Today's Max Kellerman and Brian Kenny touched on various psychological, sociological and constitutional issues, yet amazingly still revolved around sports.
The show started with a discussion about the Mets and why new manager Jerry Manuel is a genius. Of course, this was said with a sarcastic tone, but the show did not merely pay lip service to the issue before moving on to other topics. Instead, Brian Kenny and Max Kellerman talked about some of Manuel's words and deeds, such as the passing of the ball from starter to reliever, Manuel's attempt to rally the players by using an "us against the world" mentality and a statement (that was misconstrued) in the New York Post that Manuel had compared the Mets fans to fertilizer. In this capacity, it seems like Max and Brian may have gotten it wrong. Although the New York Post made it seem like Manuel had compared the fans to fertilizer, the remainder of the New York papers did not take such an approach and noted that Manuel was simply saying that Shea Stadium had fertile ground for growth. [For a transcript of the interview as detailed in the New York Daily News, click here ]. I'm guessing that with the show being an early start, maybe they did not have time to read all the papers and they simply went with the Post's spin on the story.
The show started with a discussion about the Mets and why new manager Jerry Manuel is a genius. Of course, this was said with a sarcastic tone, but the show did not merely pay lip service to the issue before moving on to other topics. Instead, Brian Kenny and Max Kellerman talked about some of Manuel's words and deeds, such as the passing of the ball from starter to reliever, Manuel's attempt to rally the players by using an "us against the world" mentality and a statement (that was misconstrued) in the New York Post that Manuel had compared the Mets fans to fertilizer. In this capacity, it seems like Max and Brian may have gotten it wrong. Although the New York Post made it seem like Manuel had compared the fans to fertilizer, the remainder of the New York papers did not take such an approach and noted that Manuel was simply saying that Shea Stadium had fertile ground for growth. [For a transcript of the interview as detailed in the New York Daily News, click here ]. I'm guessing that with the show being an early start, maybe they did not have time to read all the papers and they simply went with the Post's spin on the story.
There was also an allusion to the fact that Max & Erin are expecting a baby girl. This news broke (well, Max first made it public on the 1050 airwaves) last Wednesday. However, since he revealed that the baby will be a girl, Max has been lamenting the life that girls lead. Its good that he has Brian with him to tell him honestly that having a girl first is great. Additionally, since Brian has girls and boys, Max can't accuse him of trying to snow him. I know that from my personal experience, having Penina first was a tremendous blessing from Hashem. She is a special kid - a good student, able to make friends very easily, a superior athlete and also has a great heart. Although she is only nine, she helps us immeasurably with her three younger siblings. Max - having a girl first is great and I'm sure that one day you will be very happy about it, your current protestations notwithstanding.
Of course, since Max knows the gender of the baby it must be at least twenty weeks, so he has been doing the "I can't get my wife pregnant" routine for the last four months, knowing full well that his wife was expecting. But who says that the man who follows the Howard Stern school of making his show personal in order to connect with the audience (I used it in a public speech recently, giving credit to Max for the idea) can't also put one over us too?
Before leaving the topic, I have to thank the guys for reading my love mail/hate mail submission on the air last Thursday in which Robin Lundberg's unborn child wanted to take Max's daughter to the 2028 prom. Now, if Max would only reveal the name that he has chosen for her (my guess is Shayna). Maybe he is just superstitious...
The show also touched on the Supreme Court's refusal to hear the eminent domain appeal involving the Forrest Ratner project and the future home of the Nets. Max had some choice words for the Supreme Court saying that they are "either corrupt or stupid" because they did not intervene in the government's taking of private property for a commercial (non-governmental) purpose. Brian was right on the ball, mentioning the recent Supreme Court matter involving the New London land grab.
Wouldn't you just know it, but Max's outrage at the government's taking of property for non-government use has its roots in Jewish law as well. The gemara in Pesachim 110a, discusses how the King may take certain land if he required it in order to create a passage. Similarly, halacha permits a community to take land that contains a grave and utilize it for a community cemetery. [For an interesting discussion on this topic and the interplay with Abraham's purchase of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron as a burial ground for Sarah, click here]. However, to my understanding, Jewish law does not allow land to be seized and then given to another person to be used for private commercial purposes. As such, Max was properly outraged by the Court's failure to intervene in this regard (although his threat to enforce his Second Amendment Rights might have been a little extreme...)
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