Could Mike Francesa Return? Plus 'First Pitch' Betting and Pie Debate

**Craig Carton** (0:02)
Carton Show, Big Mac.
Not sure if you saw this or not, but the Sandlot cast is getting back together as adults with a new show. I don't know if it's gonna stream on one of the services called Dugout Dads. Really? Yeah. How about that?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:18)
That's awesome.

**Craig Carton** (0:18)
Dugout Dads. So, yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:21)
I guess it's about their kids playing baseball?

**Craig Carton** (0:25)
Well, that seems to make sense to me.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:28)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (0:28)
I mean, you know, you spend a lot of time researching it, but it was interesting that the-

**Chris McMonigle** (0:31)
Just trying to wonder.

**Craig Carton** (0:33)
I don't think they're playing anymore at Big Matt's since they're dads.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:37)
But they're older.

**Craig Carton** (0:38)
Yeah, I think they probably have kids.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:40)
What if it was like a softball league?

**Craig Carton** (0:41)
Or they're playing like a Sunday morning softball league.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:43)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (0:43)
Which you guys obviously can't play anymore because your friends are so spread out all over the country. Wow. It'd be hard to get a team together. Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:49)
It's because I suck.

**Craig Carton** (0:51)
Oh, advocates for softball.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:52)
How many softball games have you canceled?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:54)
Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:54)
What are you talking about?

**Craig Carton** (0:55)
I haven't canceled it. There you go. It's got to be canceled.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:58)
I get wind of a game.

**Craig Carton** (1:00)
Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:00)
And then the wind blows in the opposite direction.

**Craig Carton** (1:02)
That's right.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:02)
They were playing softball August 8th on the way.

**Craig Carton** (1:04)
What sucks to be you is what I was quoting on quote. Not my fault. It's Mets fault.
By the way, if MLB wants to play on August 8th and you're not here, sorry, we're going to play the game without the presence of Anthony Gallo. No.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:16)
You were on vacation.

**Craig Carton** (1:18)
Yeah. Well, I didn't cancel the game.
Obviously, everybody wants me to be at the game, but I didn't cancel the game. All right.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:25)
Well, I'm just saying. When are we going to play some softball?

**Craig Carton** (1:27)
I've been dying to play softball all summer. I might rather just play by myself.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:31)
It's too late now.

**Craig Carton** (1:32)
Why is it too late?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:33)
Well, because now my Sunday mornings are occupied.

**Craig Carton** (1:35)
With what? Football starts. Football starts in two weeks. We have two weeks to get a softball game. You're going away.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:40)
Not Warwick D1 and Warwick Mighty Might start this Sunday.

**Craig Carton** (1:45)
Oh, is that right?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:46)
That's right.

**Craig Carton** (1:47)
What time of day are the games?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:48)
Either 9 a.m., 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. All right.

**Craig Carton** (1:51)
So we'll play at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. You can make it. That will take care of you.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:55)
You're good.

**Craig Carton** (1:55)
What's your excuse for Sunday next week?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:57)
You tell me where to go, I'll go.

**Craig Carton** (1:58)
I don't have a car, though, Craig.

**SPEAKER_6** (2:00)
I don't know how long it takes to get there.

**Craig Carton** (2:01)
Okay, you get there. Pete, you in?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:03)
Yeah, I'm in. What day is it?

**Craig Carton** (2:05)
Here we go.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:08)
Do your thing. You're good.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:10)
We're in.

**Craig Carton** (2:10)
Okay, great. We're in.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:12)
This is what happens. He didn't expect us all to say we're in.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:14)
So we'll have a fantasy football draft all in one day.

**Craig Carton** (2:16)
Well, I'm not doing the fantasy football. I'll oversee it. We'll drink with you guys.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:21)
How we play determines our draft order.

**Craig Carton** (2:23)
But I have no problem with that. You want to do a home run derby to determine your draft order? That's right, because you can't play softball.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:28)
But I just...

**Craig Carton** (2:29)
I clean that. I'm not good. Here's Robin Greenlaw on the fan. Robbie, what's going on, buddy?

**SPEAKER_4** (2:34)
Hey, Craig. Love hearing you talk about this. I'm a big fan of... Hello, Mike. My name is Craig. Thank you. I want to thank you for that. You really have been very helpful throughout the years.
You had a valid point about what you said earlier about how gambling might be replacing fantasy football for a little people, for some people. But for me, it's actually the absolute opposite, because what's happening is, when I play fantasy football, like, that's my action every week. I don't find myself trying to catch up every week. Oh, I bet three games that I lost, now I gotta catch up with the four o'clock games. It actually prevents me from gambling.