Craig Carton's Heartwarming Call With Young Mets Fan Will Make You Smile

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
Here's Al in Westchester on the fan. Al, good afternoon, how are you?
No Al?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:06)
Al, you there?

**Craig Carton** (0:07)
What do you got, Al?

**Al** (0:08)
I'm here, I'm here.

**Craig Carton** (0:09)
Yeah.

**Al** (0:09)
I have a couple of quick comments and then a sports question.

**Craig Carton** (0:13)
Yes, sure.

**Al** (0:14)
Craig, I hope you don't mind. I'm known as the old man from Mount Vernon, New York, neighboring New Rochelle, so.

**Craig Carton** (0:21)
I have no problem with that at all. Great affinity for Westchester County, go ahead.

**Al** (0:26)
Yes, yes, yes indeed. One, you're probably aware that your name, Carton, is the same as one of the greatest heroes ever in English literature, you know that.

**Craig Carton** (0:40)
Yes, Sidney Carton.

**Al** (0:42)
Yeah, The Tale of Two Cities.

**Craig Carton** (0:43)
That's correct.

**Al** (0:44)
Secondly, you mentioned Telly Cervellas' Kojak. He was lieutenant in Manhattan South. It was based in New York City.

**Craig Carton** (0:54)
Well Kojak wasn't based in New York City, but...

**Al** (0:57)
Oh yes, Manhattan South.
And he had his cadre, his brother Stavros, that was his real brother. And it was based in Manhattan, Manhattan South, New York City.

**Craig Carton** (1:11)
Oh, you're right. I apologize. For some reason, I thought it was San Francisco. You're 100% correct.
That's on me. I take full ownership of being wrong on that. So that's a good catch, Al.

**Al** (1:21)
Yeah, it's just a little trivia. When it comes to movies and TV, unfortunately my wife says I'm cursed with a knowledge for trivia.

**Craig Carton** (1:28)
Well then you and I are cursed together, except you get them right and I got them wrong. So I will apologize, there's Manhattan South, and he was in the 11th precinct. So there you go.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:37)
And apparently, Telly Savalas, Savalas, Savalas. Savalas, came from like my hometown. He went to the neighboring high school, Salonica High School.

**Craig Carton** (1:46)
There you go. I think he was Greek, if I'm not mistaken. I think he was like a big Greek superstar in the Greek community.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:51)
How about that?

**Craig Carton** (1:52)
I'm pretty sure about that. I promise Cynthia will get on the air, so let's do that. Cynthia, good afternoon, doll. How are you doing?

**Anthony** (1:59)
Hi, that's my aunt's name, I'm her nephew Anthony.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:05)
Okay.

**Craig Carton** (2:06)
Anthony, how old are you, buddy?

**Anthony** (2:09)
I'm 19

**Craig Carton** (2:11)
Nice.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:11)
Okay.

**Craig Carton** (2:12)
And where do you guys live?

**Anthony** (2:14)
Well, I live in Glen Cove, but I'm at my grandma and grandpa's house.

**Craig Carton** (2:18)
Great. That's awesome. So what's on your mind today?

**Anthony** (2:22)
Well, two things. One, I do a podcast at my school, and I talk about baseball all the time, Mets mainly because that's my favorite team. And I just want to say that I very want all the Mets fans to still believe in the team, even though they're not doing too well.

**Craig Carton** (2:36)
All right. So let me ask you a question. As a 19-year-old diehard Mets fan, what is the one thing you can point to that Mets fans should be happy about right now?

**Anthony** (2:52)
I don't know.

**Craig Carton** (2:53)
Okay, that's okay.

**Anthony** (2:54)
I guess that, yeah, I don't know.

**Craig Carton** (2:57)
Give me a reason to keep the faith. Like, why should I believe that the Mets might turn it around? Go ahead.

**Anthony** (3:03)
Because Soto can hit the ball well, I know he can. And Lindora is also very good. And he and Soto should lead the team to start winning. And like, the younger guys should tell the players to play better. They should teach the younger guys.

**Craig Carton** (3:22)
Got it. That's a good job on that, Anthony. You did good there. That was really good.

**Anthony** (3:28)
And I also went to the World Series in 2015 when I played the Kansas City Royals.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:32)
No way.

**Craig Carton** (3:33)
Which game did you go to?

**Anthony** (3:35)
Games 1 and 2 in Kansas City.

**Craig Carton** (3:38)
Oh, you went to Kansas City. I didn't even get to go to Kansas City.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:41)
That's awesome. I've always wanted to go there. Beautiful stadium.

**Craig Carton** (3:45)
You know why I didn't go to Kansas City, Anthony, to keep it straight with you? Because I hate Chiefs fans.
They're obnoxious.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:56)
They don't think very fondly of you either.

**Craig Carton** (3:57)
No, we're not. We see eye to eye in that.