did not mind helping ESB until Football stared but I really wanted to get the Handicapping Business going but I was not calling the shots so I had to wait until I was given the green light.
In my next blog I will talk about my 1st official day as a Handicapper for the LVSN and cover many topics that I am sure you will enjoy...
Danny B
Free Pick Line 10/22 - 10/23
This past Saturday I offered 2 free picks on a recorded message to handle the masses that call me from my radio show.... Inside The Numbers which airs coast to coast 52 weeks a year on many stations including Fox Sports, ESPN, AM 570 LA Sports & iHeart Radio
Saturday I gave out West Virginia -6.5 points who covered easily vs TCU
Sunday I went with the Lions -1 vs Washington.. a close game but Detroit got the win and cover
To all that called my free pick line I am running a special deal..
Select a 1 week membership get 1 week free.. 79.00
Select a 1 month membership and get 2 months free.. 199.00
Or get my play of the day for only 29.0010/23 Houston/Denver
Have A Lucky Day....
Danny B's Free Pick Line... 1-866-786-3889
Real Confessions Of A Tout
On my next podcast I will cover some slimy scam's handicappers use to pull money out of their clients... Its a show you don't want to miss... For over 23 years I have seen the industry change and so have the tricks Cappers use to gain your trust.... If you enjoyed my HBO Interview back in 1997 your going to get a kick out of this podcast...
Blogs by Danny B Part 12
Blogs by Danny B
Part 12
I knew about Offshore Betting dating back to the late 80's when several local Bookmakers from North Jersey and New York had operations in the Caribbean Islands, where Sports Betting was excepted and legal as long as you had a license to operate. Even Jack Price was in the process of opening up a Casino called Paradise Island, or something like that while I was working for him. It was the early days of what we now call Online Betting and Dennis was ready to make his mark and pave the way for others to open up their own Sportsbook/Casino...
Dennis also owned a News Paper calledThe Las Vegas Sporting News which he used primarily to promote his new Casino called English Sports Betting also know as ESB. Dennis was and still is a Brilliant Guy, one who had a vision and did not let anyone get in his way, and I mean ANYONE!!!
The Sporting News was fairly new when I first met Dennis, but was becoming popular as copies were handed out free in many Las Vegas Casinos.. I explain to Dennis what I knew from working for Jack Price and the money that was being made and it did not really interest him, even though I was talking Millions of Dollars... The vision he had was to become the Biggest Bookmaker ever and change the way people approach Sports Betting... And he did!!!
Danny B
Blogs by Danny B Part 11
Blogs by Danny B
Part 11
From what I heard about Dennis was that he came from a family that consisted of All American & Olympic Wrestlers, Pro Football Players and outright tough guys. It took me a bit but I remembered the family name from watching LSU & Pittsburgh games in the early 80's..
Dennis played with all the greats from Pitt, guys like Bill Fralic, Bill Maas, Dan Marino, The Goose & Iron Head just to name a few...
I still remember the ride to go meet Dennis like it was yesterday, a ride I took with a guy named Joey who was very good friends with Dennis who I met through Mickey at the gym. When we pulled up to this large warehouse located in the slums of Allentown I was thinking to myself... WTF!
We walked up several flights of stairs through a dark and dingy entrance that lead me to the office were Dennis was working with 2 other guys named Keith and Mark. Dennis was on the phone when I walk in so Joey introduced me to the guys as I waited and we had some small talk before all 3 left me behind sitting in a small room with this huge man who was wearing workout gear and had his back turned to me still talking business to someone about opening an account in Aruba..
The phone rang while Dennis was still talking and he turned to me and said answer the phone and take a message please so I did, but I did not take a message I made a sale instead. Me making a sale shocked Dennis in a good way especially since I had no idea what I was doing or saying, I just went with the flow of the conversation using a brochure that was located by the phone to help me explain how someone can open up a Sports Betting account with ESB.. (English Sports Betting)
In my next blog I talk about my love/hate relationship with Dennis and how I later became the voice thousands heard daily for scores & odds...
Danny B
Blogs by Danny B Part 10
Blogs by Danny B
Part 10
The only thing I knew about the Lehigh Valley was that Billy Joel sang a song about Allentown and it produced great athletes.. Mickey "The Mob" was no athlete but he did know everyone and anyone in the area that was a somebody. My 1st day at the gym I was on the treadmill when I met Mickey who was wearing a Florida State shirt which lead me to ask him if he was a fan..
I was a fan myself and when Mickey told me that his buddy was "Chuck the Chest" Amato that opened the door to a hour long walk and talk..
During our walk Mickey asked me what I did for a living and when I told him he quickly said to me I need to introduce you to someone who is involved in the offshore betting business. Mickey was no stranger to gambling, he worked for the Casinos in Atlantic City and in Vegas back in the 70's & 80's. Mickey arranged junket flights and was a VIP Host at Caesars in AC, Mickey was also a Pool Shark and Card Hustler, one of the best back in his early days and also owed Poker Joker Spots throughout the Valley.
I was very happy in California and made real good money my first Football season with Jack Price, and I new my potential to make a lot more was there. I enjoyed seeing my mom but living in the Allentown area did not excite me at all but I figured why not meet this guy Mickey had told me about. For privacy reasons I will simple address this individual as Dennis, but those that are reading this blog in the Lehigh Valley know very well who I am talking about..
Danny B
EPISODE 030 - "Dwier Brown calls the studio.""
In this episode Dwier Brown calls in to discuss his and Danny Biancullo's love for baseball. We also get a quick debrief on upcoming NFL games and Kaepernick's starting for San Francisco.
You can purchase Brown's book here: https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Build-Fathers-Dreams/dp/0996057102
Blogs by Danny B Part 9
Blogs by Danny B
Part 9
By the time the NCAA Bowl season started we were all burnt out, everyone looked older than they did when the season started including me and my cousin who were not use to these type of hours.
I knew after the Super Bowl we were able to take a little break to regroup and get a second wind for March Madness and the NBA Playoffs which was a common thing in the Sports Service Industry..
It was a few days before the Super Bowl (Chargers/SF) that I got the call from the East Coast that my mothers husband died from a heart attack. I never got along with the guy, actually no one did but his buddies at the bar, which was his home away from home. It was over 4 years since I last seen my mother so I thought the timing was right to pay her a visit and heal some old wounds.
Three days after The 49ers destroyed the Chargers I arrived in Newark Airport and was headed to Bethlehem Pa, the place my mother had been living for several years since she left North Bergen NJ.
It was really great to see my mom and spend time with her but I had less than 2 weeks to spare as I booked a open ticket and needed to get back to California to resume my role as a news writer for Jack Price. Since I am a gym rat I grabbed a 1 week membership at World's Gym on Airport Road around the corner from where my mom lived, little did I know that working out at that gym would change the course of my life and career which still amazes me all these years later. They say in life its not what you know its who you know that matters and I agree 100% as meeting Mickey "The Mob" would hold true for me... Not only did Mickey introduce me to one of the pioneer's of the offshore betting industry, he also introduced me to my wife Jamie... Both would change my life and lead me to where I am today...
Look for part 10 soon..
Danny B
Blogs by Danny B Part 8
Blogs by Danny B
Part 8
If you ever worked for a Major Sports Service you understand how competitive it can be, especially with all the egos and all the money at stake. The guys were basically decent and easy to talk to but not to be trusted. You needed to make sure you were on your toes or you would be cut out of a deal in a second, there was also a lot of back stabbing and deception in the office.
I was always very competitive and quickly became the top earner as a news writer. Even though there was no Jack Price, Mark was able to pick winners! We had a amazing Football Season hitting over 60% which leads to great profits for everyone..
The season was long and grueling but it was very rewarding in a lot of ways, I was able to learn and earn from some of the top guys in the industry.. We also had our share of laughs especially on Monday Nights when Mark would take us all out to The Strip Clubs and drop a shit load of money on booze and girls.. Mark was making over 1 million a month from 900#s.. He also had Sex Hotline numbers too that added to his income. Overall I really liked Mark and being apart of his company helped excel my career, it was a great jump start...
In my next blog I talk about how I wound up in Allentown...
Danny B
NCAA Football Top 25
AP Poll: Alabama holds firm at No. 1, as top 5 remain unchanged
by Dane Belbeck
Jerome Miron / USA TODAY Sports
The top five remained unchanged in the AP Poll, with Alabama continuing to sit atop the bunch for the sixth straight week.
The Crimson Tide hammered Arkansas 49-30 on the road to win their 18th consecutive game. Ohio State, Clemson, Michigan, and Washington hammered their opponents by a combined 291-78 score, and all held their places from No. 2 to No. 5 in the poll.
Houston likely saw its playoff chances dashed in a massive upset loss to No. 25 Navy, dropping from No. 6 to No. 13 in the process, while Texas A&M took over their place with its double-overtime win over No. 9 Tennessee.
No. 7 Louisville, No. 8 Wisconsin and Nebraska round out the top 10 as the schedule hits the halfway point of the 2016 season.
The Cornhuskers and Badgers joining the Wolverines and Buckeyes in the top 10 gives the Big Ten four teams with that distinction for the first time since 1960.
RankTeamRecordPrevious Rank
1Alabama6-01
2Ohio State5-02
3Clemson6-03
4Michigan6-04
5Washington6-05
6Texas A&M6-08
7Louisville4-17
8Wisconsin4-111
9Tennessee5-19
10Nebraska5-012
11Baylor5-013
12Ole Miss3-214
13Houston5-16
14Florida State4-223
15Boise State5-019
16Miami4-110
17Virginia Tech4-125
18Florida4-118
19Oklahoma3-220
20West Virginia4-022
21Utah5-124
22Arkansas4-216
23Auburn4-2NR
24Western Michigan6-0NR
25Navy4-1NR
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EPISODE 029 - "@meethematts & Kenny Bello"
Our buddy @Meetthematts calls in as he walks into Mets Stadium for the game vs the game vs the Giants and Kenny Bello weighs in on our country's future candidates.
MLB Playoff Power Numbers
Playoff Power Rankings: Cubs, Red Sox poised for deep run
by Jonah Birenbaum
With the regular season officially in the books, it's time to look ahead to playoffs, which begin Tuesday night when the Toronto Blue Jays host the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers Centre in the American League wild-card game.
So, to get you ready for what's sure to be a bonkers October, here are your MLB Postseason Power Rankings:
1. Chicago Cubs
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. NYM/SF
103-58+2526-8
If you want a blueprint for the perfect team, head to the North Side of Chicago. The Cubs' lineup is littered with superstars, from presumptive National League MVP Kris Bryant to Anthony Rizzo to Addison Russell to Ben Zobrist, their fourth-best starter had an ERA 19 percent better than league average after adjusting for park effects, and their closer happens to be the most dominant reliever in baseball history. After more than a century of futility, this could be the Cubs' year.
2. Boston Red Sox
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. CLE
93-69+1844-2
The big-bopping Bostonians scored 101 more runs than the second-most prolific American League club this season, and with their late-inning relievers finally healthy at the same time, the Red Sox may have enough firepower in their lineup and bullpen to compensate for a rotation that thins out significantly after Rick Porcello (3.15 ERA; 3.39 FIP) and David Price (3.99 ERA; 3.60 FIP).
3. Texas Rangers
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. TOR/BAL
95-67+87-7
A trade-deadline bonanza (along with the return of Yu Darvish) dramtically improved a team that overperformed through the first half of the season, and the Rangers will head into the playoffs having played .589 ball over the last two months while managing the third-highest isolated power (.187) since the start of September.
4. Washington Nationals
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. LAD
95-67+1511-5
Even without Stephen Strasburg, the Nationals still have a formidable 1-2 punch in Max Scherzer (2.96 ERA) and Tanner Roark (2.82), and Daniel Murphy's impending return from the buttocks strain that sidelined him for the last couple weeks of the season should stabilize an offense that scuffled hard over the final month of 2016.
5. Los Angeles Dodgers
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. WAS
91-71+875-1
Trivia question: Which pitcher (min. 20 starts) leads the majors in adjusted ERA over the last two years? If you guessed Clayton Kershaw, you're wrong, as that distinction belongs to Rich Hill. So, as the NL Division Series looms, it appears no team has a more potent top-of-the-rotation tandem than the Dodgers, whose lineup also scraped together the fourth-most runs in baseball in the second half.
6. Cleveland Indians
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. BOS
94-67+1012-4
All season long, people have underestimated the Indians, so why stop now? Sure, they'll have home-field advantage in the division series and went 53-28 at Progressive Field during the regular season, but would you really put your money on a team of Jose Ramirezes and Tyler Naquins with both Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar nursing injuries?
7. Toronto Blue Jays
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. BAL
89-73+9310-9
If they can squeak by the Orioles on Tuesday at Rogers Centre, where they posted a .785 OPS (108 wRC+) this year, the Blue Jays' unfailingly reliable rotation may be able to carry a lineup that, woeful September notwithstanding, still has plenty of firepower.
8. Baltimore Orioles
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. TOR
89-73+299-10
After staying afloat all season by virtue of their big bats, the Orioles flipped things around in September, with their pitching staff somehow authoring a 3.06 ERA to keep them in the hunt while their homer-happy offense scuffled. Should they survive Tuesday's play-in game in Toronto, the Orioles will need their hitters to wake up, because expecting Ubaldo Jimenez, Yovani Gallardo, and Wade Miley to keep pitching effectively is a fool's errand.
9. New York Mets
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. SF
87-75+544-3
Though the Mets were able to navigate a deep postseason run last year in spite of themselves, don't bank on it happening again this October. With all due respect to Noah Syndergaard, Yoenis Cespedes, Asdrubal Cabrera, and the ageless wonder Bartolo Colon, the Mets are simply too hurt - Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz are done for the year - and too mediocre to be taken seriously.
10. San Francisco Giants
RecordRun DifferentialRecord vs. NYM
87-75+843-4
It's an even year, and they'll have Madison Bumgarner on the mound for the wild-card game, but the Giants don't have much else going for them, having posted a .416 winning percentage in the second half while eking out the fifth-lowest OPS (.705) in the majors.
Blogs by Danny B Part 7
Blogs by Danny B
Part 7
After a good chuckle Mark called us into his office and told us they do that with all the new guys until they settle in a day or two. I guess since there was millions of dollars at stake he wanted to feel people out before he let the "cat out of the bag" there was no Jack Price there was no John Stryker or John West Sports, just faces of the guys in the office with different stage names posted on the Sports Schedules and Newspaper adds which was a very common practice during that era.
The guys used a different name for each company they were representing, in our case we only worked under the Jack Price entity, so for me there was no confusion I was Danny B; plain and simple.
We worked 7 days a week 10 to 12 hours a day but we had fun and the money was good considering we were new and only got to deal with the small bettors, 25-100 per game. Mark threw me weekly bonuses since I did some commercials and score phone ads for him as he liked my voice and how I looked on the TV spots that aired on Saturdays.
In my first full month I made just under 8k, not bad for someone just getting started but not good compared to what the Senior Reps were making...
In my next blog I will cover my first NFL season as a handicapper.
Danny B
Fantasy Week 4 Rankings
Fantasy: Week 4 Rankings (Updated)
by Justin Boone
Quarterbacks
PlayerOpp
1Cam Newton@ ATL
2▲Philip Riversvs NO
3Andrew Luck@ JAC
4Matthew Stafford@ CHI
5Drew Brees@ SD
6Kirk Cousinsvs CLE
7Ben Roethlisbergervs KC
8Andy Daltonvs MIA
9Carson Palmervs LA
10Blake Bortlesvs IND
11Joe Flaccovs OAK
12Russell Wilson@ NYJ
13Derek Carr@ BAL
14Trevor Siemian@ TB
15Matt Ryanvs CAR
16▲Alex Smith@ PIT
17Ryan Tannehill@ CIN
18▼Dak Prescott@ SF
19Brock Osweilervs TEN
20Jimmy Garoppolovs BUF
21▲Brian Hoyervs DET
22▼Eli Manning@ MIN
23▲Sam Bradfordvs NYG
24Tyrod Taylor@ NE
25▼Jameis Winstonvs DEN
26Blaine Gabbertvs DAL
27▼Ryan Fitzpatrickvs SEA
28Marcus Mariota@ HOU
29Cody Kessler@ WAS
30Case Keenum@ ARI
Blogs by Danny B Part 6
Blogs by Danny B
Part 6
I can not remember the exact date but I do remember the first call I made for Jack Price on my first day at work was a sale for 100.00 off a sheet in a huge book filled with names and numbers. The guy was from Pittsburgh and his name was Bobby who bet 25.00 per game. Each rep had to make at least 200 calls a day or they did not get live leads that came in daily, especially if you were a News Writer.
What that means is your main job is to get new accounts for the Senior Reps that would manage their accounts. We were teamed up: 2 News Writers would work for a Senior Rep, there were 5 of them.
My cousin worked under a guy name Kenny who was well seasoned and probably the top earner out of the group. I worked under a fella named Dave Brown who was Jack's childhood friend. Dave was a funny guy who came in smashed everyday but was very good at his job.
As I describe Jack Price to you there is one thing I left out on purpose, Jack's real name was Mark and we did not realize he was Jack Price until our 2nd day at work. You see Jamo thought Mark was just Jacks office manager even though they met several times prior at the track. Mark never told us anything other than he worked for Jack who was in Las Vegas. The day I met Mark he told me the same so we assumed Mark worked for Jack and he was a very successful gambler that was making millions betting on the games. No one in the office told us anything until our second day at work when I said to my cousin that Mark looks a lot like the photo of Jack Price that was featured in the schedule that was sent out to gamblers. Back in the day TV, Score Phones, Newspapers & Betting guides were the main way to advertise if you were a Handicapper. I asked Dave Brown if he felt Mark looks like Jack and he started laughing and so did everyone else..
Look for my next blog that will continue where I left off..
Danny B
EPISODE 028 - "@Meetthematts & Joe Caracappa!"
Meet the Matts and Joe Caracappa knock this episode out of the park by calling back into the podcast. We also cover the Jose Fernandez tragedy, Mets baseball, Seattle/Jets, and Giants/Vikings. Special Guest "Bobby Valentine" calls into the studio as well. Great Laughs!