Hour 1: The Bayonne Little League vs. The World & The Mysterious Case of Pete Alonso's Home Run

**Craig Carton** (0:05)
It's The Carton Show with Big Mac on a beautiful Thursday afternoon in New York City. Phone number to join, as always, 1-888-808-1019.
Got a great show for you today. The home run that was, the home run that wasn't, the home run that was, and there's a new king of New York City. Move over, Jalen Brunson. But first, no Big Mac. We had Chris Christie. We had Bart Scott. We, I thought, had Damian Woodie coming in today to be honest with you. Last text I got from Damian at about 1.15 today was, I'm good.
No Damian Woodie. But we do have Anthony Gallo on mic number 3

**Chris McMonigle** (0:49)
Oh, hi there, Craig.

**Craig Carton** (0:50)
And we've got Connor Hughes on mic number 4 Oh, hi. How are you? Not different Connor, obviously. But we have great stuff today. Just want to acknowledge right out of the gate that one of the great things about sports, at least for me in my world, is sports at the innocent level. Sports when you have no gambling involved, when if a team wins or loses, you wake up the next day with a smile anyway. And the purity of sport that we all fell in love with when we were children. And while a lot of people say they want to lead with the Pete Alonso, a fly ball to left. Is it fair? Is it a homerun? Should have been called foul. Did the Yankees steal a win? And then some of you want to talk about the fight today between the Giants and the Dolphins. And excuse me, led by Abdul Carter and James Winson. And some of you want to talk about the fact that Gino Smith with a bad ankle is starting in the second pre-season game for the Giants this weekend.
It's not where I want to start because there's a new king of New York City and his name is no longer Jalen Brunson.
Do you have any idea who the new king is?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:06)
I have no idea. No idea. And I already disagree.

**Craig Carton** (2:10)
You can't disagree.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:11)
I can because there's no other kings.

**Craig Carton** (2:13)
There is a lot of people thought, oh, Aaron Judge is the king of New York. OK, for a minute he was. And then along comes Jalen Brunson and the New York Knickerbockers winning NBA Championship. And that became a silly conversation because obviously Jalen Brunson was knighted and crowned as the new king of New York City. Short lived.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:35)
Don't make me go down on 5th Ave and start there's only a one king parade.

**Craig Carton** (2:41)
One king in New York right now.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:44)
Jalen Brunson.

**Craig Carton** (2:45)
His name is not Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson might be the king again a week from now. He might be the king again in October when the season starts. But for the moment, today, Thursday, August 20th, the new king of New York City.
Hales from Bayonne, New Jersey. And his name is Mason Rincon.
My guy last night against Massachusetts in a 1-1 game, in the bottom of the last inning.
Grooved fastball right down the pike. Mason Rincon takes it yard. And the kids from Bayonne, New Jersey, win their first game in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Mason Rincon is the new king of New York City. Here's how it sounded last night when he hit the game-winning walk-off home run.

**Anthony Gallo** (3:57)
Mason Rincon goes into the shrubs in center field. And that allows Bayonne, New Jersey, to win the game 2-1 on our first walk-off in Williamsport this year.

**Craig Carton** (4:10)
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