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C-Mac Breaks Down Yankees' Offensive Struggles and Grisham Dilemma

The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle

September 1, 2026

C-Mac discusses the recent legal developments in the Tupac Shakur case and laments the arrival of seasonal items like Oktoberfest beer in early August. He also evaluates the New York Yankees' roster, debating the future of Trent Grisham in the lineup compared to Spencer Jones.
Speakers: Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle, Bobby

Topics: Sports

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
What's with the 90s, I know this song.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:04)
We just talked about it.

**Craig Carton** (0:05)
Is this Taking Back Sunday?

**SPEAKER_3** (0:07)
Yes.

**Craig Carton** (0:07)
This is Cute Without The E?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:08)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (0:08)
Yeah, okay. I don't know the song that well, I knew I knew the song.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:14)
That's why I played it.

**Craig Carton** (0:15)
Yeah, I'm sorry.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:16)
I'll go back to the 80s for you.

**Craig Carton** (0:17)
Yeah, let's go back to some real good music, okay?

**SPEAKER_4** (0:20)
Are we sprinkling some hip hop?

**Craig Carton** (0:22)
No.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:22)
Some disco, some boat, some something?

**Craig Carton** (0:25)
Some Eminem. Oh wow, very diverse.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:29)
Any Tupac?

**Craig Carton** (0:32)
Speaking of Tupac, I know you saw it because you put it on the sheet here.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:35)
I did.

**Craig Carton** (0:39)
Someone was convicted for Tupac's murder.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:41)
Of all the dramatic things?

**Craig Carton** (0:42)
Of all of the dramatic things. We got, did you write it on the sheet? What was his name?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:49)
I thought you put it on him.

**Craig Carton** (0:49)
I put his name down.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:50)
Hold on. See that?

**Craig Carton** (0:52)
You put it on the sheet. It was Dwayne K or something like that.
He was on trial for Tupac's murder and he was convicted 30 years later.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:01)
He kind of got himself in trouble because he was talking a lot in interviews.

**Craig Carton** (1:03)
Yes, doing a lot of interviews. Dwayne Davis. Dwayne Davis, and he had a nickname too, right? It was Dwayne something Davis.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:11)
Dwayne I killed, Tupac Shakur Davis.

**Craig Carton** (1:15)
Oddly enough, that's how they got him. He legally changed his name and then...

**SPEAKER_4** (1:18)
Café D.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:19)
Café D is his nickname.

**Craig Carton** (1:20)
Keef D? Keef D, there you go.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:22)
Keef D.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:22)
Café D.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:24)
It's spelled K-E-F-E.

**Craig Carton** (1:26)
It feels like I got to go into the studio and do a Café D read for Duncan. No, Café D.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:31)
I'm fired up for fall, man.

**Craig Carton** (1:32)
Oh, nothing better than fall. The best part about fall is hooded sweatshirts are coming back. I can't wait for hoodies. Dunkin Donuts too?

**SPEAKER_4** (1:40)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (1:40)
Are you quick to go right into the pumpkin spice craze?

**SPEAKER_4** (1:44)
I am pumpkin spice all year.

**Craig Carton** (1:46)
Oh, jeez.
It's a short, brief window. And you know what else is bothering me? I always do this every year. We just got off the... But anyway, yes, someone was convicted for Tupac's murder.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:57)
I want to know what bothers you.

**Craig Carton** (1:59)
All right, so here's what bothers me.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:01)
We'll move right on.

**Craig Carton** (2:02)
We'll move right on. We'll move right on. But yes, after 30 years, we finally got to the bottom of it. Assuming, I think he's already going to appeal, but we'll see what happens.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:12)
No, you don't.

**Craig Carton** (2:13)
For what?

**SPEAKER_4** (2:14)
First degree murder.

**Craig Carton** (2:15)
First degree murder of Tupac. Crazy. Crazy, it's taken so long. I didn't see any of the movies about, they made a movie about the detective who was looking into the biggie murder.
Yeah, that's still ongoing.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:28)
They're doing the Kurt Cobain.

**Craig Carton** (2:30)
Kurt Cobain is now there. They have reason to believe that it was murder.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:35)
They always said that the amount of heroin in his body, he couldn't pull the trigger. But he played MTV's Unplugged with the same amount of heroin.

**Craig Carton** (2:44)
I mean, he was... It's actually a really great performance, but he's in and out of it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:50)
It's amazing how he did. Don't do drugs, kids.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:53)
Murder was the case.

**Craig Carton** (2:54)
But you know what I hate?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:56)
Please, tell me.

**Craig Carton** (2:57)
What bothers me more and more, and it's happening every single year. Every single year, it gets worse and worse and earlier. Are you going to sound like an old man? No, I know exactly what you're talking about. It's earlier and earlier. I don't know what you're talking about.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:04)
I don't know what you're talking about. I know exactly what you're talking about. It's earlier and earlier every year. The stores.

**Craig Carton** (3:09)
Yes. I think I've said this before, but maybe we just happened to think alike.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:12)

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